In a recent article Todd Howard stated:

“Someone modded Oblivion by changing the physics of shooting an arrow. It made you shoot slower and you almost had to remain stationary to shoot, which increased the arrow’s impact. We liked this mod so much, that we implemented it in Skyrim by default.”

Can someone tell me what archery mod he is discussing?

http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=33240 sounds a lot like it but with so few downloads I'm not so sure. I also don't like the sound of the long draw time and the broad range of possible incompatabilities in this mod.

In any case, can anyone point me toward the best Archery mod?

Maybe someone here can help: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/forum/25-oblivion-mods/

It was called Duke Patrick's Combat Archery or something, IIRC. No longer available, sadly.

The general consensus seems to be that it's Duke Patrick's Combat Archery mod.

EDIT: Ninja'd :ninja:

http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/files/file/514-duke-patricks-combat-archery/ and continue to developing to be even more awesome.

Wooohoo that's nice to hear! :celebration:

Right on. This looks awesome. I'm installing it now. I hope it doesn't jack my $#!^ up

Thanks!

Anyone know where were supposed to find the password for the download. I thought it was supposed to be in the readme but i coudnt find it.

The password is in the readme. You have to do some reading to find it,also to gain knowledge about how this mod works - it is very important.

I have instaled this mod about an hour ago for the very first time and even though I am very impressed with how it works there is a flaw to it. It makes archery based characters way overpowered. You can however edit this in the .ini file. I just didn't feel like picking at it right now. If I do try it out,I'll post the outcome.

Thank you all, I've been searching for the mod Todd talked about for a long time now, but none of my searches on "Marksman" or "Archery" on TES Nexus resulted in anything satisfying.

Will try this mod now!