Resolved Archer formations sometimes don't shoot unless at very close range. Possible reason.

[Hoshiqua]

My archer formations will sometimes not shoot at the enemy until they get right up in their faces.

It usually happens on heavily forested terrain or chaotic terrain. So I think it might be that all archers / vast majority of archers must have visibility of target before any of them start shooting. That is bad because usually you just want them to be shooting at whatever they can see.

 

[JuanNieve]

Do you try to put then in a loose formation?

 

[Hoshiqua]

Oh yes, I tried everything. Sometimes it fixes it, sometimes it doesn't. That's why I think it's related to visibility, especially because in some situations (notably one where the enemy was huddled in a sorta small canyon) they wouldn't shoot because their line stretched beyond either sides

They only started shooting when all the archers had clear line of sight.

 

[benji_bo]

I'm having the same issue. Affects horse archers too. One possible workaround I just found is to agro enemy cavalry onto the player character and lure them within range of your archers.

Interesting thought about the terrain. I'll start keeping track of which maps it happens on.

 

[SGT_Night]

it happens to me even in open fields, with clear sight of the enemy and my archers keep not shooting, doenst matter if its day or night, level of the archers, etc

 

[Twezie]

For me I had same thing, but only for night, and its probably a feature of not having visibility at night.

 

[rascalnag]

Can confirm this happens at night/in trees/in rough terrain. Not sure what calculations the archers make to determine if they're able to shoot or not but it seems like it is a bit draconian? Obviously a big point of using that sort of terrain as the opponent is to guard against arrow fire but not firing at all seems like something is not quite right.

 

[Shibayan]

I also experienced this on more open terrain. My archers/crossbowmen didn't open fire untill they were 10 meters in front of them. I was already starting to think it was due to the rookie-archers i had..

 

[jhurtta]

+1

 

[Zwijn]

I only had it at night too, that i remember

 

[benji_bo]

Interesting about people only having it at night. The time of day doesn't seem to have an effect for me.

 

[Goonty]

Hi !
It happened to me a few times too and it was from day in pitched battle

 

[Offline]

Try splitting up the archers in smaller groups and see if one of them eventually starts firing at the enemy.

 

[LordBarry]

Happens only at night with me currently, companions seem to be able to shoot just fine though.

 

[Orbit-]

I have the same problem, they wont shoot even if they have the clear sight of the enemy.

 

[Meastx]

Happens randomly for me, sometimes they refuse to shoot until enemy in melee range.

 

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