Horse Archers

[Rumblood]

Being board toppers is hardly the most important thing.

The fact that HA can top the board in addition to being the most powerful harrassment unit in the game shows they are a bit too hard.

Their main point should be wounding the odd peson, distracting the enemy team by attacking from odd angles, opening up the occasional block with an arrow into combat and keeping the enemy ranged troops attention.

They can still do all that without being pretty much just as accurate and hard hitting as a foot archer.

So they should be able to do everything but get a kill?

You people....

[UrLukur]

So they should be able to do everything but get a kill?

You people....

It's not that they should be unable to score a kill, it's issue with the fact that they have too high damage output at the moment.

[AlbaTiger]

Yeah, they shouldn't be as able to get kills as easily as a foot archer with the same bow, which currently they pretty much are.

The thing is cRPG is a team game, sure on a public server it doesn't always feel like it but certainly in more organised group vs group matches. The game is not all about k:d ratio and topping the board.

This is where support classes come in and to my mind Horse Archers should be one of the most flexible support classes, but they shouldn't be full on killers.

[Lucas]

Here's my sulution suggestion to this problem, feel free to give your feedbacks.
http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,5296.0.html

[22nd_King_Plazek]

The best counter to horse archers that could actually take the fight to them was throwing cavalry. Generally too inaccurate to take out the rider but good enough to kill the horse.

Well now they are no more. As the recent patch has left no viable horseback thrown weapons. Unless you think 6 javelins and no melee weapon is viable.