Insanely high arrow damage : V

» Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:05 pm

So I've finally managed to get my character to level 43, but over time I've started noticing something strange about the damage of bows. This isn't the first time I've seen this. It has happened since mid 2012 at least with all sorts of different mod configurations.

Basically, I just got hit by an arrow from an NPC for about 4000 damage in a single hit. Wtf? At low levels, everything is fine, but as I level up far enough the damage from arrows becomes absolutely crazy, dealing around 20 times the damage of a melee power attack. Utterly ridiculous. The NPC attacking me was a Forsworn Ravager.

I found this fix for it:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19856/?

Unfortunately I am an archer myself, so this would cause issues for my gameplay as well.

Does anyone have any idea why NPC's have such crazy damage scaling on their bows or what I can do about it?

» Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:30 am

can you give us your mod list and load order?

» Fri Oct 11, 2013 5:01 pm

This load order probably has issues but please ignore them if you can't trace them to the arrow problem. I don't want the thread derailed. As I was saying I've had this issue before on a mage character playing vanilla Skyrim without any mods who was getting oneshot and sent to the heavens by arrows. That is why I created a platewearing melee character instead to try to soak those hits, but even then it is clearly impossible. Nevertheless, here it is:

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dragonborn.esm

ApachiiHair.esm

ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

SkyMoMod.esm

SPIKE.esm

Falskaar.esm

FalskaarDawnguard.esp

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

FixedEyeAdaption.esp

Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp

Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp

Chesko_Frostfall.esp

Better Dynamic Snow.esp

Further Dark Dungeons for ENB.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod-FurnitureChestSnowFix.esp

Birdsofskyrim.esp

Lush Trees.esp

Moss Rocks.esp

Real Clouds.esp

Undies Underneath.esp

Auto Unequip Ammo.esp

Footprints.esp

WetandCold.esp

SkyUI.esp

bound weapons redux.esp

hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

SkyRe_Main.esp

SkyRe_Combat.esp

SkyRe_EncounterZones.esp

SkyRe_EnemyAI.esp

SkyRe_EnemyScaling.esp

SkyRe_StandingStones.esp

SkyRe_Survivalism.esp

quest_andtherealmsofdaedra.esp

tos_granitehall.esp

quest_nomercy.esp

quest_pitfighter.esp

quest_pitfighter_dlc01.esp

quest_sorcery.esp

quest_seaofghosts.esp

quest_thebiggertheyare.esp

Undeath.esp

wyrmstooth.esp

AchieveThat.esp

Civil War Overhaul.esp

Dawnguard - TJofP.esp

tos_amber_guard.esp

tos_laintardale_hf.esp

tos_oakwood_hf.esp

DragonCombatOverhaulDragonborn.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Sound.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

Imp's More Complex Needs.esp

BabettesFeastBalanced.esp

CookingExpanded.esp

Real Wildlife Skyrim 0.1.esp

Brevi_MoonlightTales.esp

apocalypse - the spell package.esp

BFSEffects.esp

Locational Damage.esp

Acquisitive Soul Gems.esp

3DNPC.esp

Gri_BeastFeet.esp

SkyRe_Races.esp

getSnowy.esp

WATER.esp

WATER Plants.esp

WATER DB Waves.esp

ReProccer.esp

No Killmoves, No Killcams, No Killbites.esp

WATER Misc.esp

Bigger and Boulder.esp

Vibrant Auroras.esp

Enhanced Distant Terrain 2 DB.esp

Enhanced Distant Terrain 2.esp

FireAndIceOverhaul.esp

Unique Grasses.esp

hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation - TJofP.esp

Predator Vision.esp

Helgen Reborn.esp

Bashed Patch, 0.esp

BrighterTorchesBiggerMagelight.esp

The Joy of Perspective.esp

TJoP - Transitions.esp

EDIT: The only one I've really thought about is Locational Damage but it happened to my old mage which didn't have this mod enabled, and that mod also has an effect on melee damage which isn't going crazy at all.

» Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:52 pm

you have skyre installed remove it problem solved. with skyre archers are deadly they will one shot kill you no matter the level of your character or no matter the health you have skyre performs a cheat spell on NPC where it buffs their damage rating archers in particular are very deadly with skyre

» Fri Oct 11, 2013 3:22 pm

I rather doubt if its SkyRe by itself, I've been basing my mods list around it for months & while NPC's are a lot more powerful, such that I always use 2 companions, I've never been one-shotted. I haven't used Locational Damage but its Readme does say that Archery Head shots have a chance of Insta-Kill. So maybe Locational Damage in conjunction with SkyRe is your problem? In general with SkyRe light armour is a lot worse against archers than heavy armour & don't stand around ignoring NPC crossbowmen, they can 2-3 shot you even at high levels.

jc