So I'm really confused on this. When I first crafted my Daedric bow, the base damage was 49. I'm improved to Ledendary, which boosted it to 79. Then way later on in the game while I was browsing my inventory, I noticed the damage had dropped to 63, for what appears to be no reason. I went back to my earlier save when I first crafted and improved it, and compared everything on my character on my current save. There is no change to any effects. I even went back to see if I can improve it again just in case improvements wear out.... but now it said I can only improve it to 63 damage. I'm using steel arrows in both cases, but the damage I refer to is the bow only damage not counting the arrow in use. Anyone experience the same thing or maybe have any suggestions? I really started to like archery, so this really bums me out. Images follow....

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/650998151639313609/6701B510DD077AB574B2DE6222045870E2D340D0/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/650998151639314752/EAEC00D93BFD19E87DC39FB37EDCC98A85AC5B07/

Value is the same so the quality of the craft is the same. You must be wearing less archery bonus items in the second case or you got a disease that reduces your archery skill.

Yeah I know. I check all my effects again... Must have been the bracers I had on earlier. :banghead:

Don't feel bad. The first time I crafted one, I went to upgrade it while wearing my archery gear and had a dmg of 79. I switch to the smithing gear I had wondering how much better it would be and got a dmg of 70! I sat and tried to figure out what I did wrong for like 10 minutes. Then I was like, duh stupid - the archery bonuses.

:whistling: