Bow Sights (and attachments) are Worthless

[kbotk089]

I have been playing a bow/range only build because I like that fact that you can scavenge the ammo however I'm geting frucstrated with the percentages that are rather misleading. Currently level 20 and even with bow sights ANY zombie can close the distance gap before you can land a critical shot.. Whats worse is that other attachemtns even penalize use with less damage percentages for quicker shots.

I vote to add a way to make attachements better: it increasing damage, increasing critical shot time.

The bow will still alert enemies so at higher levels and with slower aiming times... it losing its luster.

[eLeLeL]

The targeting buff is decent, all power comes from food and potin buffs. (lvl 20 only using bows is your problem, the game just opened up and you restrict yourself)

[kbotk089]

I occassionally use the assault rifle as well but its the same thing with the rapid scope.. It decreases damage the faster you make shots.. its counter productive to use sniper that attracts the horde IMO when trying to capitalize on the oneshot kill potential. I agree the potions but looking back to H2S if you wanted to upgrade your gun you could .. it just feels like all of the weapons fall off quick and the attachments aren't beneficial.

[eLeLeL]

There is also silencers btw. and the weapons periodically gets better so you have to use everything. I myself only do crits. Remember ammo type also has an impact. - Sniper always penetrate 2. and bows do 3 with pen arrows.- And this is Hts2

[Derp Derp]

Do you want a ''press X to win'' option too?

[erikem]

What I agree with is that there are too little modifications. Only silencer gets kind of better version, while all other mods are one-of-a-kind. As game progresses I would like to get better and better versions of the same mods.

Low-powered scope? Maybe next could be "good scope" and the last one could be "almost-military-grade scope".

[DEMONICSLAYER]

For firearms, I just use low-powered scope + Leviathan helmet to reduce the aiming time by 25%+5% without losing any damage. Having a rapid scope with 35% reduced aiming time and a lost of 25% damage is an issue for me since I will have to attack 1 more extra hit. With 8mm lead ammo, killing zombies with a 25% damage lost is a very troublesome thing.

I used this method only until lv45. When I had access to the final tier weapon, I equip the most powerful pistol - The 'Regulator' with concentrator, low-powered scope and Leviathan helmet. I would use steel tip armor-piercing 8mm ammo. This modding give me powerful piercing power, unchanged critical hit, faster aiming time with a 3m increase of noise. For me the trade off is not bad, with such combination, I just need to aim at zombie at the back roll and let the ammo hit a few zombies. It is enough to give a sort of knockback effect and gave me enough time to put 1 more bullet to kill 2 zombies in 1 shot.