kinda feel bad for 33+ archers... they got f'd hard
Lvl 35 archer - get the message my weapon proficiency in bows is too low. I am a strength archer, which this patch was supposed to promote. But I guess 9 powerdraw with 160 wpf is completely counteracted by having only 6 athletics (which was already heavily counteracted by the heavy weight of arrows). Most strategus battles I've been in have shifted toward polearm users that i have seen and melee in general, sometimes I am the only archer or maybe 1 more, not sure how our class was so OP that no one really did it much anymore on their main.
I almost never kite, the athletics I use allow me to dodge cav (already easy mode and didnt need this buff of super-slow archers) and to dodge opposing ranged. But I guess we should get rid of ranged skill and archer duels and just have all of us just stand still and shoot missles of death with 11 powerdraw and no athletics.
Actually seriously considering respeccing to 2hander since I will have to respec anyway with these changes, might as well do a class that got buffed substantially (unless you are noob who crutched on the longest swords in the game constantly stabbing, longswords and bastard swords are even more fun now if you know how to block).