HEAVY FEEL LOCKED: the A/B winner folded into defaults, clips retimed to zero contact drift

recover 36 / dmg 36 (DPS 60 held) / contact 20 (20/12/25 per step) /
grace 28 / buffer 10 / move-commit 0.25; arc 0.8, finisher hold 7,
connect kick 1.1. Clip state speeds retimed 1.0/0.85/0.88 so the VISUAL
blade contact matches the damage tick exactly (audit: zero drift; probe:
gaps 36/36/54, contacts +20/+12/+25 measured). Step-3 contact sits 1
tick under CastFacingTicks 26 (documented coupling). baseline profile =
the locked defaults; heavy-committed kept as the record.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Assets/_Project/Scripts/Client/Presentation/FeelConfig.cs

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ namespace ProjectM.Client
 
             // Combat feel pass (2026-06)
             HitFlashBurstCount = 16;
-            MeleeConnectFovKick = 0.8f;
+            MeleeConnectFovKick = 1.1f;  // 07-21 HEAVY LOCK: meatier bite
             MeleeConnectVolume = 0.55f;
             KillFlashBurstCount = 20;
             FootstepVolume = 0.30f;      // 07-15: heavier, more present underwater thud
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ namespace ProjectM.Client
             ShoulderLampIntensity = 8f;  // 07-16e: the suit lamp actually lights (3 got lost in the murk ambient)
             ShoulderLampRange = 12f;
             CombatIdleHoldSec = 4f;      // 07-18: Menacing01 combat-idle hold after the last swing
-            MeleeArcIntensity = 1f;      // 07-19: arc colors are pre-toned dim; this scales from there
+            MeleeArcIntensity = 0.8f;    // 07-21 HEAVY LOCK: the weapon is the read, the arc recedes further
             MeleeArcBubbles = 6;
-            FinisherHoldFrames = 5;      // 07-20 G5: the finisher's heavy beat (~83ms), capped well under the 8-frame ladder ceiling
+            FinisherHoldFrames = 7;      // 07-21 HEAVY LOCK: a fatter finisher beat (~117ms, still under the 8-frame ladder cap)
 
 
             RumbleEnabled = true;