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Events & Tournaments / Re: Kingdom of Haven 2v2 Tournament *LAST DAY TO SIGN UP, RANGE ALLOWED AGAIN,*

« on: September 10, 2011, 08:28:43 am »

Please, please, PLEASE consider allowing ranged!  I promise I will do my best to put on a good show if you do 

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Game Balance Discussion / Re: Op Xbows!

« on: September 09, 2011, 09:27:34 pm »

Ok, maybe I'm biased as a dedicated xbowman, however, I don't feel an xbow nerf is the answer here.  I agree with those who posted here and suggest either a minimum wpf requirement for xbows or greatly reduced accuracy for low wpf (1-30?) xbow users to discourage them being used so often and so effectively as a sidearm. 

The idea of making xbows have a higher str requirement and thus destroying the current 15/24 build most dedicated xbowmen use doesn't seem like a good idea.  Furthermore, the logic used in deciding that dedicated xbowmen should be less proficient in melee because dedicated archers are is flawed, if for no other reason that this:  You can kite and shoot people chasing you with a bow which makes melee slightly less important.  As an xbowman, an arbalest user anyways, there is no kiting once an enemy gets within 30 yards or so.  At that point you pray that your shot kills him, otherwise

1) You switch to melee and have a go, or 
2) You run for a very, very long time and hope he loses interest in you. 

A melee nerf for dedicated xbow builds would result in option 2 happening much more often.  Imo, leave dedicated xbow builds alone, make 1wpf sidearm xbows less viable and give bows/archers a much needed buff (projectile speed/dmg increase for sure).

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Game Balance Discussion / Re: Archery Nerfed

« on: August 22, 2011, 11:16:14 pm »

I fully agree with those who say bow missile speed needs to be increased, among other changes necessary to balance the archer class.  To be completely honest, I was debating on whether to make my gen 3 archer or gen 3 xbower my main before the patch and decided (after much deliberation) it would be my archer, which I loved and had played since day one.  Luckily, I didn't make it official pre-patch and found my archer nearly unplayable compared to my xbower (Ghillie), which is now my main.  IMO an increase in missile speed IS A MUST for bows... it's been said over and over on this thread but bow missile speed is just horrendous.  I haven't played enough on my archer since the patch to comment on more than that, but missile speed alone was enough to get me to switch classes.  I mean no offence to any of the developers - I certainly appreciate the mod and the community that has spawned from it.  I'm just stating my opinion and agreeing with many who have posted here.