As much as I hate to say it, playing without ranged is boring as hell. This game needs ranged. The fear factor of ranged dampens the melee rapetrain and freedom of mobility and makes rounds last longer and forces melee and cav players to be careful with how they go about things. Without ranged, the game just becomes a huge boring ass bumrush where the only deciding factors are numbers and the amount of support polearms and where agi whores will reign supreme.
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Ranged is like salt; you need a little of it to get the most out of your meal, but add too much and you've ruined the whole plate.