the one who says throwing is op is a moron. i had a stf with with throwing lances, tested in duel serv and took 3 lances to kill a 21/18 in a decent armor
with 6 pt and jarids i do at best 50% damage on 18/18 builds with light armor. the sarifices you have to do for throwing is really handicaping. people that make you lose 50% of life in your mighty loomed armor are people who'v invested heavily in throwing.
And for crossbow. i'v died a few times in one hit even though i have lordly gear (body and hand gear) and sometimes couldnt see my life to an arm shot!. You can tell all the realism bullcrap you want but the lack of investment you need, the easiness compared to archery doesnt diserve imo to 1 hit kill. I played crossbow before the buff, and the strength of crossbow is the ability to hold your shots forever to release at the right moment your shot and also the fact you can easily put up a melee fight (investmenet in melee points, ability to have more armor).
I'm on my second gen of xbow alt and already at level 20 iv caught up easily my peasent kd by having always 2:1 KD's with 110 wpf. True it isnt that accurate but aiming for the head is really not needed because the damage output to a torso hit compensates alrgely the risk of pulling off a heashot. This is for me the easiest ranged class, now it's the most powerful. the number of crossbows have increased lately it's insane
