I was practicing parrying a bit recently (with about 30 hours in, I preferred to stick with a more footwork-based approach to defense, keeping parries as more of an "oh crap!" moment defense, but I figured I might be missing out a bit). I noticed two things that might warrant some attention...
What's your TW forum name/in-game name? Previous/Current clan? It's nice to meet fellow M&B players outside of TW, especially when we like the same games.