dont know if this haz been brought up yet. but i think a black colored bow and arrow set with exploding arrow points would be pretty cool. like rambo.

this weapon could range from starting out with a simple bow to gaining a more stronger bow later on throughout the game

You actually make a damn good point. Bows and arrows should be all over the place in this setting.

Same with slings, blowguns, darts (not darts like the small kind you game with, think "lawn dart" size (and yes, that was a weapon and a damn effective one), throwing blades, and slingshots.

There's a whole bunch of weapon ideas that people would resort to in a world like this that has never been implemented.

I would have to give this one a resounding "No, thank you."

Ok, you grab the bow and I'll grab an AK47. I'll meet you outside and explain why bows are a bad idea.

yeahhh i know u think bow or crossbow fit nice, but remember that weapons arent uncommon on fallout lore, plus there is full companies that make it. so yeah Bow vs Laser rifle

Want bows? Want crossbows with exploding bolts? Play Skyrim!

Agree.. In a world where people seem to have difficulty finding weapons and ammo.. (because they apparently failed to simply check the trashcan they are standing by) You'd think more primitive type weapons would be found around. Bow, slingshot, boomerangs, bolo, blowgun, etc. I personally love bows in games. Until I can find a silenced weapon, the bow is the best for a sneaky type character.

People saying, "yea my machine gun can beat your bow, so like you shouldn't use a bow". Ok, then why bother with a melee character? Those would be far more useless than a bow would. People think of a bow as a singular thing, with one purpose. It's not. It's more of a platform, you can fire multiple different types of projectiles from a bow, explosive, fire, rope, use it as a distraction by shooting an arrow at a wall, it has a good range depending on the bow, can be crafted from rudimentary materials...which fallout 4 now has an extensive crafting system. You don't want to use the bow, then don't. To say others shouldn't at least have the choice to do so, when a baseball bat has already been implemented, again a melee weapon in a world with machine guns, is just plain silly.

Running around with a bat or boxing gloves is a worse idea.

I smell a primitive weapons mod!!

Meanwhile, Tribals in various Fallouts run around with spears/etc. People use the weapons available to them. And that they can maintain & find/make ammo for. There's no lore reason why there wouldn't be bows/swords/etc.

And this argument again. You do know that bows - modern ones - are reasonably easy to find at any sporting goods store, right? And that "swords" (medieval replica, military, machetes & similar woods tools) are also still manufactured?

Just because people got tired of hearing "it's Oblivion with Guns!" about Fallout 3, is no reason to knee-jerk object to any "fantasy" weapon being in the Fallout universe. Again, remember the Tribals (and Caesar's Legion. And the Chinese Officer's Sword. And axes. Etc, etc, etc.)

All that said, there are practical game design reasons why they haven't bothered with things like bows - fitting the weapons into the skill & perk categories. A bow isn't a Small Gun, isn't an Energy Weapon, isn't a Big Gun, isn't a Thrown weapon, etc. And it'd be silly to either jam bows into a category that they really don't belong in, or make an entire skill (or perks) just for a single weapon (or even a handful, if you had Longbow, Compound Bow, and another variant). As well as more animations that aren't like any of the others. Etc.

So, yeah. I wouldn't expect to see bows. But not because of any silly "keep your Olde Tyme weapons out of my Fallout! " reasons.

Crossbows would be excellent, especially for lower level stealth players, considering they don't make noise.

They make a bit of noise on release of the bolt, but compared to a gunshot... they're of the silent, but deadly category.

String weapons are just the kind of thing that just doesn't get used to much n Fallout. Those who want to use weapons with range use firearms, which seem abundant enough and are much easier to use well than a bow that would take quite a lot of practise to use.

I can see some modding for a bow. Add a stock and now it's a crossbow. Add a longer rod for a longbow. But the options woould probably be more limited than with other weapons we have seen so far.

Maybe there will be a return of the Dart Gun.

Wooden Bow> Reinforced wooden bow >Long Bow>Reinforced longbow, Compound Bow> Compound bow with extended string

Crossbow>Crossbow with extended string and stock> Auto crossbow> Auto crossbow with extended stock, string, and red dot sight.

Wooden arrow> Plastic arrow>Steel arrow> Flaming arrow> Grenade arrow> Tracer arrow> Rope arrow

Mix and match sights, and the bow/crossbow could have many mods available.

'Kiralyn2000' ah yes the real realities of real life. once again life smacks me across the skull and tells me to sit back down. haha. i stand corrected.

but maybe if i had Bill Gates e-mail address i could write him and maybe he could pay for the Bethesda developers to make the Bow thing happen. and maybe he could purchase me a kick butt pc gaming rig too.

I rather have a crossbow then put up with something like the Silenced .22 pistol again.

I could not agree more. At least the raiders can say they were high on chems. The only time my PC has ever pulled a melee weapon was if I ran out of ammo or it was against some animal I could kill in one hit and I didn't want to waste ammo on it (like coyote pups or roaches).

There are plenty of lore reasons as to why no one would want to use a bow/arrow and swords.

Munitions and guns are more common than things what want to kill you in the wasteland. Everyone is strapped, to the point where those that aren't (raiders with a baseball bat) are the exception;being charged down occurs less often than getting shot up. Even Zion tribals used high powered pistols and fully automatic machine guns, and some of the groups couldn't even speak English. It is impossible to walk a hundred meters and not find a firearm.

The only groups using primitive weapons are those who enforce it on themselves; the legion doesn't trust guns, for example. That isn't a case of being unable to find them.

There isn't a single group of people using outdated weapons on purpose. They are reserved to rites of passage (yaoi guai gauntlets for the dead horses), or to zealots who value honor in combat a la the Legion.

Super sledges are the exception, but that's a piece of advanced technology generally used by someone in power armor; getting into melee range is not a problem when you're immune to most firearms.

I like this idea. But I don't think the idea of advanced bows really fit into the style of the game. The focus was on weapons of mass destruction and atomic powered cars etc. I don't think they would have developed advanced bows or cross bows. Even in it's post war state there are plenty of firearms to go around but that doesn't mean you wouldn't see some tribes that have resorted to primitive weapons.

Just don't try and take on The Brotherhood Of Steel with one.....

Those two statements contradict each other.

But anyways there's also Arroyo tribals. Vault Dweller could've armed the tribe easily or they could've traded for weapons. They didn't. Instead they just had spears and knives.

And yes I would like a bow. Having it in the game doesn't take anything away from anyone, so why not? And it could just be reserved for the player through crafting, fair compromise I'd say.

Bows are great for stealth and you never need to worry about a silencer (unless you're hunting deer, than having some cat whiskers on the string can help). So go outside with your machine gun, and bring some guards with you too. When you turn around to talk to them, you'll notice all of them on the ground with an arrow through their neck, but only for the brief moment before one lands in your own.

Then I'll take your machine gun.

You're going to have a think a little crazier than that. Those would honestly be a bit dull.

Something like a little torch on the limb of the bow that when you pull the arrow back you can ignite it. Or two giders in which you place the arrows so you can fire multiple in a single pull. A rack holding arrows that "feeds" arrows when you pull back so you can fire rapidly. That kind of modifications would put it on par with what we've seen so far.

Crossbow follows the same ideas as the rest of the firearms i suppose, but a bow would certainly be something more unique.

Personally i don't care about bows. If they're not in the game i don't care. If they are in the game i don't care either. I'd probably not use them myself because i just spend four years using bow and arrow to hunt all kinds of abominations in Skyrim, a change of pace is welcome.

Nah I think a bow made from paperclips and rubber bands using Exploding whiteout bottles would be Neato.
Or a a laser bow where the string is is a laser