Originally posted by He Who Has No Name:

The capability is already there in the game for player melee attacks to have vertical aiming. We know it's there because bows can do so. It can be modded in for all player weapons with literally just one config setting change, and from all accounts it appears to work great.

So unless they say otherwise, this is a design decision.

Originally posted by Wafflesaurus Supreme:

This mod works, and it should be integrated into the game.

https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/727

Originally posted by CRUMBOE:

Guess I'll have to go give this mod a try. Thanks!

Originally posted by FieryEgon:

I agree 100% on this, I genuinely think I'm a good player, I can manage my stamina, roll, parry and dodge for days easy, but man, constantly needing to reposition myself cause I can't hit a mob cause I'm standing on a ledge is really pissing me off, it's also the only reason I carry a mace for it's vertical heavy attack.

Originally posted by Angrybeard:

I think they haven't done it yet for 2 reasons mainly:
1. It would take a lot of time and effort to develop and balance out.
2. Some weapons, like spears, would become obsolete (again balance issue).

Originally posted by coolAlias:

Why would spears become obsolete? Being able to do the standard attack on slopes would be amazing (just as it would with the other melee weapons), and they still have a ranged attack option that works great in all kinds of situations, such as killing leeches without expending arrows or snagging that parry-crit on an enemy that got knocked back too far for a standard attack. I love spears, and I'd love them more if I could aim the melee attack, too! :D

Originally posted by CRUMBOE:

Trying to kill a greydwarf on the slight incline in the black forest? You sure you weren't interested in just giving a few warning slashes above his head?
Wolves have chasing you down a mountain slope? Why not smack the mountain face beneath them a little?
Surrounded by little green men on the gently sloping plains? Enjoy seeing how close you can swing a weapon over the lil guys head.

It's baffling that the mistlands update adds another biome with verticality and yet this was not one of the things they added. I just did a new playthrough and it is a noticable annoyance at almost every stage of the game. It also complete ruins the viability of several weapons. Spear and aetgir primary attacks are pretty much unusable if the ground isn't perfectly flat. The swords secondary attack also. If you use an attack with a wider hitbox and it does hit but the enemy is elevated above you your damage will be reduced due to the multi hit penalty from also hitting the ground. I felt forced into archery or retreating to flat ground whenever the game threw enemies at me on uneven terrain.

I want to play this viking game like a darned viking. Let me slash down at the heads of my foes as I charge down a hill towards them. Let me look up and smite them as they rush down from the mountaintops. Let me stab them and not their stairs when we fight in a tower or dungeon. Is it too much to ask?

Originally posted by Angrybeard:

I think they haven't done it yet for 2 reasons mainly:
1. It would take a lot of time and effort to develop and balance out.
2. Some weapons, like spears, would become obsolete (again balance issue).