Hello everyone, first of all - sorry for my english ^^
Im an archer ingame for a while and current archery is kinda broken/not rewarding/boring
1: Light attacks aka Noodle Dispenser - good for poisonus+expolisve spam, totally broken damage|skill cap wise at 50 acc + good bow and hollowbone arrows (3.5 hits to KO a 1k armor full hp player), pointless with bad gear and overall feels dumb and uneffective.
2: Heavy attack - everything is okay in my opinion exept 2 things - dumb zeroing (arrows shooting not straight forward but with a small curve so its pinpoint at 50 blocs but overshoots target at 25 blocks) and second - way slow projectiles… i mean WAY TOO SLOW its like you need to lead target 10 meters infront of you by 2 bodies, sprinting person at 40 blocks must be lead by like 15 blocks infront, give powershots atleast 2x velocity and all will be good.
way to fix first problem : replace Accuracy second perk from ricoshets (dumb laggy almost useless thing) to a new one named( for example) Moving target - unlocking this perk changes light attacks to work kind alike power shots (not lmb to shot after delay) you draw your bow half way and keep it like this unless you release LMB, if you do - you will shoot, holding bow half drawn consumes stamina over time but you can run and sprint while keeping bow ready to fire.
what all this stuff will do ? archers are long range combatants and being able to just explode enemy with 4 noodles up close is not just unrealistic(fantasy game yeah yeah) its not balanced and dumb overall, but archers will be more flexible and mobile thanks to early draw, with increased arrow velocity it will be alittle easier to shoot from afar, make this change to light attacks as a perk will save ability to spam poison + explosive noodles, if it not possible to change it as a perk then it will just reduce DPM with poison+explosive combo during raids (kinda + and -)
redo or remove Acc first perk cuz its pve only/noob checker (20 enc perc makes you ignore savage crippling)
redo 30 acc perk (flat archery damage in accuracy tree feels like a placeholder)
my Suggestion to archery perks:
10acc perk - Your power shots applyes savege crippling effect (not affected by 20 enc perc)
20acc perk - You can draw your light attack to be more powerfull and move fast while doing it, but holding bow in that position constantly drwas stamina (1/3 how charged power shot does)
30acc perk - Your charged light attack can stagger an opponent (like being punched by spear)
40acc perk - moves to 50 accuracy(maybe)
50acc perk - Sniper perk - moves to 40 acc, adds velocity to light+heavy arrows remains 50% headshot damage.
Opinions and critics are welcome. Sorry again for my english
AND FOR LOVE OF GOD MAKE POWER SHOTS ZOOM OPTIONAL