nerfed archer again

[3ABP]

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very slow download speed

[Babelfish]

only me or does it take ages to load up that screenshot? :S

20% now!

[3ABP]

BTW - now we know what chadz have they own web site ^)
...chadz.pytalhost.com...

Updated: no no no David Blane. Leave pls old 1st person view.
(and without crosshair... omg)

[Xant]

o chadz u so crazy

[AlexandertheGreat]

Just do like most others and pick up a riotshield like everyone else, deflects all projectiles even if the shield doesn't technically cover it! I switched from an archer to a 1h shield build when I retired from strong bow HA...the arrows hit people, but never the people I was even close to aiming at, usually hit a teammate or just randomly into the ground... 5seconds later, my bow is nocked with an arrow again, and it was back to being ineffective. The only targets that were even possible to be hitting accurately is when you have a nice doorway or choke point to headshot pick...archers are back to being useless. Just grab a thrown weapon and hop on the bandwagon of the only remaining useful ranged option.

[bruce]

Just do like most others and pick up a riotshield like everyone else, deflects all projectiles even if the shield doesn't technically cover it! I switched from an archer to a 1h shield build when I retired from strong bow HA...the arrows hit people, but never the people I was even close to aiming at, usually hit a teammate or just randomly into the ground... 5seconds later, my bow is nocked with an arrow again, and it was back to being ineffective. The only targets that were even possible to be hitting accurately is when you have a nice doorway or choke point to headshot pick...archers are back to being useless. Just grab a thrown weapon and hop on the bandwagon of the only remaining useful ranged option.

In other words: you rolled HA because you thought it would be easymode kill farming, but it sucked for you. Then you switched to 1h+shield because you thought you'd get easymode kill farming with that, but you're again getting raped.

The days when HA was a class where any noob could succeed and do well by purely grinding to level 35+ and buying a panzerhorse are long gone.

[Warcat]

The days when HA was a class where any noob could succeed and do well by purely grinding to level 35+ and buying a panzerhorse are long gone.

lol, that has never been the case. For one thing, hitting stuff people while going full speed and avoiding other cav, archers and pikes is harder than anything else in the game (I have enough alts to know). Also, since this most recent patch, its a lot easier to grind as a HA because getting xp and gold no longer requires being near the action. 1h+shield was always the best way to grind up money before the patch. However since the patch, its far easier for anyone to get the huge horses and bump people. Just isn't affordable to always be doing it.

[EponiCo]

Horsearcher is still pretty fun to play, however you must ignore scoreboard and play as skirmisher.
Which is how I think it should be, you dismount lancers, annoy infantry with up close fire, run from every fight, and backstab people when they are scattered.
The old plated horsearcher who'd shoot you when you had no ranged weapon, and pulled out shield to drive over you when you had, and could repeat that 10 times even when you hit him was an abomination.

[chadz]

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[EponiCo]

Ah, I was really hoping for an implementation of proper crossbow sight, very nice.

[BD_Guard_Bane]

So someone stole your crosshair and now they're hiding in the barn?

[Unreal]

It has a bolt with explosive tip, to blow up the barn

[Gristle]

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[ShinySpoons]

Oh my... there's sights! Probably harder to aim than with bow though, due to lower rate of fire meaning less chances to correct trajectory. Still, rewards dedicated xbowman since they'll be the only ones who can hit things consistently.

I wonder if accuracy will be changed for bows/xbows if no reticuleness works out?

[Squint]

This should keep the infantry n cav happy, more tunnel vision archers means more free kills.