I really like to see that the devs are asking about opinions when it comes to certain changes that were made like the crit damage or the random factor for melee attacks being removed.
I've only got a problem with one single question there.
"Is archery damage too high?"
And I think this question is the wrong approach. To me archery damage is high - yes, but not "too high".
My personal problem with archery damage is mainly on the hib side.
When I play hib I've got no issues to take a couple arrows from Scouts or Hunters.
When I play mid or alb, the Ranger damage is way higher and that is mainly because of not only the spec dex selfbuff but also the availability to Mastery of Arcane to increase that even further.
Removing this RA would reduce their damage by a lot already and THEN you can see how the damage is and how you can reduce it if needed.
A single Hunter or Scout doesn't do enough damage to kill you with no chance left in my opinion so equalizing the playing field there should be a good start.
Everyone's got their own opinion on this but to me this is what should be focused first before running into the issue that every archery class is going to be close to being useless and not just those the main issue.
Again this is just my opinion and I'm not just blaming Rangers because of the realm, I play all of them and even played one on my own.
I've only got a problem with one single question there.
"Is archery damage too high?"
And I think this question is the wrong approach. To me archery damage is high - yes, but not "too high".
My personal problem with archery damage is mainly on the hib side.
When I play hib I've got no issues to take a couple arrows from Scouts or Hunters.
When I play mid or alb, the Ranger damage is way higher and that is mainly because of not only the spec dex selfbuff but also the availability to Mastery of Arcane to increase that even further.
Removing this RA would reduce their damage by a lot already and THEN you can see how the damage is and how you can reduce it if needed.
A single Hunter or Scout doesn't do enough damage to kill you with no chance left in my opinion so equalizing the playing field there should be a good start.
Everyone's got their own opinion on this but to me this is what should be focused first before running into the issue that every archery class is going to be close to being useless and not just those the main issue.
Again this is just my opinion and I'm not just blaming Rangers because of the realm, I play all of them and even played one on my own.