How does the combat work

[Covinentkiller9]

I recently started playing morrowind and after the start i went to the trader as it said and i bout a chintin bow and some arrows. I cant seem to hit people consistently. I put the crosshairs on them, draw back the bow and the fire the arrow. The arrow seems to go through them and not cause any damage. I also have this problem with the dagger that you get in the starting room.

[Coffee?]

first thing, theres no arrow drop, second look at dutch gamers starting guide, it's really indepth.

[EgoMaster]

Combat is stat based. If your skill is low, no matter where you put the crosshair, you'll miss. Try to create a different character, choose a weapon skill and bring it as close as possible to 50 and use weapons of that type.

[merchantmudcrab]

You need to increase the skill for the weapon type (marksman for bow, short blade for daggers). The higher the skill the higher the chance to hit (for bows it increases the distance from where you can hit, at the beginning you can only hit if you go very close).

At the begining do some basic quests, earn some money, go to a trainer and level the weapon skill up, it doesn't cost much for the first levels. A weapon skill of 35 will make a huge difference to the starting value of 15 or so. Buy some basic spellls and use them to kill the first enemies because spells will hit as long as you aim right.

[Covinentkiller9]

Ok thanks. I was wondering if I was doing something wrong

[Voltronjeremy]

Originally posted by merchantmudcrab:

Buy some basic spellls and use them to kill the first enemies because spells will hit as long as you aim right.

A little misleading. Spells will always hit what they're cast at but there's a chance they won't actually cast.

You should also watch your fatigue as running/jumping/swimming/attacking will make you lose fatigue and as you lose fatigue your chance to hit with spells and attacks will go down accordingly.

[Hamglide]

It can get frustrating but yeah make sure your fatigue stays up. I've been killed by rats before because I had low fatigue. I never hit them but they always hit me :(

[Caligo Clarus]

It's a traditional RPG. The game is "rolling dice" off screen to see if you hit, miss, w/e in game.

[FleshyBB]

Yeah, Morrowind is now a little archaic in the combat department since it relies heavily on dice rolls like a traditional rpg. You have to have a mindset on exactly what you want to play class wise and level those stats up. You can't jack-of-all-trades Morrowind as good as you can in Skyrim.

[Heinrich6745]

Dice roll, how i grew up playing games like that, rather prefer it that way tbh

you will get use to it in time once you learn

[Grimminski]

Originally posted by Heinrich6745:

Dice roll, how i grew up playing games like that, rather prefer it that way tbh

The roll is evil in this game.

1.) Spend a few minutes sneaking around
2.) Ready weapon for backstab
3.) Swing
4.) *miss*

It's a little bit rage inducing.

OP, you'll get the hang of it. Morrowind is more of a traditional RPG than the later games. Also, jump everywhere. Up hills, down hills, across the road. Acrobatics is amazing.

[S1RAW3S0ME]

Things that affect your hit rate are:

1. The corresponding weapon skill
2. Agility
3. Fatigue
4. Enemy level (agility and sanctuary effects taken into consideration)

The higher the first 3 are the more likely you are to hit. You'll also have a better time hitting a mudcrab than a dremora.

[Ὀλιγόπιστος]

If at first you don't succeed, GRIND!

[Cholla Quail Quail]

Click often, click frequently, and never forget DRINK RESTORE FATIGUE.

[Nary]

and sometimes hold down the button! that doesn't increase your chance of hitting but it does increase the damage of the few attacks that are successful!

[Nary]

Originally posted by Adolf Lincler:

first thing, theres no arrow drop, second look at dutch gamers starting guide, it's really indepth.

1. there is a little bit of arrow drop. You'll notice that the best if you go to Balmora and shoot across the river.
2. for some reason whenever I play the first arrow shot will ALWAYS hit but every consecutive shot will miss, and I never use marksmanship. So combat is obviously more complex than can be easily explained.