Im on eu1 every day: I chase archers all day, cause I got a shield, and throwing weapons. I fucking love it when they run, I run faster, I throw things at them, and when they turn I shield up and keep coming. Thats the solution I pick. Againts multiple archers, its more difficult. But it's more difficult to fight multiple opponents of ANY type, not just archers:
But chasing them without a shield or anything to throw at them IS RETARDED: Just dont chase them. They are almost all kids anyway, who will get bored and come to try to sneak shots at you in your hiding place, just keep slipping back and back untill they have over committed, and rape them. But if you are last guy, againts 5 archers, your screwed: SO what? 95% of the time as last man vs 5 of ANYTHING your screwed, whether they spammitards, polestunners, steelshielders, 2handedheros, w/e, 5vs1 you are probs gonna die. I just dont get why everyone thinks melee should be able to run to ranged and kill: Melee are the smart players, with tricks and tactics to beating each opponent type they face: Running at rangers should NEVER be one of your tactics. MAKE them come to you, if they wait for flag, rush it, they have to fight or let you have it, if they try to shoot you off it, just spam mouse in circles and they cannot hit you...its that easy...ranged also only classtype that RUN OUT OF WEAPON: My sword never runs out of cuts, their bow WILL run out of ammo.
You guys all obsessed with changing the game, when you need to change the way you play it. I'll quote you the motto we used at work "Man up, or fuck off". I choose to man up, and adjust how I play to defeat them. Now unless they massively outnumber me, archers have to fuck off. They cannot kill me, they cannot run from me. I dont see the problem: Shot in the back while fighting someone else is no different to backstabbed while fighting someone else: Gank is Gank, once your dead its completely irrelevant wether the killer was stood 2 yards or 200 yards from you, backstab is backstab.
There are real problems with the mod, weapons with hitboxes that massively outreach their models, blockmeshes that dont match hitboxes, massive hybridisation advantages for xbows over everything else, cavalry sound needs fixing, bumpstabs with lance even tho its physically impossible, etc. Some my old friends wishing to be Legolas arent a problem. Address real issues. Dont change the game to fill holes in your playstyle.
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