It seems it's possible to strafe and land styles. On live you would get the message "You are strafing in combat, and your attack misses!".
[-] Mon 18 Feb 2019 6:46 PM by boom-mug I have seen this message on phoenix before. I believe it was in RvR.
[-] Mon 25 Feb 2019 2:13 PM by Bradekes This is how the game has always been? Why would you think this is a bug? Strafing allows you to take advantage of natural lag vs /stick and get positionals off so there's a penalty that you might miss to keep people from strafing in combat
[-] Tue 26 Feb 2019 10:36 AM by Snedo More info here :https://forums.freddyshouse.com/threads/you-are-strafing-in-combat-and-your-attack-misses.2306/