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Magial
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Depends on where the arrow was shot from as well. If from a crossbow at a range of say 20 meters, then that arrow is moving pretty quick, and it would take a lot to stop it. But if it was shot from a range of 200 meters, then after a while the arrow would lose momentum and slow down, thus not causing as much, if any, damage. Take note, this is with a crossbow, where is fires pretty straight with not much arc.
Now a bow, fired upward would go up into the sky, lose momentum, fall down, and gain momentum and thus cause a lot of force on impact. Again, thats assuming you got lucky and hit one of the scattered enemies.
At any rate, getting hit in the head with an arrow, protected or not, would suck.
Now a bow, fired upward would go up into the sky, lose momentum, fall down, and gain momentum and thus cause a lot of force on impact. Again, thats assuming you got lucky and hit one of the scattered enemies.
At any rate, getting hit in the head with an arrow, protected or not, would suck.
screwtype
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In order to penetrate metal armour, a crossbow would have to be within a certain range and it would have to hit at the right angle or it would be deflected and do no damage.
I'd like to see this emulated in the game somehow but it probably wouldn't be all that easy to figure out a way to balance it. Certainly the current system, which presumably detracts the armour rating from the damage rating, is nice and simple, but it doesn't make much sense when applied to metal armour.
I'd like to see this emulated in the game somehow but it probably wouldn't be all that easy to figure out a way to balance it. Certainly the current system, which presumably detracts the armour rating from the damage rating, is nice and simple, but it doesn't make much sense when applied to metal armour.
I disagree with the original proposal. Not even headshots from modern firearms are always lethal - just talk to some people working at hosipitals about suicidals who are treated after shooting themselves. Also, the victim does not have to die instantly.
Leave it as it is - Even now, most headshots instant kills anyway.
Leave it as it is - Even now, most headshots instant kills anyway.
Magial
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Not all of them are insta-kills. On occasion, maybe 1 out of 30, youll knock them suckers unconscience.
What would be neat, is if you could walk over to someone whos unconscience, arm your crossbow, walk up to their body, shoot them in the face, so then they arent unconscience anymore.
What would be neat, is if you could walk over to someone whos unconscience, arm your crossbow, walk up to their body, shoot them in the face, so then they arent unconscience anymore.
JohnathanStrange
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I'm already getting one-shot kills from headshots and with a rather lowel level archer using a nomad bow, bodkin arrows, power draw 2 - so I don't agree that headshots should be even more damaging.
I see the damage indicator giving the location (Headshot!) as being a general description of the hit's area: it could actually be a glancing hit off a helmet or a devastating hit between the eyes.
Right now, it's pretty brutal and hugely damaging as is. I agree that a headshot should be devastating and they are, perhaps they should be more rare because the head is a much smaller target and I think that in the heat of combat, with the target within seconds of being in sword range, the archer would more likely aim for the chest.
As it is now, on horseback, I can easily canter a few feet when a foot soldier approaches, shoot him in the head, canter a few feet, and do it again to someone else. Too easy!
I see the damage indicator giving the location (Headshot!) as being a general description of the hit's area: it could actually be a glancing hit off a helmet or a devastating hit between the eyes.
Right now, it's pretty brutal and hugely damaging as is. I agree that a headshot should be devastating and they are, perhaps they should be more rare because the head is a much smaller target and I think that in the heat of combat, with the target within seconds of being in sword range, the archer would more likely aim for the chest.
As it is now, on horseback, I can easily canter a few feet when a foot soldier approaches, shoot him in the head, canter a few feet, and do it again to someone else. Too easy!
Magial
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Use crossbows. Longer reload time makes things a little more interesting when you have 4 or 5 unhorsed dark hunters comin for you. Not to mention, you have to be unhorsed yourself to reload.
Run around, shoot, run to somewhere safe, get off the horse reload get on the horse, run around, shoot, repeat.
I find with just regular bows, that its way too easy, so Ill stick with crossbows for that extra challange, especially when your about to be swarmed by enemies!
Run around, shoot, run to somewhere safe, get off the horse reload get on the horse, run around, shoot, repeat.
I find with just regular bows, that its way too easy, so Ill stick with crossbows for that extra challange, especially when your about to be swarmed by enemies!
Duncan Frost
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the best thing about headshots is going past a corpse with 2364(!) arrows poking out of his eye
off-topic: one time, I KILLED DRANTON in the arena (when spectating i cheated to make sure the team i bet on won by shooting the other team members 24 times in between the eyes! )
off-topic: one time, I KILLED DRANTON in the arena (when spectating i cheated to make sure the team i bet on won by shooting the other team members 24 times in between the eyes!
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On more than one occasion, with 200+ archery skill, war bow, bodkin arrows, etc... I've gotten headshots that do less than 40 damage. Those aren't lethal. But once I got arrows in both of a guy's eyes SEE NO EVIL!
SEE NO EVIL!
