What makes playing HX fun?

[Micah]

honest question here! Since i havent played the class by myself and a lack of imagination, i have to rely on extern opinions ;P
i would like to ask you , what you find most exiting about playing this class

how you imagine your role in the game (as in: which "heroic" image is comparable?)

whats the thing you can do best as HX

which situations you find most challenging or rewarding

which attributes and abilities of your class you value highly

what makes playing HX worthwhile, recomendable or any other points you would like to add ? (e.g.: why not playing HA instead ?)


please try to be as short and concise as possible, thanks very much for taking the time =)
no ballance discussions, no buff-nerf comments! i will report

[Strudog]

because its OP

[Herkkutatti666]

because its OP

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[CrazyCracka420]

OP how?  I don't think they are very effective at helping determine which team wins the round...unless they have masterworked gear or are Rohypnol, I don't think most HX are very effective, more of a nuisance. 

[Malaclypse]

You ride around at Mach 10 firing bullets of pure love which makes you feel sort of like a fighter pilot, and oftentimes you get to piss off entire servers at once by making them wait as you trot around 5 helpless melee as the last alive (which some people find fun, probably).

[CrazyCracka420]

I didn´t play cRPG for almost 2 weeks now.

I just wanted to make a few nice rounds this evening before playing other games again.

This is what I get (with a 60 head armor helmet, 21 str and 7 IF) 30 !!!! seconds after the round start:

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Fuck this game, thanks for ruining it HX. Back to other games again ..

As Curly Bill Brocius so eloquently put it:   "Well.....bye!"

Or you could, learn to play and stop crying.  This may surprise you but, horse xbows can get to your spawn pretty fast, and they can hit you from a distance that you can't reach them if you're melee.  Are you new to warband?  Or just intentionally ignorant?

"Wahhh I was riding around on my horse and a long bowman killed me...fuck this game"

"Wahhh I was running around in the pack of melee and a thrower hit me from out of nowhere and I died...fuck this game"

"Wahhh I was beating up someone in the melee scrum and a dirty piker came out of nowhere and killed me...fuck this game"

"Wahhh I was reloading my crossbow and I got lanced in the back...fuck this game"

[Little Lord Lollipop]

For Pure HX:

Pros:
+Choosing when and where to engage
+Excellent Mobility
+Drive-By Action
+Making the sperglings rage

Cons:
-One-shotted often
-Low damage (without looms)
-Useless in melee
-Vulnerable when dismounted

[Herkkutatti666]

-One-shots often

This should be on pros.

[bavvoz]

The softness of those pink panties that comes with that class?

Sry i just couldnt resist!

[Ronin]

I'd compare mounted ranged to foot ranged.

-Mounted ranged has better skirmishing capabilities and have more mobility/speed on the battlefield. But it suffers from fire rate and therefore (and maybe some accuracy) loses the ranged competition in the long run compared to foot ranged.
-Mounted ranged also has another weapon compared to the ground ranged, which is his/her horse

That's how it is supposed to be in theory after all, but imo this is what makes mounted ranged fun. The pros.

[Leesin]

Because it's the no-where-near-as-nerfed version of the HA.

[Gurnisson]

how you imagine your role in the game (as in: which "heroic" image is comparable?)

whats the thing you can do best as HX

which situations you find most challenging or rewarding

which attributes and abilities of your class you value highly

what makes playing HX worthwhile, recomendable or any other points you would like to add ? (e.g.: why not playing HA instead ?)

1. Being US Cavalry. There's no rifle in the game so I'll have to stick with the light xbow. After they made light xbow 2 slots I can't use my old sabre which was important to the look though

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2. Take down the horses of light cavalry and harass infantry.
3. Going up against ranged players head on. Means a one-shot if I miss and my enemy hits. Quite the rush
4. Maneuverability and speed
5. Bow doesn't resemble a rifle in any way, and would remove the point for me to play horse ranged. It's also fun and, contrary to popular belief, a really tough class to master.

[Teeth]

The trollfactor

[Canuck]

The trollfactor

Yep, I think the majority of them just enjoy being able to ride around fast and shotgun enemies. That and they like the tears.

[Thomek]

Because pissing other players off is fun!

I can honestly sign that myself, you like it too, deep inside, or up in the open!

Point is, allowing too easy trolling is like pissing your pants to keep warm in the winter.

It's bad for the community and playerbase as a whole.