Archery aiming? Henry doesn't aim down the sight

[Ritual Magick Lad]

Is this another archery game where the character doesn't aim down the sight properly? How am I supposed to aim?

[Myll]

Another flaw in the way skills start and progress in the game, IMO.
When you get Training in Archery, it doesn't result in holding the bow correctly.
Note the details of the Archery skill itself, that you need to achieve level 5 in Archery to hold/aim the bow "correctly."
Why that doesn't happen the first time you visit a Master Archer and pay for "Training" is beyond me, but the Dev's tied it to a number (level 5) instead of a logical game flow/training event.

[Lieste]

You aim to the centre of the screen. It is quite trivial to obtain 66 scores in the archery competition.

[One Stoned Bastard]

You know how your screen is roughly rectangle shaped? Aim to the center of that rectangle.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

The higher your skill stats are the easier it seems to get . Point and shoot.
Buy or steal a better bow and arrows as your sills get higher.
If you didnt know check your skills available and decide which one to learn to upgrade them.
Look in inventory>player skills see any star like icons means some available.
Read the codex so all of them are registered as read.

[RDR]

Originally posted by One Stoned Bastard:

You know how your screen is roughly rectangle shaped? Aim to the center of that rectangle.

Mind blown !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[Ritual Magick Lad]

You say it like it's obvious, but if the bow isn't being held straight up to the screen midpoint, then the arrow shouldn't be going that way. it should follow the angle of the bow.

[One Stoned Bastard]

Originally posted by Ritual Magick Lad:

You say it like it's obvious, but if the bow isn't being held straight up to the screen midpoint, then the arrow shouldn't be going that way. it should follow the angle of the bow.

Fair enough but that's an issue with every first person game that I can think of. Though they usually include a crosshair or sights or both.

[ByzantineEmpire1453]

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[Ritual Magick Lad]

In the Thief series (famous for archery) He holds it straight at least in Thief 1 and 2

Originally posted by One Stoned Bastard:

Originally posted by Ritual Magick Lad:

You say it like it's obvious, but if the bow isn't being held straight up to the screen midpoint, then the arrow shouldn't be going that way. it should follow the angle of the bow.

Fair enough but that's an issue with every first person game that I can think of. Though they usually include a crosshair or sights or both.

In the Thief series (famous for archery) He holds it straight at least in Thief 1 and 2