I don't get this , they re giving melee abilities to rangeds but not giving ranged abilities to melees , why on earth did you make regular crossbow 2 slots? What is the use of that weapon now? Melee guys used to take a crossbow and counter shoot enemy archers instead of waiting for them to run out of ammo. But no, now you have to chase an archer while you get shot by his other archer friends, and get killed with a fucking knobbed mace in the end. Nerfing archers won't work, because all the dedicated archers are over level 30 now , they are not getting effected at all.
And "get a shield" is a retarded phrase. I had 1 shielder character I actively played for my whole experience and there is no way of dealing with an archer pack if even you re like 3-4 shielder guys, they will just spread out , and rek you 1 by 1.
Yep, even I am playing EU2 only in the last days (and I am a battle lover). Much more players even in primetime, and like 20-30 % less ranged players. No cav at all. And alot of the people playing melee are also noobs. For a dedicated melee player it's basically heaven compared to battle.
A demigod on EU2, while nothing more than 'bump&shoot cannon-fodder' on EU1. Sad. 
I personally prefer Siege over Battle because I literally enjoy saving/capturing gatehouses,flags,ladders,backdoors etc.Also you don't get so pissed when you get teamhit , and slice half of the server like butter
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