Why are bows left handed?

[Kizuna Dragon]

This makes no sense, clearly the main character is right handed but he shoots a bow left handed... What I mean is his dominant hand (right hand) is normally used as your draw hand and your other hand (left hand) is holding the shaft of the bow.

Not only does doing it the way they do in the game not anatomically correct, it really screws up your aim, and with a lack of any kind of crosshair it makes the bows next to useless for me.

[Hellsmoke]

That's how a right handed person shots a bow, you hold the bow in your right hand...

[Kizuna Dragon]

Originally posted by Hellsmoke77:

That's how a right handed person shots a bow, you hold the bow in your right hand...

ummm no. if you're right handed, your dominant arm, your stronger arm is your draw arm.

[Hellsmoke]

Originally posted by Dragon Gaming:

Originally posted by Hellsmoke77:

That's how a right handed person shots a bow, you hold the bow in your right hand...

ummm no. if you're right handed, your dominant arm, your stronger arm is your draw arm.

Well as a right handed person that makes no sense to me. I'd hold it just like it's held in the game.

[QueenEtna]

Heya!

I'm a left handed person that has done Archery in the past.

I hold the bow with my right hand and draw the arrow with my left hand despite being a left handed.

You generally hold the weapon on the opposite hand to your dominant hand.

Hope this helps :)

[QueenEtna]

I'll also add on when you get into "stance" a left handed person is "south paw" so their right leg / shoulder is in front with the left arm/leg is behind!

[Kizuna Dragon]

Originally posted by Hellsmoke77:

Originally posted by Dragon Gaming:

ummm no. if you're right handed, your dominant arm, your stronger arm is your draw arm.

Well as a right handed person that makes no sense to me. I'd hold it just like it's held in the game.

then you're doing it wrong, if you're right handed you hold the string and draw the arrow back with your right hand.

[viper_2029]

Lol wow I didn't even notice this even with the bow being my favourite ranged weapon in the game hahahah.

The only reasonable explanation at the time is:
Devs have designed for (equip-able) light source items e.g lighter/flashlight to be held in the left-hand of your character. So when you're wielding the Bow, you can still press 'L' and hold the lighter/flashlight simultaneously. But once you draw the arrow ready-to-shoot, then the lighter/flashlight is unequipped and you're shooting in the dark (if at night or in cave).

[Hellsmoke]

Originally posted by Dragon Gaming:

Originally posted by Hellsmoke77:

Well as a right handed person that makes no sense to me. I'd hold it just like it's held in the game.

then you're doing it wrong, if you're right handed you hold the string and draw the arrow back with your right hand.

I wouldn't say I'm doing it "wrong" when I'm holding it in my strong hand so that I can better control and point the weapon but what do I know, I have guns and those are pointed with the right hand as well.

[yjr123]

I think so too, the bow should be hold by left hand and the stronger arm (which is right hand) using all the strength pull the arrow all the way to the back and shoot
If devs can change or at least give an option to switch would be better

[Kizuna Dragon]

Originally posted by Hellsmoke77:

Originally posted by Dragon Gaming:

then you're doing it wrong, if you're right handed you hold the string and draw the arrow back with your right hand.

I wouldn't say I'm doing it "wrong" when I'm holding it in my strong hand so that I can better control and point the weapon but what do I know, I have guns and those are pointed with the right hand as well.

Pull a 200lb compound bow with your left hand, see how that works out for you.

[Hellsmoke]

Originally posted by Dragon Gaming:

Originally posted by Hellsmoke77:

I wouldn't say I'm doing it "wrong" when I'm holding it in my strong hand so that I can better control and point the weapon but what do I know, I have guns and those are pointed with the right hand as well.

Pull a 200lb compound bow with your left hand, see how that works out for you.

I can pull it easily, I've done it several times. Maybe I have a stronger left hand than most.

[Sam]

Originally posted by Hellsmoke77:

Originally posted by Dragon Gaming:

then you're doing it wrong, if you're right handed you hold the string and draw the arrow back with your right hand.

I wouldn't say I'm doing it "wrong" when I'm holding it in my strong hand so that I can better control and point the weapon but what do I know, I have guns and those are pointed with the right hand as well.

So yes, you're doing it wrong. The "strong" (dominant) arm is used for drawing and aiming, the other arm for simply bracing it, which doesn't require strength. But hey, you do you.

[Kizuna Dragon]

Originally posted by sam:

Originally posted by Hellsmoke77:

I wouldn't say I'm doing it "wrong" when I'm holding it in my strong hand so that I can better control and point the weapon but what do I know, I have guns and those are pointed with the right hand as well.

So yes, you're doing it wrong. The "strong" arm is used for drawing and aiming, the other arm for simply bracing it, which doesn't require strength. But hey, you do you.

some people just live to be wrong and are proud of it

[Hellsmoke]

Originally posted by Dragon Gaming:

Originally posted by sam:

So yes, you're doing it wrong. The "strong" arm is used for drawing and aiming, the other arm for simply bracing it, which doesn't require strength. But hey, you do you.

some people just live to be wrong and are proud of it

Or some people just don't have useless left hands, I deal cards with my left hand while holding the deck in my right hand as well. To each their own, as long as the arrow hits the mark.

[Sam]

Originally posted by Hellsmoke77:

Originally posted by Dragon Gaming:

some people just live to be wrong and are proud of it

Or some people just don't have useless left hands, I deal cards with my left hand while holding the deck in my right hand as well. To each their own, as long as the arrow hits the mark.

Well in your first post you stated that "that's how right handed people shoot a bow".
We're not debating your personal rando style, but your first statement was 99.9% wrong.