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ArcherGoPew-Archers Use Light Attacks

TL;DR T3 and T4 archers will now also use light attacks and offhands, not just heavy attacks, functionally increasing their effective attack speed and maneuverability.

For those who've played Conan Exiles for as long as I have (doubtful), you'll likely remember back in ye olden dayes that NPC archers used both light and heavy attacks instead of just heavy. That was patched out a while ago, and now I have brought it back, among other things.

This only applies to T3 and T4 thralls. T1s and T2s will still only use heavy attacks. Not only does this allow it to adhere to Funcom's design for NPCs by giving higher-tier thralls more advanced combos, but also allows the thralls to sorta-kinda present a realistic skill with bows. Low tiers are inexperienced and have to carefully aim their shots from stationary positions, while high tiers are experienced enough to know how to knock and loose arrows in one smooth motion, even while moving.

FULL EDITS: Tier 3 and tier 4 archers now have the following new combos while using bows:
-Light
-Offhand
-Offhand->Light

FOR THOSE USING VANILLA, the bow's default offhand is simply another light attack. As such, the offhand combos will simply be light and light->light. Double shots for the win!

FOR THOSE USING GLORY OF COMBAT, there are two things to note. First off, the bow offhand is now a dodge, meaning the offhand combos translate to dodge and dodge->light. Secondly, they WILL still attempt to use said offhand ability even while attached to an archer post. This does not disconnect them from the archer post, thus meaning they will still be locked from walking. This can and will result in archers bouncing themselves backwards off your wall or into a dumb position they cannot fire from. I recommend not using T3s and T4s for your fortifications, but before you get mad at me, please think about it: the dodging will make those archers far more effective on the battlefield than attached to a wall, and archer posts automatically double the ranged damage multipliers of whatever thrall is attached to them. T1s and T2s can hit as hard as a T3 or T4 when assigned to an archer post, and their lackluster durability and unedited damage multipliers makes them far less useful for frontline combat. Use your low tier thralls as guards to man your fortifications and your high tier thralls as followers and battlefield rangers.

I will look into rectifying this, if I can figure out a way to force archer posts to block offhand attacks.

I have intentions to enhance the combos further with things like double and triple shot light attacks, but I'm currently trying to figure out how to make it compatible with Glory of Combat since that's my preferred combat mod.