Ranged Combat

[thorin.hannahs]

So I started messing with bows more. A lot to be desired. Some enemies do not have "headshot" critical spots. Firing isn't snappy so the value is lessened in boss fights. I saw Xiahou Yuan get off three arrows in rapid succession on me so what gives?

No Martial Arts for bows? I have seen Lu Bu and Yu Ji do some pretty nice ranged attack work.

It appears bows are there to inflict a debuff at "long" range or to just pick off other ranged guys or small fry before combat starts.

Also the Obligatory max capacity/ammo replenish issue.

[peep]

The problem is how tanky and slow being an archer is in this game while everyone else is spamming 5 shots in 3 seconds. It's inconsistent.

Also martial arts for bows would have been great. Both of Lu Bu's multi arrow shots would have been fun to use.

[VeraelHasta]

I think there is something wrong with headshots or with the reticle position. Because it often doesn't show a headshot location even if I can clearly see my reticle is on a someone's head.

[thorin.hannahs]

Originally posted by 김우진:

The problem is how tanky and slow being an archer is in this game while everyone else is spamming 5 shots in 3 seconds. It's inconsistent.

Also martial arts for bows would have been great. Both of Lu Bu's multi arrow shots would have been fun to use.

Exactly.

[thorin.hannahs]

Originally posted by VeraelHasta:

I think there is something wrong with headshots or with the reticle position. Because it often doesn't show a headshot location even if I can clearly see my reticle is on a someone's head.

That happens a lot with humans if the angle is a bit off. For wolves and fire rats they don't have crit spots that I am aware of.

[🆂🆈🅽🅿🅰🆃🅷🆈]

There was a build for this in nioh 2 with the cannon. You could make it so didn't spend ammo on a single shot and could just spam head shots...but we don't have a big ♥♥♥♥ off cannon anymore so.

[thorin.hannahs]

Originally posted by 🆂🆈🅽🅿🅰🆃🅷🆈:

There was a build for this in nioh 2 with the cannon. You could make it so didn't spend ammo on a single shot and could just spam head shots...but we don't have a big ♥♥♥♥ off cannon anymore so.

Give me an awesome bow or crossbow. Xiahou Yuan, Huang Zhong, Lu Bu etc plenty of three kingdoms characters to justify putting in an awesome bow.

[Senki]

Yeah I don't get why both fromsoftware and team ninja hate making bows/crossbows a good build.

At least they're still useful at killing weak enemies with headshots while going through the level

[Heavenly Peaks Purveyor]

I don't think there is meant to be "ranged combat". Based on the way its all set up, those are basically just options for you - not necessarily something you'd lean on throughout a whole stage for example.

I really miss Ninja / Nioh2 right about now.

[thorin.hannahs]

Originally posted by Heavenly Peaks Purveyor:

I don't think there is meant to be "ranged combat". Based on the way its all set up, those are basically just options for you - not necessarily something you'd lean on throughout a whole stage for example.

I really miss Ninja / Nioh2 right about now.

I'd rather not have shallow options if that is the case. Just give me the cheapo throwing knives to pull enemies and call it a day.