marksman skill

[silmwarensurion]

Is archery a total waste of time? It seems like the skill is incredibly weak. Or does it get better?

[Dubba_D]

Pair it up w/ Alchemy, and you can make some devastating poisons.

It might also do you good to join the Arcane University to enchant your bow (or arrows) w/ extra damage.

Really, this question could apply to all weapons as the leveling system turns your average Goblin Warlord into a sponge of damage :\

[King Nerevar]

Its a f*ck in first place. But when u level up and get the perks, its so nice to one shoot enemys

[Equinoxinator]

Going assassin with the bow is pretty satisfying

[Monkey-Melon]

Yeah bows are great fun in the game,but they lack power on the late game tougher enemies,but using stealth tactics first then swapping to melee always worked for me.

Just get a quick shot in with your bow and if your sneak skill is good enough,or you are far enough away,you may be able to get multiple shots in,which do critical damage if I remember correctly.

Hope that helps,like most things in TES it just depends on your play style.

[Dexter]

Unless you choose Marksmanship as a major skill and keep your skill high, bows are a little weak compared to using a melee weapon, but not impossible to work with.

Marksmanship is a little broken, especially when combined with sneak. Stealth shots eventually break the game. Once your sneak skill reaches a certain level, while in sneak mode the NPC will just stand there and not move while you shoot them with arrows.

It is almost as broken as having 100% invisibility.

[iwaloa]

Yeah, marksman on it's own is a little underpowered, especially if you're coming from Skyrim. Combine it with any or all of: sneak attacks, enchanted bows/arrows, poisons; and it becomes ridiculously overpowered at mid to high levels.

[Freeasabird🕊]

Screw the Bow! use Magic, stealth Ninja mages = O.P spell making and all that. he HE HE he he he >:]

[JtDarth]

Huh. I never had problems with damage output from bows. It was always projectile speed that made me sad.

[76561198034396398]

duke patricks archery mod,not for everyone Hatred's Soul Bow and as mentioned a few master potions =1 shot kill