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« on: February 06, 2012, 08:56:24 pm »
They have both been nerfed to nothingness.. But i am trying longbower atm myself and its very fun, but not too epeen rewarding. But 10 PD(lol) not needed. Best builds are probably builds with only 18 str, the rest agility coz you neeed to be quick and accurate to be a good archer. Running away is a part of it ;P and just staying alive and helping the team. With 30 str you will die very quick as you will not be able to work with other archers as they will be faster than you. A vital part of being an archer is teamwork as in its current state it will take roughly 4 shots to kill, but running and gunning is good to use if you can get around 7,8 athletics.
Crossbows atm are pretty useles imo because it will take you around 2-3 shots with no heirlooms and because you can't reload on the run its very hard to get 3 shots in.
So, i would try archery in the current patch if you use a longbow or (preferably) Rus bow, 2 slots of arrows and a 0 slot melee weapon. I use a leather jerkin and mail gauntlets but that's probably too much.