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/Tuning/Profiles/baseline-0720.json

@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 {
-    "name": "baseline-0720",
-    "notes": "The shipped 07-20 defaults (forks 1-6). Apply to RESET after experiments. DPS ~60 held: dmg = recover ticks.",
+    "name": "baseline-heavy-0721",
+    "notes": "THE SHIPPED DEFAULTS (heavy feel locked 07-21 from the operator A/B). Apply to RESET after experiments. DPS 60 held (dmg = recover ticks); clip speeds 1.0/0.85/0.88 match contact 20/12/25.",
     "sim": [
-        { "k": "MeleeDamage", "v": "30" },
+        { "k": "MeleeDamage", "v": "36" },
         { "k": "MeleeRange", "v": "2.2" },
-        { "k": "MeleeRecoverTicks", "v": "30" },
-        { "k": "MeleeChainGraceTicks", "v": "24" },
+        { "k": "MeleeRecoverTicks", "v": "36" },
+        { "k": "MeleeChainGraceTicks", "v": "28" },
         { "k": "MeleeFinisherMult", "v": "1.5" },
         { "k": "MeleeFinisherRangeMult", "v": "1.25" },
-        { "k": "MeleeBufferTicks", "v": "8" },
-        { "k": "MeleeContactTicks", "v": "16" }
+        { "k": "MeleeBufferTicks", "v": "10" },
+        { "k": "MeleeContactTicks", "v": "20" },
+        { "k": "MeleeSwingMoveScale", "v": "0.25" }
     ],
     "feel": [
-        { "k": "MeleeArcIntensity", "v": "1" },
+        { "k": "MeleeArcIntensity", "v": "0.8" },
         { "k": "MeleeArcBubbles", "v": "6" },
-        { "k": "FinisherHoldFrames", "v": "5" },
+        { "k": "FinisherHoldFrames", "v": "7" },
+        { "k": "MeleeConnectFovKick", "v": "1.1" },
         { "k": "CombatIdleHoldSec", "v": "4" }
     ]
 }

Assets/_Project/Tuning/Profiles/heavy-committed.json

@@ -1,17 +1,44 @@
 {
     "name": "heavy-committed",
-    "notes": "Slower, weightier: MonHun-lean. Longer lock + contact, bigger hit + hold, dimmer arc (the weapon is the read). DPS ~60 held.",
+    "notes": "LOCKED into code defaults 2026-07-21 (kept as the record of the winning A/B candidate). Slower, weightier: MonHun-lean. Longer lock + contact, bigger hit + hold, dimmer arc (the weapon is the read). DPS ~60 held.",
     "sim": [
-        { "k": "MeleeDamage", "v": "36" },
-        { "k": "MeleeRecoverTicks", "v": "36" },
-        { "k": "MeleeChainGraceTicks", "v": "28" },
-        { "k": "MeleeContactTicks", "v": "20" },
-        { "k": "MeleeBufferTicks", "v": "10" },
-        { "k": "MeleeSwingMoveScale", "v": "0.25" }
+        {
+            "k": "MeleeDamage",
+            "v": "36"
+        },
+        {
+            "k": "MeleeRecoverTicks",
+            "v": "36"
+        },
+        {
+            "k": "MeleeChainGraceTicks",
+            "v": "28"
+        },
+        {
+            "k": "MeleeContactTicks",
+            "v": "20"
+        },
+        {
+            "k": "MeleeBufferTicks",
+            "v": "10"
+        },
+        {
+            "k": "MeleeSwingMoveScale",
+            "v": "0.25"
+        }
     ],
     "feel": [
-        { "k": "MeleeArcIntensity", "v": "0.8" },
-        { "k": "FinisherHoldFrames", "v": "7" },
-        { "k": "MeleeConnectFovKick", "v": "1.1" }
+        {
+            "k": "MeleeArcIntensity",
+            "v": "0.8"
+        },
+        {
+            "k": "FinisherHoldFrames",
+            "v": "7"
+        },
+        {
+            "k": "MeleeConnectFovKick",
+            "v": "1.1"
+        }
     ]
-}
+}