Why the hostility toward archers?

[LordEmperorOwl]

I began playing the class this week, (Already maxed out every other class save MaA). Almost every server I join features alot of general hate toward this class type. The class isn't overpowed and is in fact severly underpowered in many aspects. (Can't perform kicks while holding a primary weapon, secondary weapons are pathetic) The class is defeated in 1-2 hit by even the weakest weapons, and is generally hated on by the majority people on ever server via the chat console. I've even joined servers as this class only to be instantly kicked for being a ♥♥♥♥ing archer. Why the hate? If you feel this way please give an honest (and educated non-troll) opinon. I honestly want to hear the communties opinion.

PS: I would have thought Vanguards would be the hate class, seeing as 90% of players ARE vanguards.

[d.]

I think, and this just my opinion, majority of non-troll hate towards archers is on offensive team when there are too many archers, because then you end up with no one trying to get to objective - archers being too squishy to so.

[robsbsk]

1.In objective mode games generally when you attacking, we need some brute power in battlefiled, and a lot of times a team have so much archers... that sucks, and if people dont change class they start being hated
2.Some people who dont play with archer think bow = "fire" weapon, so if you want play with fire weapons go battlefield 3, lol, not my opinion.
*secondary weapons was not pathetic!
just have fun playing the game and dont give a ♥♥♥♥ about the opinions

[Kozzy]

You are on the wrong servers then bud, few of my go to servers dont mind archers at all. ive yet to hear a complaint about them (:

Just have fun, who cares what someone else thinks.

[OldMemes.biz]

1. player tries archer.

2. player has no patience and coordination

3. player can't play archer and can't devote time to learn it

4. player repeatedly gets killed by archers

5. player now hates archers and wants them removed from the game

[Berserk]

Very True

[Jiggles]

i think one of the main reasons is because people bought Chivalry to have awesome sword fights with knights and armor and swords and maces and all that jazz.....and then some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pegs them from across the map with arrows.... no fun. Also a more educated answer would be that when one or both teams has their team made up of half archers it pisses them off because they can't accomplish Obj. with half the team sitting back throwing sticks

[marhan]

There is nothing like an arrow passing right beside your head and hitting an enemy you were fighting. Feels like Matrix. I'm a Vanguard and I like archers, a good archer with some cover is invaluable.

[Fürst von Butz]

I tried archer and failed miserably. People shouldn't hate on them, it's not that easy.

[LordEmperorOwl]

@fat and angry, nailed it. And all this ♥♥♥♥ about archers not going for objectives? I lit the fire on the "pyre" objective as an archer 7 times before we finaly progressed. Everyoe else was just interested in fighting eachother. All the comments about archers not going for objectives are bull.

[Sharkey]

Its because they shoot you from across map while you have epic sword fights which is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying and boring
Plus they run when people get near

[Snorri Nosebiter]

Originally posted by Sharkey:

Its because they shoot you from across map while you have epic sword fights which is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying and boring
Plus they run when people get near

Yeah, it's damn annoying.

If only each class had some means of countering archer fire, such as smoke pots for vanguards, tower shields for knights, or heater shields and the abilty to dodge for MAAs.






That'd be awesome.

[LordEmperorOwl]

Originally posted by Mr Eyl:

Originally posted by Sharkey:

Its because they shoot you from across map while you have epic sword fights which is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying and boring
Plus they run when people get near

Yeah, it's damn annoying.

If only each class had some means of countering archer fire, such as smoke pots for vanguards, tower shields for knights, or heater shields and the abilty to dodge for MAAs.






That'd be awesome.

[CuddleBundles]

Not really hate...they're just mad.
Respond with,
"Art thou Angered, brother?"

[lolumadyet]

Lol, you guys mad yet? The archer has its pros and cons, just like everyone else, yet it is hated on. My favorite class(es) are the Man-At-Arms and the knight. No offence, but i hate those damned vanguards. You cant go anywhere without seeing some dude runing in the air and jumping at you. I have maxed all classed except the Archer wich im working on, (yes i hated playing as a vanguard) and it is plain hard. Its not cool watching people strafe coming towards you and you failing with arrows. I think that some people should just chill out and enjoy the game as it is. I dislike the vanguards, yet i dont complain about it. Learn to enjoy the game without hating on people leveling or using a class cause their good at it.

[Mile pro Libertate]

It's actually pretty cool how people hate on archers because it parallels what happened in history.

I mean, it's sad people cannnot just play the game and enjoy all classes, but I can't help but smile reading comments like this:

"Its because they shoot you from across map while you have epic sword fights which is ♥♥♥♥ing annoying and boring
Plus they run when people get near"

That pretty much sums up the view most real-life men at arms and knights had. Historically, archers were despised because their tactics were seen as cowardly. While a knight or even a man at arms would be spared and taken hostage, or held for ransom, archers were usually put to death right away. Even if they were allowed to leave the field, they usually had their bow fingers cut off first.

Crossbowmen were even more despised than archers: the Pope tried to ban the weapon several times as it was seen as too powerful and "un chivalrous" for warfare. In England, it was said for some time that only highwaymen and criminals had crossbows: any common man found in possession of a crossbow was deemed guilty on account of that alone, although yeoman were encouraged to keep long bows and become adept with them.

The French knights at Crecy were so disgusted with their own crossbow forces, that upon seeing them "retreat" from the English (even though withdrawal in the face of heavy infantry was about the only thing they could do) that they *charged* them and killed them indiscriminately.