Oooh God no XD
I like to snipe people way too much to like this idea
(Im not a camper, and Im quite good at melee. But Im way better with bows)
It isnt the first, second or "hundredth" post asking to remove punch bows... I think they will not remove it, once it is an important item to so many strategies, not only to defense. It would be very easy to win any game if there is no punch bows. You just get mid first with your team and get full iron, then raid other teams with bridges a lil high. Maps like that one with End team (its a solo map, forgot its name) would be too boring. Melee knockback isnt that useful in 1.9 PvP. Especially in OP mode.
Also, bow spamming will not stop with the removal of punch bows. Spamming power bows can be almost as bad as spamming punch bows.
I think I said it in several other posts like this one, but again: melee is not the only skill you need to win an eggwars game. You need to play smart and have different strategies to each map, game mode and even position of your island. "Playing smart" includes taking advantage and being careful with the bows and pickaxes.
You dont have to ask to remove something just because you dont like it... Work arround it.
I hate diamond armor, especially in 1.9PvP because it takes too long to break it, and teams that camp all game and farm enough to get 2 full diamond sets are way too annoying to deal with. So I work arround it with buying only full iron sets and spending my diamonds on enderpearls and my gold on tnt :D When they are too annoyed with me escaping and decide to come after me, I use punch bows to make them fly away.
~sorry if i messed up something in my message, english is not my mother language~