Re: Bowmen and crossbowmen balance
You might argue that my testing method is quite "artificial" but I want to remind you that unlike most of the games at your level of play in public games camping is a norm.
Which is not what you'd expect if you think about it rationally.Verified with a few tests, TeamA 30 swords vs TeamB 20 swords + 15 xbows. TeamA always wins.
So I think the whole balance / buffing xbows discussion is justified.
While xbows are too weak compared to bows, I think that bowmans are actually a slightly too strong right now, maybe instead of buffing the xbows dps you should actually buff their defences making them more resilient to offset their slower rate of fire/initiative while not upsetting overall balance too much.