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I had no intention of sounding like I was dismissing your idea. I actually quite like it. But I also think it would be easier to balance if a few other things were unborked first. Also we have big plans to make dex not useless, but I promise nothing specific at this stage.
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Loki Wrote:In a tiny box I think it will be very tough to make archery better than using a halberd or such. However, it would be good to make it useful in other situations.
I would, however, point out that arrows and bolts generally penetrate plate armour better than they do through hardened leather or chain.
I suppose that makes sense since plate has holes in it whereas chain would block at least a portion of all arrow shots. Except to the face! Anyway that part about different armors is too complicated of a change anyway. I think Siren's ideas are a little more plausible. Ill have to try to kill someone naked with a bow right now and see how effective it is
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Is it true that right now Dex > 100 gives no benefit? That would be an easy place to give archery some bonus. Maybe dex > 100 gives more archery damage AND speed? Or one or the other perhaps. I appreciate the staff's interest in the suggestions that are placed here. I think we have a ways to go before it's perfect here, but it will be fun to see it happen.
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You are correct about dex, but we already have some ideas about making high dex serve a purpose. Buffing archery may be one possibility, but I don't (can't) promise anything in that regard at this time.
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My opinion is: if you walk, the bow timer doesn't reset. If you run, the timer increases by 1 sec so you can't just run and shoot after someone that cant reach you with a melee weapon.
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I just wanted to add that I tested out shooting an elven bow on an unsuspecting miner. With 100 strength 80 dex it did almost 20 damage each hit and shoots very fast. I assume a miner has about 100 to 110 hp and it took 6 shots I think. I was shocked how fast it dropped a naked person. Not sure that needs to be increased.
