Kafein, stop whineing. I just did gen as 2hander, NO problem dodging, NO problem catching most archers, some I couldnt catch but they couldnt escape far enough to pull back either, I just press w+t and wait till the kid gets bored.
Sure, sometimes your not paying attention, you get shot. Before that I was shielder, with round shield. Was shot....once? Two times maybe, caught all archers, killed all archers.
Now, in a 2v1 situation, if your enemy IS NOT a noob, your dead. You say you have a better chance vs 2 melee than 2 ranged. YOU DONT. You have EQUAL chance against 2 noobs, but you fight 2 decent players, YOUR DEAD. Your not especially good, you dont think much when you play, infact....your pure pecores. Im done here, this thread is pure farce.
Oh god.
Firstly, you are a horrible melee player. Really. The personal attacks are weak, but coming from you it's just downright pathetic.
Secondly: 2v1 vs. melee is a very common situation and one that is very much doable. 1v2 vs. shitty/mediocre players is easy, 1v2 vs. good players is hard, but most certainly doable.
2v1 vs. archers of ANY skill level is just complete pain though, provided the archers have an IQ >50 and decide to move apart.
There is no real comparison between fighting melee and "fighting" archers. If you kill an archer it's because you have enough ath/light enough armor/good enough shield... etc. Skilless, and boring.
If you fight and kill a melee player though it's because you beat him straight up in a fight. The fight is essentially what I play M@B for, it's fun, exciting and you're actually fighting someone on equal terms rather than forcing him to chase you in a long sequence of complete boredom while you try to pepper him using a 2003-ish aiming system of epic fail.
I honestly don't care about you archer and your "but archery takes skill!!!!!11111oneoneone". Yeah there are good archers and there are bad ones but whereas fighting good players is enjoyable the only thing that increases with the skill of the opposing archer is the amount of annoyance.
Granted, you might say the same about melee players, but shouldn't we really be playing different games then? And if fighting other archers is what you're after then why are there hardly any archers on the duel server?
+ I often get from archers "but archery is so tough, you have to be lv 25 to do any real damage". And you''re right. Archery REALLY sucks at low levels. And why is that? Because it's so incredibly stat-based! There's a reason for the whine about the performance difference of high lv + fully loomed archers vs. normal ones. Also: I once dueled and beat 11 people on a battle server at round end, at level 12! With peasant clothes and a spear! Could I do that as an archer? No way. And why is that...? Make what you want out of it.
Okay time to /endrant
The wall of text was funny, but DAMN are you a big whiner.
Steps to deal with 2 archers:
-Chase the archer who seems to be slower/has the bigger bow.
-Use '~' and only raise your shield when one of them has the bow drawn. Be ready to do a 180 turn to catch arrows in your back.
If your shield is in good condition it's going to take a lot of time for their arrows to break it. If it's towards the end of the round one/both will likely be out before your shield breaks. In either case there is going to be plenty of time for one of them to make a mistake, or perhaps you might even catch the one behind you with their pants down if you quickly change targets if he gets too close.
I've had plenty of success in the past in 2v1 situations like this. Of course the odds are stacked against me and if there are more than 2 left or my shield breaks I'm usually screwed, but boo hoo.
In conclusion: Sack up and stop whining.
And what if the archers are non-retarded ones and actually time their shots?
