Hmm...
Mhmm...
Those topics are from the end of 2011. We have 2013 now. More than a complete year has passed since. It's not like people who were capable of coding but not willing to do so would change their mind because we need them now only due to those topics still existing... yet another recruiting round would do no harm, I think.
and I do know the topics, in the upper one I have even written the first reply.
Nerf ranged - mod no longer dead. Easy
People play this because its got good melee mechanics. Ranged take advantage of that with their parasitic gameplay, and the core playerbase get sick of it and play something else
Another nerf doesn't help anything Grumbs. Haven't you learned from all the previous nerfs? Archers got nerfed over and over, and still infantry has problems with them. The problems come from a totally different direction. Not the deadliness of the archer himself (dmg, accuracy, shot speed, etc.) is the problem, it's horrible at the moment. The percentage of archers is part of the problem, as archers increase each other's effectivity exponentially the more there are (in difference to infantry, who don't), the flexibility of the class is another part. This flexibility allows archers to actively engage throughout almost the entire battle, and to pick the most advantageous targets (similar to cavalry). It's an offensive, acting class. Infantry needs to wait until targets come in range (in most cases by deciding so!), and during most of the round they are trying to survive, which puts them into a defensive, reacting role. Even when charging. And the last part of the problem are infantry players themselves, who don't play together to complement each other. Infantry needs a way higher amount of coordination, discipline and teamwork than the other classes, and due to the first two parts of the problem I mentioned above you can imagine what happens when infantry is chasing after their targets (missing flexibility) and scatters over the battlefield (low support level between infantry). They get raped by archers and cavalry who don't suffer from missing teamplay in this severe extend.
So please, Grumbs, don't suggest any nerfs at all any more, the game is nerfed to the ground, no more space left downwards. If anything, suggest buffs. But better would be to actually confront yourself with the source of the problems, instead just reacting with nerf cries. It's like those people in politics who whenever something unpleasant happens their only reaction is to shout for more laws, restrictions and prohibitions. As if a ban of ego shooters wold prevent amok runs or longer sentences would deterr rapists (for five years prison I would rape her, but not for eight...). It's always better to adress the source of the problems than to try to prevent the symptoms.
