There is nothing wrong with ranged.....

[Corsair831]

Not when you then factor in throwers and it starts feeling like 3 out of 4 players have some kind of ranged weapon at times lol. Even 2 out of 3 is enough to create a cancerous atmosphere on a lot of the maps.

I can guarantee that in the past two weeks I have seen it above even 60% several times if you include throwers too. Some people come on, play one round as Melee and GTFO because they can't be fucked to deal with that shit. So the server struggles to hold a melee pop, while the ranged stays. I even respecced away from HA to try reduce the amount of ranged, but tbh the amount of ranged playing some times, just makes me want to respec back to HA just so I can fucking shoot them.

I just don't think that's correct, i usually see more 2h alone than ranged, nvm melee in general

[Leesin]

I just don't think that's correct, i usually see more 2h alone than ranged, nvm melee in general

You can think what you like, but like I said there were several times in the past two weeks where I joined EU1 and over half the players were ranged builds, I didn't just "think" that, I saw it. I am not saying that this is happening all of the time, but I am saying it's happening more than it should and people aren't bothering to even come and look any more because they're tired of being shot from 4 different directions where "git a shield" doesn't make a difference.

[Telford]

The amount of ranged is just fucking daft. What the fuck is going on.

[Grytviken]

You can think what you like, but like I said there were several times in the past two weeks where I joined EU1 and over half the players were ranged builds, I didn't just "think" that, I saw it. I am not saying that this is happening all of the time, but I am saying it's happening more than it should and people aren't bothering to even come and look any more because they're tired of being shot from 4 different directions where "git a shield" doesn't make a difference.

It's just not fun getting 1 or 2 shotted by ranged and chasing kiting 27 agi xbowers around all game. Taking a break till this is fixed.

[Hirlok]

me:

comes back to have a look at the forums after 2 years, nostalghia much.
Sees still the exact same whining going on. 

ROFL

Good to see you old farts are still at it, guess I have to re-install and dust off that ancient longbow of mine... 

[Yeldur]

me:

comes back to have a look at the forums after 2 years, nostalghia much.
Sees still the exact same whining going on. 

ROFL

Good to see you old farts are still at it, guess I have to re-install and dust off that ancient longbow of mine... 

no plz dont come back the last thing we need is yet another archer to infest and ruin c-rpg

[DaveUKR]

Doubt I've ever seen above 40% ranged

I've played several games with 100% ranged on population with 20 or lower ppl. Was better than it sounds but still boring.

[Gnjus]

me:

comes back to have a look at the forums after 2 years, nostalghia much.
Sees still the exact same whining going on. 

ROFL

Good to see you old farts are still at it, guess I have to re-install and dust off that ancient longbow of mine... 

We were hoping the jungle got you by now. Where's bloody scorpions, snakes & spiders when you need 'em.

[woody]

People have a right to play ranged, others have the right not to play at all.

Have fun ranged guys in the 10 vs 10 not very good first person shooter game.

[Gravoth_iii]

I think its fair for ranged to play ranged, people crying about it then joining them are scum but fair enough fight fire with fire. It goes up and down, i think its generally around 50% ranged, but then its often stacked on one team more than not, which leads to the complaints. I dont think the issue is completely bound to ranged as a class, i think its bound to the gamemode simply not being that well made out for infantry currently.

 I made a post at http://forum.melee.org/suggestions-corner/flag-changes-possible/ to kind of adapt the battle more to infantry style objective, which is the flags obviously, but they just arent fast enough right now which makes for a dull waiting time standing on them while getting picked off.

[Yeldur]

People have a right to play ranged, others have the right not to play at all.

Have fun ranged guys in the 10 vs 10 not very good first person shooter game.

top meme

[mr_baby_head]

I agree with Salad here, logging on to a server of 10 people with over half ranged isn't fun. Enjoy populating the server...

[Leshma]

me:

comes back to have a look at the forums after 2 years, nostalghia much.
Sees still the exact same whining going on. 

ROFL

Good to see you old farts are still at it, guess I have to re-install and dust off that ancient longbow of mine... 

How's internet in those God forsaken woods of yours? Have ISPs from Paraguay started selling better wifi or 4g internet to households outside big cities?

[Corsair831]

You can think what you like, but like I said there were several times in the past two weeks where I joined EU1 and over half the players were ranged builds, I didn't just "think" that, I saw it. I am not saying that this is happening all of the time, but I am saying it's happening more than it should and people aren't bothering to even come and look any more because they're tired of being shot from 4 different directions where "git a shield" doesn't make a difference.

Get a shield only makes a difference if you know how to use it

[Grytviken]

Get a shield only makes a difference if you know how to use it

Shield is a good counter to Archers, but not to Xbow.

Archers have to sacrifice melee and movement to do ranged damage, which in the end still ends up to be less dmg than xbows.

Xbow can flank and kite you with 9 athletics, and still be proficient and deadly in melee while doing the highest range damage in the game. They can even wear heavy armor and 1 shot snipe you across the map. There are no drawbacks with this OP class.

We all know why Xbowers won't get nerfed because that's all the balancers play. If it wasn't OP people wouldn't be playing it as much as they do now, it's that simple.