If you think 150+ effective wpf is necessary to play archer, you have wrong expectations. It's like thinking a melee build is broken if it doesn't oneshot everything. For what reason should you be able to hit alone and moving targets, instead of aiming at groups of enemies, maximizing your chances of hitting someone ? Throwers already play like that.
Dude melee already oneshots tons of players. What are you talking about?
And what makes their expectations wrong and yours right? For what reason should you
not be able to hit individual players who are moving?
I built with 170 WPF so that I could shoot archers and xbows and throwers from across the map that wanted to hybrid and therefore didn't have the aim or speed to compete. They had to get closer or get in melee range where their hybrid build gave
them the advantage with their greater PS/wpf in melee/and armor. I did it so that I could hit cavalry and horse archers and horse crossbows racing across the map at 170 mph. Regardless of the bullshit propaganda that flies around this forum, that shit took
skill even with pinpoint accuracy.
Pinpoint at that range meant aiming your reticule about 2-3 inches above someone's head if they were standing still. There was no way you could put a dot on your screen to "auto-aim" and "point and click". It all depends upon range and having played the class for 2 years so you knew the arc of your arrow and where it would land by
feel. When someone is riding on a horse, you can also factor in addition to aiming anywhere from 1-3 inches above the player depending on the range, leading your target by anywhere from 1-4 inches depending upon their
speed. For that ability, I gave up my damage, my ability to take more than 1 hit from basically anybody (except ranged) and had to hit tincans dozens of times (literally at least a dozen arrows). That was an even tradeoff for being a pure archer with high accuracy. The tradeoff for pure 2 handers is that they can oneshot those annoying light bow archers like they were flies, but have to deal with their bothersome stings until they got close enough to do it. And I
still fought and won against melee (which is why the poor embarrassed bastards initially starting crying to nerf archer melee ability, now you've changed your minds???)
I don't want to oneshot people with the biggest bow. I don't want half or more of my arrows to miss due to a cone of fire even though I aim correctly. I don't want to be nailed to the ground so that cavalry and I can't duel in the open field like we did just several months ago. I want to be a pure archer and not be forced into being a hybrid that has to drop their bow to avoid being shackled like a slave.
I'm so very tired of players in this mod trying to dictate to others what their playstyle should be and petitioning to change the game mechanics so that they can have their own way. Sooner or later you will have the mod to yourselves because the players getting shat upon will eventually get tired of the taste. Of course, as I said, that is the ultimate goal of the anti-ranged crowd in the first place. GG
