Remember me archers behaviour before the buff...
And it's more than 4 points, with PD and speed it's around 10-15 point more damages.
Also, there is far less tincan with upkeep.
I guess you're not kidding, you just try to keep your class unbalanced.
Before this buff, there were not that much archers on servers, now they are full of flying arrows, Why?
cos archers is OP.
I was a dedicated archer pre patch...now I went with a Polearm hybrid since my bow damage has taken a massive nerf by the cut dmg its doing. I only have 150 WPF in archery and the rest in Polearm. Most of my kills now are from my Long Maul since I cant hit anything at a long distance without a little luck and my loss in athletics so i cant outrun ppl(not to mention archers cant kite anymore).
You melee make is sound as if archers only attack melee. Archers attack everybody. If it's stationary or coming at us, we will shoot it. Other archers are here vouching for the buff knowing full well that they will have to deal with the consequences. They have less health and less armor than alot of you melee so it will affect them more since they will die alot faster.
Maybe the archers never left. Its not like people are just making new characters just to be an archer. Maybe, like me, they picked up a different weapon proficiency and used that since their bows were completely useless against anything past light leather armor. I wear the Blue Mail Tunic and could take 4-5 arrows in the chest before I went down, no points in Iron Flesh. Might as well not waste arrows on a plate wearer since you will most likely just piss him off and give your position away.