at least against cav you have a chance to fight back. instead dodging zillion flying stuff and being kited then surrounded in the end is not worth the time. that's also why a lot of people have ranged alts to log just in case... and then starts the ranged CoD: Medieval Warfare galore.
then people start switching to siege, ranged gets bored to play CoD in battle and join siege too. but at least in siege you can let the archers run to hell while you do your cap/defend duties.
you got a point here. I actually prefer to walk in the open field and face cav with a no stab weapon than staying close to village and get shot into pieces.
HA are less of a problem compared to roofmonkeys too, easier to dodge (i guess harder to aim for them).
It's not about being a good/bad archer, we don't stand a chance of fighting back. About crossbows, how easy is to aim with those at medium range?i'm not talking about dave with over 170 wpf and arbalest, that's fair, but holy crap random guys often low level can snipe us from safe distance, supported ofc by 20 dedicated archers.
kiting may have been nerfed, i'll never ty enuff for removing jumpshots, but you know what?
GIVE US BACK SOME ARMOR if you think bow dmg it's fine. If you are worried about PEWPEWERS no worries, they will still loose 2/3 health at least from all the ranged around.........since all of them keep shooting in melee and hide behide corners after TH... yes you do this all the time and all of you!
for those of you calling shit like "GET A SHIELD":
kinngrimm may not be very active lately, but if there's someone in this mod with a build wich can be considered "anti archer" is kinn. He's still shocked by the number of ppl shooting from different directions when engaged in melee fights...
come on don't you all guys find hilarious when you are in melee 1 on 3 still managing to survive and kill enemies, and you get finally shot in a feet by some sneaky bastard?
it's about numbers, is too viable bringing a gun to a knife fight atm