About Horse Archers

[Rumblood]

Thing is this is very damn difficult with a decent player on an Arabian Warhorse, which is a lot of ranged cav players. They get 8+ riding (some HX do 10, which makes catching them impossible, and even difficult to hit as foot ranged.)

The Arabian isn't the fastest horse and nothing prevents melee cavalry from getting the same riding as ranged cavalry. When ranged cavalry goes to those extremes, they lose a ton of damage (except for the HX who of course doesn't need to invest in a skill to do maximum damage)

[Ronin]

How many arrows it takes to kill a fully plated knight?

[Prpavi]

from horseback? without bodkins you can shoot all day long 

[Ronin]

On horseback and with bodkins of course

[Prpavi]

On horseback and with bodkins of course

I'm willing to give it a test

this also depends on the build and IF involved, so there might not be a clear answer

for example even before the HA nerf I remember shooting 20 arrows atleast at Tyrannosaurus (I believe it was him) end round, he has a full str/if build, wasn't shooting with Bodkins, I got the message in the chat: no dmg 

[Rumblood]

from horseback? without bodkins you can shoot all day long 

Just shoot them in the head. 

[Thomek]

Idk.. I believe the bump mechanic to be insanely powerful, perhaps even more so than the arrows. Together with the arrows, together with a teammate, its devastating. It's like an extra attack that can attack at the same time as your main attack. That stuns the target to the ground.

Then you have bump-shoot, bump-slash with your backup 1h sword.. that you can also pick up. with speed bonus etc..

HA still a very very versatile class, and hard for any other classes to deal with. An xbower gets 1 shot off, then he can never reload. At a freely moving target.

All in all, HA is a class with extreme possibilities for creative play, and a good smart player should do well with it.

Thank god we don't have many good players playing the lamest classes.