Balancing Range without nerfing damage (Mini textwall warning)

[Tears of Destiny]

We should just buff STR archers so there is a reason not to be a kiting little bastard. As of now AGI archers do the same damage at range, are more accurate, run faster, so why ever go STR?

Then again, even after all this time people still use crossbows as disturbingly accurate 1wpf sidearms even after so many "fixes" so I sincerely doubt that this will ever be fixed in this game, this "imbalance" of range, due to people usually missing the point of what is actually causing imbalances and instead using bruteforce to apply a fix in the wrong spot.

[Belatu]

Have you ever, thought, or contemplated the idea, of getting a shield?

[sF_Guardian]

Have you ever, thought, or contemplated the idea, of getting a shield?

As 2 Hander? 
I`m not a 2H to be forced to slow down myself with a shield so I will never reach that archers.
Besides this it uses 2 much points to get a good shield.

[Belatu]

this is what you say

As 2 Hander? 
I`m not a 2H to be forced to slow down myself with a shield so I will never reach that archers.
Besides this it uses 2 much points to get a good shield.

This is what i read:

bla bla because I am more than then bla bla I cry a lot  and bla bla 

[Tydeus]

We should just buff STR archers so there is a reason not to be a kiting little bastard. As of now AGI archers do the same damage at range, are more accurate, run faster, so why ever go STR?

The disparity is ridiculous, but I don't think simply having STR archers do more damage than what they're doing now, is the best solution. Instead str archers should maintain their current damage, and other archers should lose damage. The last thing anyone should want, is archers able to consistently 2 shot most opponents. Buff those build's damage more and you're going to see that.

The reason why simply buffing str archery is so bad though, is that the crpg population has been taking a huge hit lately. I can't recall a time when there were this few number of people playing, and with this strat's mechanics, I can see no reason that it would do anything other than bring people back to crpg. Yet we still find days where NA_1, during prime time, only has 40(fourty) people playing. Ultimately the reason why people play crpg over native, is balance. Everything else crpg has to offer, you can pretty much get with another mod.

[Jarlek]

Have you ever, thought, or contemplated the idea, of getting a shield?

I did, but having a shield makes me way worse at dealing with archers.

This was not as a 2hander, not even a hoplite, but as a 1h. Shields are so useless now against ranged you're better off without them just because of the movement speed.