Throwing Question

[Col Kurtz]

There is a horse archer skill that improves your archery on horesback (duh!) but does this also improve throwing and crossbows while on horseback?

I am having so much fun with my Hero. He uses a shield, lance, broad sword and a throwing axe.

Lance is the most used until i get in close then the sword comes out. But the most fun and the funniest is when im at full speed and i launch an axe missile at another rider, right in the head, throwing him from his horse on his back. Big axe stickin in his scalp. LOL man that is sooooo exhilerating. hahaha

 

[Nairagorn]

funniest is when im at full speed and i launch an axe missile at another rider, right in the head,

Absolutely!

Horse archer skill affects bows (of course) and I believe thrown weapons as well. I don't think crossbows are affected.

 

[graphia]

From the game:

horse archery: Reduces damage and accuracy penalties for archery and throwing from horseback (Personal Skill)

Mounted throwing is a lot of fun - my favourite's javelins, if you time it right they're just leave-behind lances with the amound of damage they do. Very cool indeed

 

[Sir Prince]

I like using jarids against calvary, wich oddly enoguh also happens to be the way they were used.

 

[Oggy]

I <3 the throwing daggers because of the sheer nimbers in projectiles. I'm at the poin that I only need one or two tops to kill someone so 35ish makes most fights easy

 

[Tarrak]

Oddly enough I had trouble connecting enough with Jarids, but when I tried out axes it became much better... I guess the larger image of the axe makes it easier to follow and thus learn the trajectory (possibly also a larger hitbox).

 

[Roady]

I modded the ammo count to 100, and enjoy flinging axes at everyone's head

 

[Sir Prince]

Yes, the ride by axe to heads are fun.

 

[Stonewall382]

@ Tarrak--I believe the jarid, javelins, and rocks use the sidearm throwing animation, and so must be aimed a little to the left of the enemy, whereas axes, daggers, knives (and, I think, anything else I forgot), use an overhead throwing animation, allowing you to aim directly at the target.