I have been using a longbow since the release of the new patch, and although I have to agree that it is lacking, I don't see any major flaws beyond the accuracy and draw time that need to be improved. I have a masterwork longbow and sharp bodkin arrows, and can still only one-shot people in cloth armor, and often 2-3 shot archers, just the same as with a strong bow in most situations. This seems fairly weak and it is, the damage on arrows have scaled the bows to have a high starting point and a low rate of improvement from bow to bow, making the strong bow superior in many ways because the time it takes to make one shot on a longbow often a strong bow can get 2 shots off AND they are more accurate. Half of my kills come from melee with only 77 WPF, which is a testament to what the longbow is, a support build. I can one shot kill the lower horses and 2 shots get most of the mid rank horses, and plate armor still gets hurt; I have had goretooth say I hit him for 1/4 his hp in his famous black armor. This new patch itself may undo longbowmen by removing melee hybrids, and the support this build of archer brings.
