Archer slots

[Tennenoth]

60+ arrows are more than enough. Refilling takes about 10 seconds. Don't be so lazy - Meleè based chars have to heal and you have to refill.

Untrue, if you have to heal, you're doing something wrong! As much as this doesn't effect me all that much, it would mean that archers would be around for the first set of rounds without leaving their team at a loss (hard mode, better off taking a one hander and a shield in my opinion.)

I neither support nor dislike this idea, it has it's merits but it also has it's unbalances. The reason behind the crossbowmen being able to carry a crossbow in their support slot is so that they can carry a shield, granted, if I were a crossbowman, I would take two stacks of bolts, a melee weapon and their crossobow, the likelihood that I'll use a shield with auto-block (that I don't use), even against all those arrows isn't as large as most people would think.

On the other hand you've got the whole "archers have no melee prof so that they don't go into melee" - but they reduced our athletics so that we would get caught in melee..? - so why both bringing a melee weapon, chamber with your fists!

I'm not sure either way, since I am heavy infantry as well, I am able to happily block and fight back given the need to so I am a little out of whack with the whole thing.

But things like what Birdtalon said, aren't helpful at all, firing at enemies with "60+" arrows, with a constant stream means those arrows don't last long. 10 seconds is a long time when you have people waiting or if you have a swarm of enemies on your arse. "Don't be lazy" - We'll still have to refill because "120+ arrows, isn't a lot".

Please note that I say that with the utmost respect, I don't mean to sound arrogant, abbrasive and I hope you understand that's merely a counter argument from an experienced archer.