Not sure about higher levels, however the attack speed of an archer is definitely lower than other classes.
Swordsman class hits multiple enemies at the same time.
Mages get the animation canceling method.
The tooltip for [Swift Step] Mentions attack-speed boost- to me it’s unnoticeable.
The kneeling shot states the same - to me it’s unnoticeable.
I’m not sure if anyone else agrees or disagrees with me.
You definitely shooter faster in Kneeling Shot - at rank 10 it shoots noticeably faster, and rank 15 seems much, much faster although I didn’t try it myself.
Swift Step doesn’t increase your attack speed, it just increases your movement speed whilst you’re shooting (although maybe this means your animation and therefore autoattack speed is faster - couldn’t tell myself).
I feel the same way. I don’t know why archers are so slow in this game, I’m looking everywhere trying to find something that increases atack speed, no success.
With kneeling shot I get a little bit faster but not so fast as swordsman for example and it is awful. Doesn’t make any sense to me. 
Same here. Kneeling shot even slower than regualr attack.
Double necromancy threat, nice one…
because in real life, long bow archers are so slow.
slow unless your trick shooting, but then your shots are weak
I noticed something weird, I shoot much faster when I use my mouse than my keyboard to attack, maybe I’m nerfing myself but I’ll create a thread in the bug report part of this forum.
A triple necro! Someone find this post in a few weeks and reply.
Haha sorry I tried to search for a thread before posting a new one, that’s all I found.
What ive noticed is that if i shoot while standing still my attack speed is lower than if i move around while shooting.
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Ping issues.
Archers have the higest atksped ingame with they’re buffs.
1,8 Atks/second with kneeling and runningshot.
Up to 2,3 atks/second with quicken.
BUT the faster you atk, the MORE ping is an issue.
As your attacks travel forth and back between the server and your pc.
If that travel time is to long… hits wotn register.
Xbows have faster atk speed then th2 bows.
Pistols faster then Xbows.
Muskets slightly faster then Xbows.
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Me with 180 ping. Is abel to always hit with kneelingshot 5.
I tested it with runningshot (trough linker 2) and quicken again, just yesterday.
… Missed 60% of my attacks worse then without the buffs xD…
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If you move, you CANCEL your attackign animation a bit.
There a trick with steping sideways < ><><><> swiftly on the spot.
And using skills/ auto atks while doing so. Which cnacels attack animation a bit. BUT you need a good ping for that xD…
Orb walk shooting. Stutter step attack animation cancelling. If you hold the button down your attack speed, even while moving, is slow as poop. If you tap attack while moving then tap it again as soon as the attack hits, you can immediately attack again. This basically doubles your attack speed even though it is a pain to do. I don’t know if one is bugged or the other, but it would be nice if they met in the middle.
Oh i forgot.
There’s a simple way to get out of multishot animation.
When you finished charging and start shoting, move swiftly or jump. Then charge again.
xD
You will be able to start firing your second multishot 15 … before the first ends. Getting out of animation locks a bit earlyer isn’t magic.
archers also do the most damage though, archers op