My thoughts on this thread:
The day I can one-shot anyone who is a STR build or wearing anything but the lightest armour (If you have 27+ AGIL though I expect to blow your brains out) is the day I want a nerf to my main class.
I don't like Melee oneshotting people.
I don't like range one-shotting people.
The only reason why I am ok with cav one shotting is because their speed bonus is double edged and I can one shot them back with even a weak weapon.
Archery is not meant to be an end-all be all. It is a support class, as in you carry your team not lead it (Check out the "I'm your medic" song from Team Fortress 2 for inspiration).
My first Archery build (pre-patch) was the following: (Bodkins + Warbow)
STR: 30
AGIL: 9
HP: 65
Converted: 8
PS: 10
PD: 10
WM: 3
Archer: 132
This build was ridiculously deadly in close range, and I was honestly the ultimate bait for cavalry and could one shot any of them better then any pikeman could ever dream of. Too slow, but I hit like a freight train and could drop just about anyone in two arrows besides the coat of plate and above, or STR build which required three. I never had to shoot anyone more then four times. Headshots are more dreams then reality and this build relied on bodyshots. It was specifically designed as an innacurate machine gun for ultimate suppresion fire that was designed to run with infantry and not snipe. It worked well. I would give it a solid 7/10 all things considered. My best score was 9/2 in battle. Average was a kill a round, sometimes less.
My second archery build (prepatch) was the following (warbow plus bodkins):
STR: 24
AGIL: 15
HP: 69
Converted: 8
IF: 5
ATHL: 5
PD: 8
WM: 5
Archery: 148
Could do headshots, could run with the infantry and rarely fall behind, was rather deadly as one I already knew how to shoot and do offensive melee properly as well as solid battlefield awareness. This was perfect for horse hunting, and I could lay on the hurt on anyone regardless of armour. I had to three shot anyone above chain (besides this one AGIL build... not sure why he was wearing heavy armour anyways...), and I was pretty accurate at anything but long distance sniping of which I could hold my own if the target did not understand the concept of watching incoming arrows and dodging accordingly. My best score was 17/3 in battle. Average was 2 kills a round.
My current build (this patch) is this, using a warbow and standard arrows (the weakest kind).
STR: 21
AGIL: 18
HP: ??? I don't remember and cba
Converted: 8
IF: 4
ATHL: 6
PD: 7
WM: 6
One Handed: 20
Archery: 153
Now honestly, this is possibly my favorite build. What is sad is that this is actually optimized for a Stronbow build (of which you have) and not my warbow, but does just fine. My highest score was 21/2 in battle (with 218 ping mind you). I regularly am now netting 3 kills a round, and I mow through horses at a satisfying speed. I can two shot light armoured targets, score headshots with a bit of work (if the target is still and in medium range I usually get it reliably, if he is moving intelligently about one in 4 for me). Four arrows exactly are required to take out targets like BKS_Tyrian in his top end armour (that heraldric half plate or whatever it is).
End result: Archery is more then fine as it is. If I can do such things with my lackluster experience compared to the veteran archers, then I am confident that with proper training you can more then hold your own in the battlefield.
Pre-patch and current patch you still see users with the strongbow top the scoreboards or approach it within the top 7.
Archers do
not need to one-shot things. No class needs to one shot things. The wonderful thing about this game is that it tests skill, so I prefer to have range and melee alike have to work for kills and have to hit the target preferably 3 times (as that takes most of the luck out in my opinion, three hits suits my mentality for melee fights).
Of course, this is just my personal opinion...
TLDR VersionIf you want to one-shot, shoot them in the head like every range cavalry or melee user does. Work for your kills and do not expect them to be handed to you on a silver platter. You are using a strongbow, thus you are an accuracy build. For heavy hitting use a longbow for tin cans or a warbow for sniping with HIGH powerdraw.
EDIT: Forgive my spelling but this was done on a mobile device. My apologies.
