I played an hour and a half on a low pop server (+/-40 people) with my thrower. There was 1 other thrower on my team (level 3 rockthrower
) and 1 on the enemy team (hybrid with heavy axes).
Depending on the map (some maps are harder than others) I managed to get a 5:1 k/d ratio a few rounds, finishing most maps with a positive kd ratio of >2:1. I was tossing around jarids.
The other thrower was terribad and had a kd ratio of <1:1.
Despite the fact I 1 or 2 hit anyone, nobody cried about it. Not even once. The reason for that was there were much deadlier guys around with their 2h swords or lances from horseback. They had higher kd ratios than I had and were perfectly capable of dodging anything I threw at them when they faced me.
As for the firing rate: As soon as someone came in my effective range, I could throw 2, maybe 3 jarids before being forced to melee. Despite having 10 PS, melee usually ends badly for me when I'm using jarids.
The guys on the enemy team did what everyone should do: Deal with it.
The 2h guys even started bringing 0 shieldskill shields to prevent me from hitting that first jarid.
