Really? I challenge you to do the crap these toons pull off in game? I can be damned sure you cant run full speed turn 90 deg and then reach max speed in two steps.
The next issue with archery is simple.
Momentum. There is ZERO momentum or inertia in the foot movement for players. They move around like meth addicted gnats. There is more inertia and momentum in the mounted movement then in the player foot movement. A horse has to build up speed and even...
A short bow has a 77m range. An Asym bow has a 87m range.... I can easily hit the same things with the short bow that I can hit with the asym bow with next to none of the stamina drain. Aiming Technique is not required or even needed if you use shortbows. And Marksmanship is completely...
No it wont. If people dont put skills in something and still do nearly the same damage as someone who has 500 points dumped into it how will it fix anything? That is a zero sum equation. Its like saying we are having a poverty problem... lets print more money without increasing the capital...
Reagents.... you can just buy a bag and put your reagents in there and carry that on you. That is what I and many other mages do. It makes life easy and if you spend a bout 10 minutes you can setup 10 of these bags in your bank and have enough to go for a while.
Do we really need a macro...
Because you dont have blocking maxed. If you have 100 blocking and 100 defensive stance you can block most if not all of the incoming damage when you block correctly.
Well.. We also havent had a meaningful patch in weeks. Oh sure bounty hunting but that was a fart in a hurricane level of content.
The real meat and potatoes patch, Siege, is still god knows where. When that comes out I am sure we will have a spike to about 1500-2000 players again... but...
Its not hard to run for 30seconds to a house and then exploiting a chest near the door to shut the door in under 5 seconds. Yeah I know that trick too.
Its not the amount of points that is the issue. It is the fact you can do about 75% of the damage of a person with max skills in archery and mounted archery, if you have 110+ strength and ZERO skill in Archery, or Mounted Archery.
What stamina regen penalty? If you are rocking 26kg (55lb) of armor you are at what 50-65% regen, or about a half second slower than when in light armor.