I went thrower/polearm spammer - easiest class I've played yet. Went 27 str and only 9 agi and it didnt hurt my accuracy at all. Just did 9 powerstrike, 9 powerthrow and a bunch of IF. Survived 3x as many hits as any of my agility classes, yet with 9 powerthrow and 100 wpf in throwing I could throw accurately across the map (just have to aim higher), my war darts would go farther then arrows froma warbow or bolts from an xbow. With 9 powerthrow and the 25 pierce damage of wardarts I could one hit kill half the time and 2 hit kill almost anyone, didnt even need to go to the 34 pierce of javelins except a few rounds which were almost always one hit kills (didnt even bother with the throwing lances 60 pierce damage, which with 9 powerthrow is 103 pierce damage which would have 1-hit killed even goretooth in heirloomed black armor, talk about ridiculous, by the way who ever came up with the lame idea that you could throw a lance?? in ancient cultures you had people throw spears (38 pierce), but never lances, its as lame as black armor, looney toons axe, and wizard's staffs).
None of this is even counting heirloomed throwing weapons which many throwers did, which increases damage and speed.
Wearing heraldic mail, great long axe, mail gauntlets, sipahi helmet, sarranid mail boots, and 3 sets of war darts (21 darts is more then enough ammo) I would consistently make 5000 gold an hour and by the end of that gen had accumulated roughly 150,000 gold.
People keep saying theya re inaccurate, but they reallya re not and they are 5-10 times the width of an arrow or xbow bolt, which makes it much harder to miss if you get within the general area of your target. The draw speed is phenomenally fast and found it incredibly easy to take out archers as a thrower as you could throw twice in the time they shot once and you could throw while running and dodging. Considering archersa re so weak now, most maps are close range fights, which is where the thrower really shines as most of you ammo hits somethigna t close range because of how wide the darts and javelins and especially the throwing axes (you can get hit by the handle of the axe and still full damage) are.
The most obvious evidence though is now suddenly after the patch half the people playing any given map are hybrid throwers. There is actually more ranged in most fights then there was pre-patch and part of that is the effectiveness of throwing weapons.
