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.

Then that's a really strange design decision because the hitboxes of player weapons are pretty darned small and there are a lot of poke/stab attacks that are not viable on most of the terrain you will be fighting on.

Originally posted by Wafflesaurus Supreme:

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

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

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