How does the bow work in this game?

[Capra Irata]

I'm assuming you do more damage for headshots, but when I try shooting zombies from a short distance, the arrows arc downwards like crazy.

What gets me though is that when I aim for the head, the arrows arc into their chest, so I aim above their head to compensate, and then the arrows arc even *more* and land around the same area on their chest... Is there some sort of aim assist going on or something? I want to use the bow effectively but I feel like the game is fighting me. Playing with KB+M, by the way.

[Dallagen]

are you ads and pulling it all the way back? i have no problem with it

[Anirv[PL] 🚀]

Bow from The Following is just worthless , The Bozak Bow is a beast.

[Dallagen]

i can help with anything, legend rank 250 speaking here, max level

[Capra Irata]

I'm not sure what DLC the bow is from, if any. It's just a generic bow, bought from a shopkeeper. And yes, I'm ADSing and waiting for the full pull. I'll keep messing around with it and see if I can figure out what's wrong.

[Rizzly]

Originally posted by Dallagen:

i can help with anything, legend rank 250 speaking here, max level

having exploited all the way up to max doesn't make you eligible to know everything, badass


To the OP, first get rid of the standard bow... it's terrible.

Get a Bozak's Bow (i can craft you one), it has more damage and draw speed and I think less impact on gravity full drawn.

With it you can just hold mouse 1 without aiming and you will hit the head 80% of the time because of its assist

[Jacqueline]

shop bow works fine.
http://archeryreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/arrow_flight_illustration.jpg

http://archeryreport.com/2011/06/understanding-arrows-drop/

[LivingNick]

Because this issue is bugging me to this day, and because this thread seems to be fairly high on Google, I'm gonna post a few things.

Yes, there does seem to be some aim assist for the bow, and yes it does seem to be at least partially broken. The scenario you describe (aim, hit the chest, aim a tiny bit higher, pass over head) is something I see all the time.

Also, the arrow drop in this game is ridiculous. I've fired actual bows, and the rate of drop in Dying Light is way beyond reality. If you aim at a head 10 ft away, you should hit that head. Games seem bad at getting arrow drop right; Overwatch seems closer to reality, while Skyrim seems to skew the other way.

[Karax]

Originally posted by LivingNick:

Because this issue is bugging me to this day, and because this thread seems to be fairly high on Google, I'm gonna post a few things.

Yes, there does seem to be some aim assist for the bow, and yes it does seem to be at least partially broken. The scenario you describe (aim, hit the chest, aim a tiny bit higher, pass over head) is something I see all the time.

Also, the arrow drop in this game is ridiculous. I've fired actual bows, and the rate of drop in Dying Light is way beyond reality. If you aim at a head 10 ft away, you should hit that head. Games seem bad at getting arrow drop right; Overwatch seems closer to reality, while Skyrim seems to skew the other way.

YES!

I bought a blue bow from the shop, and it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ insane how bad it is, I just draw at maximum and drops like 5-7 meters, it's a piece of ♥♥♥♥, wtf? the bow is totally useless, are all the bows like this?