Archery buff

[Joxer]

It may have been a troll but if there is archery accuracy buff in the future can I make a suggestion? Make it tiny. Make it really really tiny. Then restore the arrow speed to what it was.

[Punisher]

Archery is fine now, it doesn't need a buff. What needs adjustment it's throwing, that is indeed stronger than archery now. The solution is to nerf throwing, not buff archery and make ranged spam worse.

[Joxer]

Says the tincan... 

[Punisher]

That's from the good days, now I only wear my tin 1h/week or so. Wearing shitty 5k armor almost all the time + 0 IF means I get one-shoted by throwmy old friendsers a lot.

But seriously, an archery buff would only bring it back to where it was before the nerf. Archery and Xbows are balanced now, the problem is they were both nerfed post-patch, while throwing wasn't.

[Joxer]

It wouldn't bring it back to what it was. There is already a huge damage nerf and speed nerf. Arrow speed nerf was the one part that was too much imo.

[Rumblood]

Archery is fine now, it doesn't need a buff. What needs adjustment it's throwing, that is indeed stronger than archery now. The solution is to nerf throwing, not buff archery and make ranged spam worse.

+1

...and I'm an Archer using my twice heirloomed strong bow. 

[Vexus]

My biggest problem as archer is not being able to hold the shot for more then a second then aim becomes wide as walking add the new shooting animation into the mix and you got something which is retarded.

[[ptx]]

No, it is not.

[Cecil]

Archery is fine now, it doesn't need a buff....

I agree .... And this comes from someone playing an archer at the moment.  All in all I say it's fairly balanced with the rest of the "classes"

Protip:  Lear how to melee... people you can't hit with an arrow you can stab with a sword!

Only thing I would suggest for archery is to increase ammunition    I always run out

[UrLukur]

I feel that bows and arrows should cost more, and weapons in general too.

[Sha_Wujing]

Only thing I would suggest for archery is to increase ammunition    I always run out

if 16 arrows isnt enough for you, what about the cheaper ones where you get 28/23/21.

[Formless]

One of my alts is an archer, after the big patch I though archery was fine if strong until they introduced another archer nerf.  Archery then went to crap with the shoot speed nerf and I have not touched my alt much since then. 

Right now archery is the least deadliest class out there.  My alt has a PD 6 and 145 wpf.  In testing on the duel server at a medium range for an archer, shooting a Very Strong Bow (heir-loomed Strong Bow) it takes 1 to 2 Bodkins to put a naked down.   It takes about 4 to 5 to put down a guy with Body armour of 28 and it takes 10 arrows to kill a tin can  Body armour 50+, which does not include 2 arrows glancing off him. 

With the reduction of speed archery is not fun anymore, damage is not there, killing power is not there.  The aiming reticule is useless since even close up shots do not fly in the center of the reticule.  Only use for the reticule now is as a reference point to where you are pointing your bow. 

I have not tested it but I suspect from some siege server experiences that long shots with bows are now pretty much useless since everytime I got hit from far away the damage delt to me with body armour of 39 was negligible (I get hurt more by failing a short distance).  Overall do not bother with being an archer right now, go with throwing.  At the same distance you will get more bang for your buck throwing War darts then you will shooting arrows plus you will be able to put more points into melee as a thrower.

 

[Wulzzz]

Well.Archers definately don't need further nerf.
But i wouldn't mind changes that make them more interesting.
Like a secondary mode for fast shooting with heavily decreased accuracy.
Or secondary mode for precise shooting with heavily decreased shooting rate.

[Vygar]

Archery is lacking overall.  I've abandoned my archer alt at lvl 25 due to the lack of damage and the slow speed in which arrows travel.  The only thing that feels even close to right is RoF.

I have a lot more success with my 2h/Xbow alt with 75 Xbow wpf and no further investment...

[Korgoth]

Ok. Here is my Opinion on Archers.

I hate them so fucking much. I wanted them to be Nerfed and Nerfed again and again and again.

BUT!!

Then I made an Archer Alt, and I realised how shit they are. The only reason I wouldn't want a buff is because...

ARCHER BUFFED = MORE ARCHERS = ARCHER SPAM = PEOPLE RAGE = ARCHERS NERFED = ARCHERS RAGE = Start Again