Horse Archery

[Overdriven]

Because I'm heavily biased and a little tired of anti-HA sentiment and the lack of discussion it gets when it gets heavily nerfed compared to when it's 'OP'. And will always lobby for HA.

Can we have something official from the devs on horse archery?

I just find it funny how HA went from this:
http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,919.msg11653.html#msg11653

To this (led to HA nerf):
http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,8686.0.html

To this (See Paul's fix):
http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,10159.msg147733.html#msg147733

To being included in this:
http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,23910.0.html

So basically it went from hardly being played, to supposedly being OP (though still rarely played until that thread publicised it and there was a massive jump in HA), to pretty much perfect, to very UP.

Currently HA are still good when working together and can rack up the kills. But on their own they are useless against cavalry (lack of damage to horses), can't get the headshots needed for the extra damage on inf except for luck (lack of accuracy) and a horse charge does more damage than a body shot from a horn bow (may as well just use my courser as my main weapon).

Always bare in mind that even on a full EU1 server with most of GK on, there will be maybe 5-6 HA tops split between the two teams. On an average day it rarely gets above 2 on the entire server at any one time until GK do come on. And that was pre-nerf. They aren't a widespread class at all.

[Overdriven]

So far this kinda makes my point. Lack of any discussion 

[Thanatos]

Please boost xbow on horse. Mongoliaserf has been suffering and many mongols have put down the xbow as they feel they can't fight with it the way they used to.

[Leshma]

I agree with you Overdriven. HA is really OP class, please nerf!

[Overdriven]

I agree with you Overdriven. HA is really OP class, please nerf!

 

[Gurnisson]

Well, horse archers were nerfed without really deserving it, just like throwers and crossbowmen.

[Overdriven]

Well, horse archers were nerfed without really deserving it, just like throwers and crossbowmen.

Yeah true. But that's why I'd actually like to hear something proper about it. Because so far it's been complete silence on the subject from any devs.

[Malaclypse]

Tell The Duke of Disco BEATS that HA is underpowered, because the dude didn't get the memo.

[Zerran]

Tell The Duke of Disco BEATS that HA is underpowered, because the dude didn't get the memo.

Played with him a few times. Guy gets headshots constantly. Unless he's just really really lucky, then he must be good. In that case, headshots are skill based.

[Tonyukuk]

I think Ha class isnt kill machine And most of HA trying to kill enemy ınf..they dont try kill the horses so they are complain about it..

[Fartface]

In my gen of HA i was able to hold an 3:1 kdr so i dont think there nerfed that bad( this was after the patch)
Now  instead of just keep shooting at  thatt one lonely 2hander just put one shot at him and then switch targets this way by switching you wil get way more hits and at unaware targets getting hs is pretty easy.

[Mtemtko]

fml, its extremely frustrating to put 12 arrows into a 2h with high end mail armor and then a lancer gets him with a single pass -.-
and same goes with lancers,5-8 arrows to take one out while they can take us out easily with a single pass, has are just annoying flies to everybody now.

[_Tak_]

before the patch throwers were hard-lifers, now their life even become worse...and worse. you should bump the HA thread you made on the suggestion thread until a dev reply

[Herkkutatti]

fml, its extremely frustrating to put 12 arrows into a 2h with high end mail armor and then a lancer gets him with a single pass -.-
and same goes with lancers,5-8 arrows to take one out while they can take us out easily with a single pass, has are just annoying flies to everybody now.

No matter what horse i use Rouncey,Palfrey,courser,Destrier all the horses die from 1-3 shots destrier maybe 2-5 , and  i got 6 IF average body armor i use is 40-50 and i still get 2 shotted  and you still whine!#¤%( 

[The_Bloody_Nine]

Well, horse archers were nerfed without really deserving it, just like throwers and crossbowmen.

I do think a small damage nerf on xbows was/would have been justified. Especially concerning heirloomed +3 bolts + +3 xbow.