arrows half damage

[Kaal979]

The archers are making a meat fest these days!
While laughing about armored and riders they make one head shot before the next.
The half of their damage would be enough by far ... .

 

[GerDeathstar]

Are you suggesting to halve damage inflicted by arrows? So that it would need around 6-8 of them before eventually killing someone?

While I think armour should reduce it a bit (change it from piercing to cutting damage would be an idea) arrows need to stay as lethal as they currently are. Regarding headshots, I read there might be a small mistake in the calculation of that damage (bonus added before armour deducts something), which allows you to one-shot someone with a helmet made of metal. You CAN survive a headshot though, with the heaviest helmet. Matter of luck.

 

[Askorti]

I don't agree, in my opinion bows deal appropriate damage.

 

[NordArcher]

They should do more damage to organ shots and less to limb shots. A shot to the arm will at most make you unable to use said arm, but definatly not kill you on the spot.

 

[Qwertyman]

Halfing their damage would effectively make bows into peashooters,  try using a sheild before you complain about archers.
oh, and just go and try and land multiple headshots-  only the best archers out there consistently land headshots, for the rest its just the odd luckshot.

 

[yugop]

Maybe helmets and armors should be more protective, I don't know.
Other than that, bows and crossbows are fine.

 

[ell_geezy]

They should do more damage to organ shots and less to limb shots. A shot to the arm will at most make you unable to use said arm, but definatly not kill you on the spot.

God i second that! i hate it when i watch my health plummet below half when i have been hit in the hand with an arrow. sucks ass. lol


Uthred

 

[Qwertyman]

Maybe helmets and armors should be more protective, I don't know.
Other than that, bows and crossbows are fine.

Arrows and bolts moreso were designed to punch through armour, it seems to me the problem seems to lie in how armour works with projectiles,  since it just reduces the damage- wheras in real life, many types of armour would actually deflect the arrow entirely at the right angle (as well as the defender twisting his body to make the arrow hit right... not much you can do against a square-on direct hit)

 

[munchiepoo]

Don't halve please.

 

[Sovereignty]

They should do more damage to organ shots and less to limb shots. A shot to the arm will at most make you unable to use said arm, but definatly not kill you on the spot.

God i second that! i hate it when i watch my health plummet below half when i have been hit in the hand with an arrow. sucks ass. lol


Uthred

I disagree.
Being shot in the arm will more than likely make you unable to continue fighting, as it will hurt like hell. Think of your death as passing out instead.

 

[vota dc]

Maybe helmets and armors should be more protective, I don't know.
Other than that, bows and crossbows are fine.

Arrows and bolts moreso were designed to punch through armour

Now that I am thinking about arrows and bolts effects are minimal. Maybe less damage for bows and crossbows (but not half) and more difference for bolts and arrows, for example steel bolts +5 instead of +2.