One I'm practicing is swiping someone's legs out from under them with the maul, crouching over them so they can't get up, and smashing their head into the ground repeatedly.
I also love turning their face red with a healthy slash and remise with the novice sword, feels really satisfying...
You can keep holding LMB and you'll continue to do overheads or thrusts. I just tried it in the latest version
Edit: Unless you mean at the start of each fight, in which case yes you can let go of LMB for the first few moments.
Challenge proposal - Hold left click challenge: Complete the practice arenas with the left mouse button held down for the entirety of each fight. Overhead swings and thrusts are permitted. Pugilism NOT allowed! NO rebinding LMB if you know how!
Equipment rules: You can use equipment picked up...
I had almost the same feeling when I first started playing. I would get extremely frustrated in the arena very quickly and it took about ten hours of practise before I finally became somewhat proficient in combat.
My point is, don't force yourself to play it if you're frustrated. Play something...
I would be okay against AI with shields except for the fact that, when you get them to low health, they somehow transform into some unstoppable incredibly fast ninja (this applies to all of the AI but it's particularly bothersome against shields). I've noticed far too often that low health...
Eh I decided to stick with OBS since it seems to be less hassle. In the mean time I thought I'd share some sweet poleaxion:
I had to vertically crop the video since I'm playing on a crappy 5:4 monitor while away from my flat. Also, that heater shield/mace guy was pretty tough, although I'm...
