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Title: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: HentziTheHun on July 11, 2011, 11:53:56 am
Outlook:
- Before Patch:
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- After Patch:
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- Aiming:
- Strength: 15
- Agility: 26
- Horse Archery: 4
- Power Draw: 5
- Weapon Master: 8

- The bow is in standard situation, has been pulled out just in that moment while going slower on Champion Arabian.
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- The bow is in standard situation, has been pulled out just in that moment while going fastest temp on Champion Arabian.
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http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560913328444807774/95F3969AD14EF6E5C97D586DA0EA8A6037B4A60B/ (http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560913328444807774/95F3969AD14EF6E5C97D586DA0EA8A6037B4A60B/)

The Strong Bow ( Horn Bow ) has suffered heavy nerfes, and our Arabian Horse has been nerfed too.
Please do restore the old settings for horse archery, cause this class became really unplayable. This nerf can cause two things: 1, Lots of horse archers go into Throwing, and throwing will be nerfed again cause people will whine about it, because it is more overpowered currently than HA ever was. ( The same happens when Throwing had been heavily nerfed and all of ppl from it went HA). 2, Horse archers will shoot ONLY the horses, not the people on it, cause their haircross is really weak. ( This can be the source of whining as well. )
The solution is not the big amount nerf of horse archery, it was normal before too, the only reason why servers were filled with them because lot of Throwers became HAs. Now Throwing is overpowered, they are going to return, but let that little amount of HAs play in normal circumstances who stayed. ( Please ! )

Thank you for reading me.
GK_HentziTheHun
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Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Lorenzo_of_Iberia on July 11, 2011, 12:04:20 pm
I understand a nerf but not this much of a nerf... That is horrifically wide compared to the throwing crosshairs :/
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Ming on July 11, 2011, 12:04:26 pm
agree, this new aim for HA makes HA really unplayable. Its not a nerf to HA, its a KIll to HA.

Hentzi, the cross hair is even large once u go average speed.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: HentziTheHun on July 11, 2011, 12:08:02 pm
The class of horse archery has become really unplayable. No meaning to play it.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Bonze on July 11, 2011, 12:11:54 pm
 
The class of horse archery has become really unplayable. No meaning to play it.
no more sniping with full speed ...   strange i see ha with positive kill death ratio , time to change your tactics.. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Vibe on July 11, 2011, 12:12:19 pm
The reticule is huge even at slower speeds. Useless unless you completely stop.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Ming on July 11, 2011, 12:19:05 pm
The reticule is huge even at slower speeds. Useless unless you completely stop.

exactly
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Cepeshi on July 11, 2011, 12:23:03 pm
cannot believe ppl belive the dying stuff :D
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Wulzzz on July 11, 2011, 12:31:13 pm
Making HA require 8 Agility instead of 6 would be enough of a nerf imo.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Peasant_Woman on July 11, 2011, 12:36:10 pm
Aiming is harder, but arrows HURT now.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Vibe on July 11, 2011, 12:38:13 pm
Aiming is harder, but arrows HURT now.

Arrow damage is getting a fix.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: HentziTheHun on July 11, 2011, 12:41:05 pm
I can just confirm it Vibe...
"[12:36] <@Espu> Zotte: ranged is not working as intended atm
[12:36] <@Espu> will get a fix"
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: buba on July 11, 2011, 12:45:17 pm
I dont understand why AH needed a nerf in the first place, atleast i dint think it was a OP easy way to play.
But now that i can not hit the side of a barn ill wait till things settle down.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Kafein on July 11, 2011, 12:50:02 pm
Are there any non-HA players complaining about this ? Or are we just all happy of a nerf to a class that can hardly be killed by half the playerbase ?
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Ming on July 11, 2011, 12:57:45 pm
Are there any non-HA players complaining about this ? Or are we just all happy of a nerf to a class that can hardly be killed by half the playerbase ?

what r u talking about, archer, xbow, throwing, lance,hidden pike can all kill HA.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: HentziTheHun on July 11, 2011, 12:58:37 pm
http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,10167.0.html
We want them back ! ! !
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Gnjus on July 11, 2011, 12:59:01 pm
http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,10167.0.html
We want them back ! ! !

No we don't.  :wink:
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Cepeshi on July 11, 2011, 01:01:26 pm
what r u talking about, archer, xbow, throwing, lance,hidden pike can all kill HA.

now perhaps...anyways, the HA was not imbalanced in my POV, just the problem is, once the people saw someone on horse with bow performing well, they want to try it too, its good, better than foot archer as you dont have to walk around slow, and as the guys were getting better and better and more importantly: more coordinated, the HA became pain in the ass....when u tried to get to some town to get a cover just to be raped few second and meters before by 5-6 HAs circling you, that was not fun...

In the huge battles on some maps, one or two good HA can make a difference. Iirc chadz said that EU were flooded by HA, so there was needed to make something to prevent it from spreading even more. I believe good players will get used to this again, so maybe the numbers of HA will decrease over time.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Roran Hawkins on July 11, 2011, 01:02:04 pm
I'm 2h, but have a HA alt. HA is useless now. You have to stop to have accuracy, and HA was meant to shoot while moving, attempting that now is like trying to shoot a musquito while running.

Also, HA doesn't need to OP explosion arrow bows. HA and archery was fine pre-patch.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: HentziTheHun on July 11, 2011, 01:13:19 pm
Cepeshi lot of people went HA cause throwing as nerfed. If nothing would be happened to Horse Archer, only the Throwers would have been overpowered, lot of HAs would disappear and only little amount of them would stay. Before the old patch there were about 6-7 horse archers on EU servers maximum. After that a dozen of throwers came and play horseshooter HAs. If only the throwing would have been restored lot of HAs had gone back thrower. But now we are useless so I think I stop till some dev realise the situation.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Ming on July 11, 2011, 01:14:11 pm
now perhaps...anyways, the HA was not imbalanced in my POV, just the problem is, once the people saw someone on horse with bow performing well, they want to try it too, its good, better than foot archer as you dont have to walk around slow, and as the guys were getting better and better and more importantly: more coordinated, the HA became pain in the ass....when u tried to get to some town to get a cover just to be raped few second and meters before by 5-6 HAs circling you, that was not fun...

In the huge battles on some maps, one or two good HA can make a difference. Iirc chadz said that EU were flooded by HA, so there was needed to make something to prevent it from spreading even more. I believe good players will get used to this again, so maybe the numbers of HA will decrease over time.

DO u have any idea how fucked it is now for HA? We cant aim at all when moving...even when we move slightly we cant aim at all.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Cepeshi on July 11, 2011, 01:16:10 pm
Cepeshi lot of people went HA cause throwing as nerfed. If nothing would be happened to Horse Archer, only the Throwers would have been overpowered, lot of HAs would disappear and only little amount of them would stay. Before the old patch there were about 6-7 horse archers on EU servers maximum. After that a dozen of throwers came and play horseshooter HAs. If only the throwing would have been restored lot of HAs had gone back thrower. But now we are useless so I think I stop till some dev realise the situation.

i was playing thrower before the patch and actually was not that bad, so dunno why all throwers went to HA, but there you go, you said it: HA is FOTM, well, was...not now :)

i do not have a HA char myself, so i could not care less actually, but getting sniped by a galopping guy from half the map was quite bullshit
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Ming on July 11, 2011, 01:19:36 pm
HA is the reason i play this game too, time for some Third age total war.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Cepeshi on July 11, 2011, 01:23:05 pm
I dont want to sound harsh, but as most of my chars (2 out of 3) are melee, finally i can get to some action without getting raped by whorsearchers :))

i feel ur sadness tho, i was thrower before the nerf and came back to it just with my fun char, but still, perfectly viable
 give it some time, play some games and you will either adapt, or reroll or go, that happens all the time
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: HentziTheHun on July 11, 2011, 01:28:55 pm
Don't mess with HAs, Cepeshi x)
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Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Cepeshi on July 11, 2011, 01:34:04 pm
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i dont, but they do mess with me! :D i am just a poor infantry footmen who wants to slash some other footmen and i cannot reach the battle cause of u guys! :D
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Ming on July 11, 2011, 01:45:44 pm
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i dont, but they do mess with me! :D i am just a poor infantry footmen who wants to slash some other footmen and i cannot reach the battle cause of u guys! :D

then go ahead and slash footman, no1 is stopping u. we got plenty of other archers, xbow, throwers, HA to takecare of.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Cepeshi on July 11, 2011, 01:48:44 pm
then go ahead and slash footman, no1 is stopping u. we got plenty of other archers, xbow, throwers, HA to takecare of.

interestlingly enough it barely happens that ranged would go for horses or other ranged, they just love shotgunning into melee, so this argument is waaaaaaaaay off :) and yes, i do know i cannot expect others to play smart, but, i do :P
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Kafein on July 11, 2011, 01:53:44 pm
what r u talking about, archer, xbow, throwing, lance,hidden pike can all kill HA.

Rofl.

If an HA is idiotic enough to run into a pike or a lancer, then he also can suicide himself without help.

You also forgot to mention 1h, 2h and polearms which should comprise more than half of the playerbase and can't do shit againt even one HA.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Chagan_Arslan on July 11, 2011, 02:09:55 pm
Rofl.

If an HA is idiotic enough to run into a pike or a lancer, then he also can suicide himself without help.

You also forgot to mention 1h, 2h and polearms which should comprise more than half of the playerbase and can't do shit againt even one HA.

you wouldnt last 2 days on a HA build, seriously Kafein your logic is flawed which has been proven couple of times and when someone proves your wrong you just start talking shit in another thread

and to answer your question "Are there any non-HA players complaining about this ?" yeah i think their accuracy got screwed way too much
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Cepeshi on July 11, 2011, 02:11:15 pm
you wouldnt last 2 days on a HA build, seriously Kafein your logic is flawed which has been proven couple of times and when someone proves your wrong you just start talking shit in another thread

and to answer your question "Are there any non-HA players complaining about this ?" yeah i think their accuracy got screwed way too much

for me its hard to say if their accu was nerfed, as i get hit by loads of arrows and its hard to pinpoint the origin :D
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: IceManX on July 11, 2011, 02:14:10 pm

- Death of an old character: "You char suddenly collapses on the battlefield, and you get a big red colored text on your screen which says: Game Over, you died of natural causes. Please go to the cRPG site and re-roll a new char and next time retire before you pass away. Good luck."
"Vibe: Confirmed, just happened to me.
fuck u devz"
http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php?topic=10096.165
This can be a really big fun for those who spent weeks / months with their character to improve it in all ways. ( heirloom etc. )


This is the craziest shit I have ever heard!
Remove it plz immediately
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Vibe on July 11, 2011, 02:14:40 pm

This is the craziest shit I have ever heard!
Remove it plz immediately

the lols just keep stackin'
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Gnjus on July 11, 2011, 02:21:08 pm
the lols just keep stackin'

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Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Chagan_Arslan on July 11, 2011, 02:29:45 pm
its all fun and games till someones char gets heart attack..
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Vibe on July 11, 2011, 02:33:47 pm
its all fun and games till someones char gets heart attack..

 :lol:
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: rokema on July 11, 2011, 02:36:44 pm
Honestly? As a HA your only fear is other rangers, against melee'ers you have as much chances to kill them without fear as you have arrows. So even if they are inaccurate you are SAFE. You are trading accuracy and damage for speed and safety.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Chagan_Arslan on July 11, 2011, 02:43:45 pm
Honestly? As a HA your only fear is other rangers, against melee'ers you have as much chances to kill them without fear as you have arrows. So even if they are inaccurate you are SAFE. You are trading accuracy and damage for speed and safety.

you sure ? i duelled a lot of ha and managed to kill them ? whats your HA char ingame name ? would like to see how you fare or are you another clueless inf thinking HA is walk in the park ?
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Overdriven on July 11, 2011, 03:03:05 pm
A slight accuracy nerf makes sense. But 4 HA now is the equivelant of 0 HA and around 50 archery wpf before. That makes no sense. If the damage on arrows gets a fix then HA definitely need to be rebuffed on the accuracy side. As the only reason it makes any sense now is because the 1 arrow out of 20 that hits whilst moving is likely to kill someone instantly.

But I'd much rather have high accuracy and weaker arrows than be able to 2 shot everyone and have to stop to shoot to do it.

And of course HA are the ones to whine. Because we can see the effects of the nerf. Other players can't. Go start and HA alt and see how you do.

The only reason any are getting high scores is because dedicated HA have incredibly accurate bows when they are stationary and can insta kill anyone. If you sit on EU and watch the HA they ride, stop, shoot, ride, stop, shoot. Which makes no sense.

But devs have confirmed a fix for HA:

Already changed for hotfix, be patient.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Paul on July 11, 2011, 03:17:04 pm
Nature of hotfix: due to the fact that a veteran horse archer spends most of his time shooting from (moving) horseback, he is alot better at shooting while riding compared to a footarcher. However he is not as good as a dedicated footarcher at shooting while standing still - even with with similar wpf.

Another advise from experienced horse archers to beginners is that the first level of horse archery is just a stepping stone and higher levels are needed to see results.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: KILLFACE on July 11, 2011, 05:24:53 pm
Dont forget to add a move wench command to DTV cause thats my favorite game mode and Im not going near it until its fixed =D
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Skurcey on July 11, 2011, 05:41:48 pm
anyway you can still use a shield, HA need to sacrifice 7-8 points minimum, that give to inf player a +3 in attributes,
I'm tired of the cry babies in here
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Overdriven on July 11, 2011, 05:42:56 pm
Nature of hotfix: due to the fact that a veteran horse archer spends most of his time shooting from (moving) horseback, he is alot better at shooting while riding compared to a footarcher. However he is not as good as a dedicated footarcher at shooting while standing still - even with with similar wpf.

Another advise from experienced horse archers to beginners is that the first level of horse archery is just a stepping stone and higher levels are needed to see results.

Makes sense. Personally that seems like a good compromise. HA aren't as good as foot archers. Beginner HA aren't great, but dedicated HA will be ok. Problem was with this patch that 4 HA was as bad as 0 HA last patch. Glad to hear 4 HA will be worth something again.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: KILLFACE on July 11, 2011, 06:12:49 pm
Seems logical. Its not a easy thing to do.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Overdriven on July 11, 2011, 06:33:42 pm
Ha now makes sense. Thanks for the fix...still nerfed but a lot more reasonable.
Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Ming on July 11, 2011, 07:56:28 pm
i still lose lots of money now even if i go with the cheapest horse possible. HA is killed.

Title: Re: Patch and Horse Archers
Post by: Overdriven on July 11, 2011, 08:13:11 pm
Yeah that is now my only gripe with this patch. I'm bleeding money. Lost 10000 in the past 4 maps :(