Other than that - I'd like to see some recurve and compound bows, please!\

Uhhh, compound bows weren't invented until the 1960's, how would that fit into Skyrim at all?!?!?

1. Dwemer tech
2. Technological progression doesn't have to be the same on Nirn as it is in our world. They already have the printing press, if the mass produced books (and lack of legions of scribes) is anything to go by.

What you mean "backwards"? You mean counter clockwise? This is right from Bethesda, I guess, not wrong (unless you are in Ireland, where the windmills turn clockwise)...

The trouble with the windmill is not it spinning clockwise or counter, it's the sails (instead of the blades) leading the rotation. It's like the wind is blowing from the back.

Really, because I can hit stuff with that stance. Of course im talking like a 1-5 degree slant of the bow. Incredibly minor. Don't think I mean like 30 or something because that would be rediculous. I was taught that you slant the bow inward every so slightly. Maybe its a beginners thing somewhat like training wheels, and once I get better I would have been told to no longer do that. I dunno, I'm not expert. I have little experience with bows, but in that little time that's what I was taught.

At which distance, because i positvely can hit the yellow at 30 meters with my bow inclined as much as my chest doesn t hinder the string. This doesn t mean its a good or valid stance for longer range as initial fluctuation will imput randomness on the arrow.
Hitting stuff is one thing, consistency and grouping are more important.

Yeppers, that's how it is done. If you hold the bow with your left hand, the arrow groove in the grip is indented on the left side, so you have to knock the arrow on the left. Of course, there are grips where the groove is to the right, if you hold the bow with the right hand. Choosing a bow with leftedness or rightedness depends on which of your two eyes is your "dominant" eye.

I feel Bethesda could really open up archery by adding on accessories and having well-crafted bows. All of Beth's bows - in Oblivion, in Morrowind - look like crap. The screenshot of the khajiit with the bow - that bow also looks like a piece of crap. No one makes bows like that, not even back in premodern times. I can see compound bows being a Dwemer technology, since the pully system requires precision to manufacture/craft the wheels. Other than that - I'd like to see some recurve and compound bows, please!\

Any of you use Nicoroshi's bow mods for TESIV? Those are what kickass fantasy bows should look like. And Phijama's TESIII bows are great, too (recurve, etc. modern design). http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/fms/Image.php?id=26867. http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/fms/Image.php?id=26871 in game - notice how the groove is to the right, since the bow is held in the right hand.

EDIT: Right, I mentioned accessories. Silencers and aiming devices spring to mind.

1. Dwemer tech
2. Technological progression doesn't have to be the same on Nirn as it is in our world. They already have the printing press, if the mass produced books (and lack of legions of scribes) is anything to go by.

As I mentioned in the post, it would take a level of machining craftsmanship to achieve the required precision, but people in ancient times and pre-modern times weren't stupid or clumsy. They could certainly accomplish such moving parts, though doubtless the bow would be hella expensive considering how difficult it would be to machine the parts by hand if there is no precise instrumentation for measurement - something else we don't really know that exists (or not) in at least Skyrim.

The principle of the pulley is ancient. Block-and-tackle, it's the same thing.

I've only tried a bow once in my life, i'm left handed and hit way more accurately when drawing the bow with my left hand and holding it with my right.
So I would presume the way the OB character holds his bow is how the majority of archers would hold it since most people are right handed.

Pretty much. If you hold the bow perfectly vertical, your being a noob at archery. You tip the bow slightly inward (clockwise for left handed, counter for right) so the nocked arrow can rest on it, held by gravity.

Pretty sure this is actually how it's done, especially when you value accuracy over distance. Nocking on the left allows you to rotate your wrist clockwise and have the arrow partially held in place by gravity. Rotating your wrist counter clockwise is not as comfortable.

Yes actually, that is the correct way to do it. I used to use my bow all the time. OP have you ever fired a real bow?

Yeah, besides, you can use your index finger to keep it in place when you draw it back...just be sure to put it back to normal before releasing unless you want a fletching to cut you.

Btw, serious OP fail, lol.

This. Also, top game developers are typically very anol about researching this before it's put into a game. So I'm pretty sure they've thought about it.

unless its a windmill.

Here's an example on how to http://www.doylefamily.org/BowandArrow_web.jpg! :tongue: