Why are ranged weapons so hard to use?

[bluemime86]

Im like trying to kill with the archer, and i seem to have trouble shooting at the enemy. And its dumb how the archer takes his sweet time setting up the arrow. What am i doing wrong? Or is it that i need to be a pro in order to use the ranged weapons properly? Or is it something that has to be fixed in this game?

[HughmanCase]

Messaggio originale di Dux Corvan:

archers were to find no pity or quarters if they were captured -firstly they got their fingers chopped off.

only that? pff... if i were alive in that time and a king i would over a course of 6 months chop off their arms and legs, keep the body parts frozen, then when it is coming up to the end of the 6 months and they have had their last bodypart chopped off, i would debone them all, slow cook them in a stew, and feed it to them.

if they can keep it all down without throwing up, then i`ll kindly kill them quickly with a bow and arrow in the eye.

if they do throw it up, then i wont kill them, but i`ll leave them to starve to death just lying there with no arms or legs. cruel but justified. archers deserve that much pain and that's how much i hate them.

[bluemime86]

so i guess the only way that archers can be used effectively is if they attack in groups. Otherwise, trying to shoot alone seems to lead to alot of misses, and back stabbing

[Dux Corvan]

Messaggio originale di alexkidd86:

so i guess the only way that archers can be used effectively is if they attack in groups. Otherwise, trying to shoot alone seems to lead to alot of misses, and back stabbing

Well, real warfare tactics worked that way. There's no much use for a lone bowman in a battlefield, at least not as a deterrent.

[Space Wolf Hudson]

Prepare for CuddleBundles

[bluemime86]

but is it possible for a professional archer to load up arrows faster?

[ダークボーイ]

Messaggio originale di alexkidd86:

but is it possible for a professional archer to load up arrows faster?

That's all about which bow you are using.

There's nothing like weapon switch from cs 1.6

[Dux Corvan]

In real life, a longbowman could release up to ten arrows a minute, but that would completely exhaust them and fastly incapacitate them for a long while in battle. Normally, a good archer would be happy with up to six arrows a minute, for a longer period of time (rarely more than half-an-hour, though, even with resupplies, because firing a bow, specially the bigger ones, is a very tiring thing, and their arms would hurt really badly).

[Von Kronenbourg]

Messaggio originale di alexkidd86:

Im like trying to kill with the archer, and i seem to have trouble shooting at the enemy. And its dumb how the archer takes his sweet time setting up the arrow. What am i doing wrong? Or is it that i need to be a pro in order to use the ranged weapons properly? Or is it something that has to be fixed in this game?

Coz this ain't no call of duty.

[Specter]

Messaggio originale di cr4zyjay:

Messaggio originale di Dux Corvan:

archers were to find no pity or quarters if they were captured -firstly they got their fingers chopped off.

only that? pff... if i were alive in that time and a king i would over a course of 6 months chop off their arms and legs, keep the body parts frozen, then when it is coming up to the end of the 6 months and they have had their last bodypart chopped off, i would debone them all, slow cook them in a stew, and feed it to them.

if they can keep it all down without throwing up, then i`ll kindly kill them quickly with a bow and arrow in the eye.

if they do throw it up, then i wont kill them, but i`ll leave them to starve to death just lying there with no arms or legs. cruel but justified. archers deserve that much pain and that's how much i hate them.

You are one messed up person. Bet you just pick up a two hander go keyboard bash. Archers compared to ANY other class takes alot of skill to master.

And besides; If you where a King,and wouldnt use archers you would pretty much end up in the ditch. I suggest you reread your history and understand how important archers has been to the development of warfare.

[Strandly]

They keep the archery weak because they don't want it to turn into a sniping game. It seems like a good idea on paper but it's kind of a silly concern IMO. As long as they don't totally sh** the bed with class balancing I think people would play the class they enjoy the most and not necessarily the "cheapest" class.

[Mr. Huckleberry]

A little tip: think of your bow as a powerful flinktlock gun that takes time to load and set-up. Dont pull unlwess your in a position to fire-or more to the point-pull when your ABOUT to be in a position to fire. Group with the other archers as a rule. The physics for archery are a little fluff here, and I hate that the arrows follow different paths on your reticle from different perspectives, but I think some of that is by design, if archery was easier, the game might become imbalanced.