Even if nerfed to the bone, we stand strong! :oops:
I skipped to lv 30 (awesome feature) and got a Rus Bow.
I can't hit shit! :lol:
Archers have got it tough now. Try rolling one!
I also rolled an archer with the insta to 30 thing since I heard it wasn't easymode anymore.
In my opinion, it is definitely easymode still.. And very relaxing. And that's me who almost never played an archer before. Jump in, after 5 minutes you get the hang of it.
so i play cavalry as my main, we got nerfed, i still top the score boards, fuck you dev team.
This patch shall separate the true archers who enjoy pewpew from the wannabe "I heard it was EZ mode" fellas.so all of fallen is gone?
so all of fallen is gone?
so all of fallen is gone?
Lets dispell this myth: "before the patch archer was easy mode and they were all sharp shooters" Pre-patch we were anything but sharpshooters. I really don't think that people who don't play as archers get this. Pre-patch you were having a good day as an archer if 1 in every 4 of your arrows hit its mark. We always had crap accuracy which is why no pure archer build was ever one of the top 20 players (based off k/d ratio) of cRPG.
There only reason for the nerf was to eliminate archer as a build.
Yeah... No.
Played one pre-patch, and post patch, still OP (And I'm a crappy archer hater, but I found myself enjoying playing one). The night of the patch, I remember playing a lot, and seing a few archers toping several maps. It's all about getting used to the new patch and aim (which is difficult I must admit). You'll still kill melee players and make them rage, don't worry mate :)
Lol, please show your archer actually doing positive k/d post-patch with video, would be unique sight.
Yeah... No.
Played one pre-patch, and post patch, still OP (And I'm a crappy archer hater, but I found myself enjoying playing one). The night of the patch, I remember playing a lot, and seing a few archers toping several maps. It's all about getting used to the new patch and aim (which is difficult I must admit). You'll still kill melee players and make them rage, don't worry mate :)
The effort required to do OK as an archer is comparatively low, therefore it should have less potential than more risky playstyles.
(And it's easier to get the hang of, so if it's made too powerful, we will have a heavy influx of archers and we're back to CS)
The effort required to do OK as an archer is comparatively low, therefore it should have less potential than more risky playstyles.
What I meant was that an even 1:1 K:D ratio was very easy to attain as an Archer, compared to the poor infantry fellows out there. Nowadays even Ninja_Thomek with MW stuff has roughly 1:1 K:D ratio. Perhaps I suck, but I've played as a Ninja over a year.
For the effort required to do 1:1, archery is relatively easy. The level of skill out there is much much higher than it used to be.. Everyone can manual block, there's lots of heavy armored guys there using edgy builds, cav constantly backstabs you, melee is a very though zone. As an archer it's usually easy to find a safe spot and pew pew.
The effort required to do OK as an archer is comparatively low, therefore it should have less potential than more risky playstyles.
(And it's easier to get the hang of, so if it's made too powerful, we will have a heavy influx of archers and we're back to CS)
We always had crap accuracy which is why no pure archer build was ever one of the top 20 players (based off k/d ratio) of cRPG.
You rarely see an archer getting more than 10-12 kills on a map compared to 20-30 for other classes. I call that "reduced potential".
I thouroghly despise every and each of you. Die in a fire, you archer bundle of stickss.
hey ylca, is that Stringer Bell? Most awesome character of a TV-show ever. (well perhaps besides Omar, Bubbles, Prop Joe...)
Didn't think of it, but yeah. This particular shot is from Luther, the BBC show. Worth a watch .
Lol I love how all these melee players roll archers alts then make claims as to how easy archery is. First of all I never once seen any of these melee players who roll archer for a gen even come close to topping the boards, or anybodies archer alts for that matter either. It's always been the same handful of hardcore archers who are the only few who retain the ability to top score ingame. So I laugh everytime I see these fools state they have an archer alt and that they do so well, yet I never see any new names top the scoreboards as an archer
Also archers are extremely hard to play pre level 25. I know on my melee alt i'll be able to maintain a 2:1 kd as early as level 15 and i'm not even a strong melee player, good luck doing that with archery.
I am a very strong supporter of at least repatching the archer's shoot speed so they may once again assume their role as a support class instead of a team hitting threat to your back side.
STF to 30 to make an archer is... cheating.
Try leveling up an archer, and there, you'll have your drama. Anything under lv25 is : as accurate as a xbow, as much damage as a PS 2 melee.
So protip for all thoses new archers, leveling up, and wanting to be usefull when low level :
Buy a crossbow. I used one lv11, with 0 wpf (so yeah it breaks often, but who cares about that, it can break 700 times before i'm broke) so you can also use whatever armor you want, since you can't reduce wpf below 0 (duh) and ENJOY ! Did a 4:1 on one round, as the team attacking a village. Because team balance found me OP, i was balance to the previously loosing team. As a lv11. To BALANCE things out. xD
One suggestion for xbows that wasn't a nerf in any way, was the "requisite wpf per xbow". But even that wasn't added in the patch. And we're all having battles at the moment, with equipment that needs repairs BUT.... think ahead... think about... strategus. Where NO equipment breaks. Where xbows have NO requisite. Let's all have fun shooting Arbalest on a wall with 0 wpf, shall we ? :mrgreen:(click to show/hide)
When I have 27 str 9 power draw using War bow and can't 1 shot a damn peasant in DTV at short-medium range, then something is wrong! When it takes 3-4 times longer to fire a shot with half the ammo compare to Native, something is wrong! When arrows deviate randomly from reticule at 138wpf, then something is wrong!
And when archer can't be top score 99% of the time, then something is wrong!!!
Peasants in DTV are superhuman, try seeing if you can one shot a real peasant on battle mode or siege.
As for the comparison to native, this is not native, and this line And when archer can't be top score 99% of the time, then something is wrong!!! is just wrong and I hope you are trolling., or maybe I am not reading it correctly. No class should be a top scorer 99% of the time.
archery does need a damage buff. majority of my kills as archer come from cutting off the enemy's head with my sword after they've taken 6 arrows and still reached me. I don't mind challenging long range shots with the slow speed of arrows but they should at least do some damage.