I didnt know that you lose wpf for each PD. That makes no sense at all. What, i made some pushups and forget how to aim ?
I have started this game 4 weeks ago, I dont know what you did to that archers but lets face it, If you dont have an amazing desire to be an archer, you will figure out that melees run the show. PAM, you have no reeason to be an archer.
I have never seen an archer on the top of the list, i know melees dont have to pay that projectile repair for each round.
So, improve that archery somehow you can.
I agree that archery is kinda hard. But you have to think that you pretty much reach the top of your archery game after like ten hours of getting used to the drop and velocity and drawspeed. Most melees that you see running the show have practiced the art for hundreds of hours, melee is more effective in the end, but is harder in the beginning.
You as a new player, try archery and infantry I think archery would enable you to be more effective, there is just less room for improvement as an archer than as a melee player.
I agree that a seasoned melee player like myself is much less effective as an archer.
Still, even though in the end the archer has a little less power than the top melee, you still see a shitton of archers. No reasons to be an archer you say? Then don't, youre playing a game with an unique melee combat system, why the hell would you go shoot like in every other game? Archery is hugely popular, thats why it shouldnt be so powerful. A buff for archery will increase the archer numbers even more to gamebreaking levels. If there are more archers, they need to be less powerful, otherwise they break the ranged/melee/cav balance.
Although I have no idea why everyone likes archery so much, lets say almost all despised archery like me. In that case archery could be made twice as powerful without archery becoming overpowered.
Oh, and melee have plenty of repairs too, maybe you should consider not using the most expensive arrows and bows. The repairs on archers are probably also quite high due to the immense popularity of the class.
I have seen scoreboard topping archers, they are called Jambi. Dunno why but this guy seems to be twice as good as the second best archer. Maybe all you other archers should try harder to become as good as he is. Because you can be awfully powerful as an archer. Last time I've seen him play, he topped the boards for like 3 maps in a row. Also, archery is less kill focused than melee, you deal damage to lots of different players that get away before you can kill them, kills do not fully represent power.
tl;dr
Archery is easy to master, melee always has room for improvement. Individual archery should be weak, because popularity would otherwise break the ranged/cav/melee balance. Melee have repairs too. Jambi.
