Zephyr Not Firing Fast

[Tellah]

I got the Zephyr bow which is supposed to fire 30% faster than a normal bow but it fires at normal speed. Plus I've used it a ton and the enchantment meter hasn't gone down at all.

[Elsinii]

Zephyr is a dwarven bow, and the enchantment refers only to normal dwarven bows, so zephyr draws 30% faster as a normal dwarven bow.

The draw speed for all bows is different, dwarven bows have a draw time multiplier by 0.75, so zephyrs 30% increase improves this only to 1.0 (which is faster than most others though).

Auriels Bow for example has a standart draw time of 1.0 so it has exact same draw speed as zephyr.

[Tellah]

Originally posted by Retsu96:

Zephyr is a dwarven bow, and the enchantment refers only to normal dwarven bows, so zephyr draws 30% faster as a normal dwarven bow.

The draw speed for all bows is different, dwarven bows have a draw time multiplier by 0.75, so zephyrs 30% increase improves this only to 1.0 (which is faster than most others though).

Auriels Bow for example has a standart draw time of 1.0 so it has exact same draw speed as zephyr.

ok but why doesnt the enchantment meter go down

[Elsinii]

There are weapons with unlimited charges for their enchantments. Zephyr is one, another example is Mehrunes Razor.

[Nettle]

The 'enchantment' doesn't actually do anything; it's just a descriptive label with some extra baggage.

Are you by any chance not using the unofficial patch?

[Elsinii]

Originally posted by Unarmed Bandit:

The 'enchantment' doesn't actually do anything; it's just a descriptive label with some extra baggage.

Are you by any chance not using the unofficial patch?

The effect of Zephyr works indeed it is 30% faster than any other dwarven bow and has alongside Auriels bow and Long bows the fastest draw time in the game.

It works fine in vanilla and with unofficial patch.

[Delta 1038]

Bows have a special mechanic that they don't really explain in-game.

Generally speaking, draw speed is inversely proportional to base damage/arrow velocity. So the early game Hunting Bow fires faster than a Daedric Bow. But a Daedric Bow deals more damage and the arrows fired flies faster.

[Nettle]

Weapon speed is a basic property of every weapon in the game. Sure, there's some esoteric math involved where bows are concerned but the point I'm trying to make here is that the enchantment in question plays no part in the process whatsoever. There's no need to apply a modifier when you can simply clone an item, tweak a setting or three and give it a new name!

Look it up in the Creation Kit and you'll see how it works.

https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/2430744-zephyr-enchantment-bow-shooting-speed/