Gorath, sorry, Ive been trying to figure out how to post pics for a while now, cant figure out how as I hit the pic button and it just puts brackets in the text and I dont have pictures online with photo bucket or anything, just on my computer.
Also, i dont know if anyone noticed but the reticule size of the person with and without armor was if not exactly the same almost exactly the same. Heavy armor has far far less impact on wpf post-patch, especially considering it was a higher nerf pre-patch for archers compared to other classes.
Having 1 powerdraw above your bow requirement shrinks your reticule size the equivalent of roughly adding 15 wpf and it also increases the length of time to which you can hold the smaller reticules, and increases the penetration power of your arrows with armor.
I just hit level 30 last night. Played 1 round before typing this with masterwork warbow and double heirloomed bodkin arrows and 7 pd, 6 weaponmaster all in archery (154) (8 converted skill points) and went 6-0, it is highly effective because I would say 2/3rds were one-shot kills (mostly aiming at archers - lighter armor). The reticule doesnt stay smaller for very long at all, you have to shoot pretty much the moment the reticules reach their smaller sizes, but also slower to draw and shoot so good at long distance but if you get too close to most other archers you would face a real issue where they can shoot you over and over again disrupting your shot before completed (like a xbower trying to reload). With only 6 powerdraw the picture of that size reticule earlier is only for 1/4 of a second or less, it goes wider reticule very very quickly.
Used my khergit bow the next round, actually enjoyed it more and got 3 kills before dying (had to shoot people twice at least), faster draw speed, but also with 7 powerdraw you hold your shot for several seconds and still get decent aim without the arrow shanking and you can shoot someone without standing still so long that you get shot in return.
The thing is using a warbow or a longbow if you want takes you almsot to level 30 before being able to use without a lot of arrow shanking wide of where you aimed and with level 30 and 8 converted skill points you reach a highly effective build. But for the fun of using a bow up until level 30 and even after in many battle rather then siege situations, the "lesser" nomad, khergit, and strong bows are highly effective. Also, using a warbow/longbow requires almost no deviation from a pretty specific build, whereas using a khergit you can have fun with a lot of variation like with Gorath's and Bruce's builds. There is no wrong answer, a lot depends on your style of play.
If you are more camping/siege style archer who doesnt move after shots then warbow may be the way to go, if you are a skirmisher and open to occasionally meleeing then khergit/strong bow would probably be better and using the extra skill pints to make you a better melee fighter.
Hope this helps.
P.S. If you were at all curious, my ideal archer build is 6 powerdraw with 7 weaponmaster and 7 athletics all wpf in archery using a triple heirloomed khergit bow. Will take me quite a while to get there though.
