Bow under rated

[Gab]

Hello guys,

I just notice ( but maybe I missed it) that all upgrade in warrior category is for melee combat...How about the bow ? some of us like to use bow.

Bow user get over run by enemy fast and can't block nor dash..or am I missing something ?

Also, We can't take over Boss bandit territory ? I found their place nice to rebuild T__T

Are we able to recruit important npc that walk around the burn village ?

I wish we can equip gear/weapon on our villagers specially our guard tower npc

Money = Is there a way we can store our money ? I died and lost a lot of it T__T

[Shintai]

The bow damage seems to be bugged now. Arrow type doesn't change anything for example. I dont think bows will ever be the sole weapon. It will likely always be a pull or for hunting deers.

No we cant take over the bandit areas. And they will not despawn either. Just stay empty. But the roadmap with enemy raids may add to this.

We cant recruit either, but I think they talked about using them for more.

Villager gear and outfitting comes later.

No storing of money.

You can see here about parts of the future for the game:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1702010/view/4463723934172315871

[Neon Ninja]

There is an upgrade path in the skill tree for bows/archery. There are several perks you can take to increase bow proficiency/damage/accuracy. I think they have fixed the problem with bows not hitting with the correct damage output, but am not 100% for sure. It was recently bugged and bows were not good at all.

Well I guess the person above confirmed that bows are still not working right so I would avoid the skills/perks related to archery. I know I saw in the recent patch notes that bows were supposed to be fixed as far as damage calculation.

[SimuLord]

Originally posted by Neon Ninja:

Well I guess the person above confirmed that bows are still not working right so I would avoid the skills/perks related to archery. I know I saw in the recent patch notes that bows were supposed to be fixed as far as damage calculation.

I can also confirm this from having played over the weekend. Bows are all but completely useless, and it literally doesn't matter whether you're using regular or extra crispy arrows, they don't affect damage in any way.

The sole use the bow has is to draw aggro on one enemy without alerting too many of their friends. Useful if you want to pick off a bandit camp one or two enemies at a time, or for pulling a boar or a wolf away from its group, but completely useless for scoring kills.

[Zhorge]

Shoot and scoot! Shoot and scoot! I try to a first-strike-head-shot and follow up shots as they charge. Then it's RUN, FORREST! RUN! They drop pursuit and I come back and shoot them some more. In fact I just got done with Deserter's Camp that way. Sometimes they will pursue you for long distances so make sure you have high stamina.

[Atma]

Just going to mention that headshots are a thing in this game and seem to cause significantly more damage than pretty much anything else you aim at w/ a bow.

Body shots on a looter barely do any damage, but a wooden arrow from the shortbow to the face will chunk half their health.

[Gab]

Thanks guys for all this info,, very useful.

I also use bow in clearing the Deserter Camp and the damage is barely scratches them. I use it to pull one enemy but any near enemy will come automatically and mostly 3 of them. Like I said the bow is useless because they can outrun and can't block nor parry and the damage sucks even I am using the iron arrow. I even thought I equip wood arrow at first.The automatic Target is useless also in bow because it either shoot above the head or the armor...

[Gab]

Originally posted by Neon Ninja:

There is an upgrade path in the skill tree for bows/archery. There are several perks you can take to increase bow proficiency/damage/accuracy. I think they have fixed the problem with bows not hitting with the correct damage output, but am not 100% for sure. It was recently bugged and bows were not good at all.

Well I guess the person above confirmed that bows are still not working right so I would avoid the skills/perks related to archery. I know I saw in the recent patch notes that bows were supposed to be fixed as far as damage calculation.

Is this in warrior perk ? I didn't see it. So far all I see is blocks and parry.
Edit : NVM I found it..Thank you..Somehow I missed the top lol. Thanks a lot

[azlancomputers]

the bow is effective for several enemy camps that have spots where the enemy npc gets hung up trying to get to your position. the mountain regioon bandits have places that character can climb to, that the npc cant get to but comes close. when that happnes you can strike them with arrows multiple times and score kills.

[azlancomputers]

as a further clarification. if there are mountain areas by the bandits, then you can climb into the rocks and the npc will be stuck becuse they dont climb.