Arrows in skyrim : V

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:39 am

Ok, so in oblivion, the arrows travelled stupidly slow (anyone else realise this?), a horse could nearly outrun them,

i understand they have made the bow and arrow much more powerful and that they will even feel much more powerful,

do you think this will mean that the arrows will be faster? and possible longer drawback times

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:37 am

Probably.

(Hurray for one word answers!)

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:55 am

do you think this will mean that the arrows will be faster? and possible longer drawback times

Yes, I believe it's totally revamped. I was actually working on my Marksman skill today in OB and I also noticed how the arrow heads were enormous. That and when you shot one at somebody, it always came out the other side. Hope they've worked on both of those...

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:50 am

Fingers crossed as i have always been an assassin player, and the bows in oblivion seemed a bit underpowered.

in what ways have they been revamped do you know? apart from damage?

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:07 am

Fingers crossed as i have always been an assassin player, and the bows in oblivion seemed a bit underpowered.

in what ways have they been revamped do you know? apart from damage?

They took inspiration from an Oblivion mod that made you stand in place when firing, slowed down your draw-back, and increased damage. You can see a bit of it in the trailer. Arrows have also been made rare this time so you focus more on taking time with your shots and thinking out suitable strategies.

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:10 am

They took inspiration from an Oblivion mod that made you stand in place when firing, slowed down your draw-back, and increased damage. You can see a bit of it in the trailer. Arrows have also been made rare this time.

Sounds alot more realistic, glad to hear the damage upgrade,
any confirmations of a Bow execution? eg CQB

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:20 pm

Sounds alot more realistic, glad to hear the damage upgrade,
any confirmations of a Bow execution? eg CQB

Not that I know of... :shrug:

Shield bashing has been confirmed. I may have heard something about whacking people with your bow but I can't be sure. Seems likely though.

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 2:45 pm

Not that I know of... :shrug:

Shield bashing has been confirmed. I may have heard something about whacking people with your bow but I can't be sure. Seems likely though.

only time will tell

cheers for the replies

take it easy

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:05 am

They took inspiration from an Oblivion mod that made you stand in place when firing, slowed down your draw-back, and increased damage. You can see a bit of it in the trailer. Arrows have also been made rare this time so you focus more on taking time on shots and thinking out suitable strategies.

I sure as fork hope that they don't make you stand still when firing; like some kind of turgid archer :thumbsdown:

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:59 pm

only time will tell

cheers for the replies

take it easy

Sure thing.

I sure as fork hope that they don't make you stand still when firing; like some kind of turgid archer :thumbsdown:

I can only assume you'll start out as such then work your way up to Legolas status.

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:16 am

just rewatched the gameplay trailer, you can see the archer whos shooting at the wolf is clearly moving during his drawback.

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:25 am

Ok, so in oblivion, the arrows travelled stupidly slow (anyone else realise this?), a horse could nearly outrun them,

Umm... A horse at full pelt should be able to outrun an arrow.
I hope that arrow (and spell) speeds have increased and do more damage (damage part confirmed

).

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:01 am

I believe that general theme is going to 'less arrows, but more deadly arrows'....

» Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:54 pm

The issue with arrows are their scarcity...

That scarcity might make archery an unviable playstyle

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:44 pm

Yes, I believe it's totally revamped. I was actually working on my Marksman skill today in OB and I also noticed how the arrow heads were enormous. That and when you shot one at somebody, it always came out the other side. Hope they've worked on both of those...

:thumbsup:

» Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:39 am

What you says all?
Doesn't you like new revmaped archery in Oblivion?
Devs spend so much resources on it and don't like it?