Sling unusable

[Ginch]

the targeting and physics are just horrible on the sling and me and a friend beat on a moose for over 20 minutes and it still didnt die..... might need some work on those 2 things lol

[BushiNeko]

Sling is very very very tricky. It does need some polish. All thrown flung weapons are under the works still.
Moosie no die? Yeah, thats been an issue off and on. You can kill 'em, but sometimes one gets near invulnerable. It is being worked as of now...

[Ginch]

kool also fishing doesnt seem to work XD fished for over an hour thinking maybe it was just hard but if thats the cast than its ridiculous XD

[Jaybob32]

I've done it with a sling. Try to hit them in the head. Aim slighty above your target.

[Ginch]

ya i can aim in the exact same spot everytime and that rock will fly randomly in any direction its pretty messed

[BushiNeko]

to successfully fish.
Cast your line, after a few tries move a bit. Fish dont just hang out in a visible spawn / school. Much like real fishin' you gotta go where the fish are, but you dont have a fish finder.. :D

Yep, Jaybob you can kill 'em with it. However they are reffering to a known issue that is being worked.
But its good to hear of a hunt down of one.

[DazaKiwi]

How do you use a sling properly anyway? it rotates above your head (holding LMB) and the redicle goes wider and wider shaking and you release LMB and the character makes this noise and does a weak animation move- but no stone is thrown or depleted from ammo. I tried having the sling ammo in the other hand and inv. The wiki guide doesnt bother to say how to use it.
My Throwing weaponry is at lvl 10 from the start.

**Update** Ok it seems you have to have a target for it to release and "throw" although you do not see a rock go flying AND have the ammo in other hand.

[Urgash]

I think the sling works pretty nice for alpha.
I already trained it a little bit and have a feeling for it.
It makes much damage a beginner weapong!

I think there are some bugs, but we have to wait for changes.
The game development is in the beginning :).

[KaosReigns]

Sling = OP Breaking bones weapon. Please do not make this already overpowered and overused weapon even more absurd. Being able to not only knock a player out in 4 hits (Which nothing else can do that early in the game btw) it also breaks bones (reducing the players strength and making them seriously weaker).

In every game similar to this, ranged weapons are always the most over used and most OP. I would prefer if they made these items SUPER difficult to use, and VERY hard to master.

[Robbyroy]

I was able to kill a moose with a sling took about 150 stones, not hits, I worked my way around so the mooses head was between me and the rest of its torsoe. It took about 15 head shots to kill it.

[wolverine5pl]

sling is soo useless:/ cant hit anything

[Kleautzaque]

Release the button when the sling is above your head. It works good but you have to know how it works.

[Tinywulf]

Having a high skill helps alot with a sling, i saw massive improvements around 50 skill or so as far as the spread goes.

[Big Chungus]

Damn this game!!! I loved it, but am unable to play because god knows why lol. But when I COULD play it, the sling frustrated me as well until I learned a good strategy that worked for me. Try counting when you first left click the sling into action. I counted to 4 seconds or so (starting once I clicked the left mouse). It took a LOT of sling ammo, just like it probably would in real life lol. But especially when you're new to the sling Don't give up!! Try timing it and adjusting as necessary. Hope this helps you

[Usgar Spielt]

Once you figured out timing and where to aim on what distance this gets rather easy to use. Made a little vid about killing sows with a sling, maybe this helps someone to get better at slinging stuff. Still wont use that thing in the long run though, as soon as possible ill grind up to bows and use them, they are way easier to use, but im kinda stuck at animal lore on my way to leather armor, which is required the next steps in that skilltree.
https://youtu.be/uRJB95yFG4c

[roggek]

I have taken dowm 5 hinds and two deers with a slingshooter. It takes time, but it's fun.