arrows with or withou feathers

[JabroniCorleone]

Whats the difference? Cant see any difference in damage...?

[ImHelping]

If they explain it they explain it poorly, and anyone telling you the difference will be going off of 'Well that is how it worked in other games" prior knowledge like me.

Feathers add effective range. So if you are crafting regular arrows you can probably skimp on it, but if you are crafting specialty arrows like fire or other status effects you probably want the feathers to cut down on "oops even the longbow fell short."

Granted I Think there are also some arrows that demand special feathers just to make in the first place, which makes things even more unintuitive if you didn't already know "Feather= better range" is the norm in these games.

[Netsa]

Originally posted by ImHelping:

Feathers add effective range.

I thought that was how they explained it in the game? Wait, let me check...
Yeah, here's what it says:
Non-fletched
"Though the tip is certainly sharp, it does not fly particularly true."
Fletched
"The feather fletching adds distance to the arrow's flight."

[JabroniCorleone]

thank you guys... I cant really enjoy the game at the moment... I switch between vagabond and sumarai all the time and dont know which to play.... I like the bow.... but I hat the shield because of the low block agaist physical attacks.... But when I play vagabond I miss the bow but have better shield....

[Netsa]

Originally posted by JabroniCorleone:

thank you guys... I cant really enjoy the game at the moment... I switch between vagabond and sumarai all the time and dont know which to play.... I like the bow.... but I hat the shield because of the low block agaist physical attacks.... But when I play vagabond I miss the bow but have better shield....

There's a ton of shields in the game with 100 physical block. The easiest one to get is the blank Heater Shield, available from the shop in Roundtable. You don't need to care about your stats when using a shield, either, since it doesn't affect their blocking capabilities.

Also, you can pick up a bow on either character. If you didn't build any strength, short and longbows are good enough for entering a lot of encounters, and Mighty Shot isn't to be underestimated. If you built strength but not a lot of dex, crossbows can help "fill the gap". Just remember to upgrade them, since they have no scaling. They make up for it with higher base damage, higher bolt damage, and the ability to fire them 1-handed. With a lot of both, you will eventually find a Greatbow, and much slowness will be had.