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[Lord Lorkhann]

so i just started and i really love the firearms but i got a question. i imported a pure ranger from native and he has power draw and horse archery up to 10. my question is does powerdraw and horse archery affects firearms?
PS: srry if this question has already been asked, i searched but didn't find a thing

 

[Selothi]

It's been asked many, many times ... Firearms are basically just like a crossbow: you don't any skills tu use them, but having a higher weapon's skill in them makes it faster to reload and more accurate. There isn't any Power Draw or anything similar for it (now that would be silly, wouldn't it ?) but you have to invest in the "Firearm" weapon skill if you want to be any good at it.

 

[Lord Lorkhann]

thank you very much, i had 13 skill points to invest and i didn't know lol  anyway thnx for the helping and srry cuz i ask again

 

[Inquizitor]

What about horse archery?  Does that effect the accuracy?

I was also curious as to how much you had to aim over the heads of the enemy with firearms.  It's hard to tell where the projectile is going so I never know how to correct for range.  or if I even have to.

 

[1x1General1x1]

I think horse archery does help with firearms but I could be wrong.
When aiming with firearms you don't have to aim over there heads because usually 1 out of 4 shots go perfectly straight. Also, I think the best spot to aim on a guy is right at his heart, I don't know how many headshots I've gotten from aiming square in the middle of his chest. If your aiming at someone who is mounted aim at the riders waist, you will almost always hit either him or the horse, 2 hits usually take down a horse.

 

[Inquizitor]

2 hits?  Not with an elephant gun  

 

[1x1General1x1]

On chargers with an elephant gun, it still takes 2 shots, at least for me. Really everything over a hunter takes 2 shots for me, it might just be that I have bad luck.

 

[Azn_soul]

horse archery from my experience doesn't help much. a player shooting from either foot,horse, on top of a tower/wall, down on a slop doesn't need any actual skills investment except the weapon usage and of course the ability to wield the weapon. after the first shot against an enemy u can easily calculate the angle and position u need to be in to fire and successfully obtain a 1 hit kill(1 hit kills can be obtained easily if u hit target's head or if u got super damage rate u probably kill him by hitting any part of the body). Riding while using gun can be tricky but its just a crossbow with double the power and range (aim in front of the enemy not at the enemy when riding) only gun u probably can't get possibly get 100% kills is the hand cannon.

 

[Selothi]

YES IT DOES ! Horse Archery does help, and you need to build up a bit of skill, as the speed of the projectile is far greater than a bow or xbow. But the main thing you want to work on is the Firearm skill, without which you are ****ed. They're inaccurate enough as they are (that is a statement of fact, not criticism), so any help you get to reduce the width of that reticule is good.