"What numbers stats or mechanics did you point out? 3.5 second swing timer? its 2.5 seconds for a bow, ~3.5 if you disarm/pot/rearm but it also does upwards of 60 damage. 50% hit rate? Its higher than 50% as almost every bow someone uses will have acc on it, I typically run exceed or supreme. Mechanics? "You would need a script do that for you" Youre joking right? That statement in itself discredits your entire arguement, if you cannot press three keys without a script how can you be taken seriously? I can disarm/pot/rearm every single swing if I wanted to with no script... it is extremely simple."
This site, and the proof it gives says you're wrong about swing speeds: http://www.uorenaissance.com/stratics/combat
Gm Skill v. GM skill (with accuracy) = 60% to hit.... 40% less than magic
I can hit three keys; i've hit several while typing this.
"You can start a fight off with a pot+shot hitting for a lot of damage at the exact same time, and leave the bow equipped for a 2.5 second shot follow up. If they start casting a gheal, you can start another pot and shoot again for another big burst of damage (doing more damage than their gheal). You can weaken disrupt their gheals late in the cast while starting a pot early to stagger your damage. If they start to run, I will absolutely disarm/ start pot/ re-arm every swing until I can catch them hitting a tree to where I can shoot etc. You can weaken a mage down to 89 hps, and pot+heavy xbow"
If a mage is worried about interrupts, they should cast 'Protection' to avoid it. Not my fault they don't want to use all of their spells.
Also, you're out-lining a bow swing speed than switch to a heavy-xbow in your argument. Heavy Xbow has a swing rate of: ~4.2 plenty of opportunity to time your casting. Sure you could throw another pot.... but you'd never get a shot off in that case aside from maybe that first one.
" Ive also killed people 2v8 on alchy dex archers. Add in a running shot or throwing pots while bow is equipped, both 1v1 and group fights archers will be quite OP in the hands of actual PvPers. I am sorry that you do not fall into that category and have trouble playing this template, but there are plenty of PvPers who have used these and done great. Maybe it is time to evaluate the way that you play instead of the template? "
If that's true you should have no trouble gathering the evidence to prove me wrong. I've been asking for proof for awhile.
Explo/eb damage max is ~32
It wont be Gm skill vs Gm skill It will likely be 125-120 vs gm skill - so yes higher than the 60% you list (although you wrongly used 50% earlier)
If a mage does cast prot even though youd only be weaken interrupting when theyre below half anyways so they likely wont, prot wears off pretty quickly and cannot be directly re-applied.
And yes the heavy is slow, but if used correctly in the situation it is great. How are you on a mage going to kill anything if you are constantly just ghealing? You have to take offense at some point. If ive weakened you out of str pots, or you just let yourself get below 80 hps trying to take offesne that is when id explo pot heavy. I have also killed plenty of mages by simply reflecting an explo+pot+heavy.
I dont need to 'prove you wrong' everyone on this shard knows you are wrong, plenty of people have fought me while i was messing with archer templates, and plenty of people have died in both group and 1v1s.
I suppose I can remake an alchy archer just to kill you 1v1 if you want.
You should also start championing other template changes because they are underpowered for you. You can play any template you want and not even have the slightest chance of ever killing many of the PvPers on this shard, so all templates should be buffed for you right? Lets take skill, tactics, and effective use of templates out of the equation and buff everything so you can get a kill? Gimme a break.