One map related comment:
Whoever made the "Swadian city under siege" or whatever map..
Also, villages suck, great open field maps rule.
If someone will go "lol hiding behind a shieldwall is lame and boring then wait for flags", he is a ranged elitist douchebag, who is secretly bragging about not being able to abuse roof hugging during one map out of all the typical village-roofhug maps.
And mostly, never played during the old days, when there were actual shield wall clashes that were almost oscar worthy, in a scale of epicness. Everyone had his own role, even archers, yes.