Bow sights and addons?

[Colmaniac]

Hi I already have the compound bow with all the trimmings to fit slip on silencer x2, bow stabliser and the 5 pin sights. What is there for the for the recurve bow? I havent found any sights for it and the only things I have found that do fit is the bow silencer. Are there any sights for these bows in game? I have tried looking on wiki but no info.

[JonExx]

The sights work only for the compound bow.
All other bows only take the silencers.

In the beginning I thought that would make the "normal" bows kind of useless.
And I'm quite passionate with the bow and it's always my primary distance weapon.
With the time and some practice (and the right skills for my character) I found out that the "normal" bows can work quite well even without sights.

The achievement of the "head-shot from >100m distance" I got with the #100 balista bow, not with the compound.
Never thought that would be possible.
But it is in deed more precise on longer distances (and is causing more damage).

[Colmaniac]

Originally posted by JonExx:

The sights work only for the compound bow.
All other bows only take the silencers.

In the beginning I thought that would make the "normal" bows kind of useless.
And I'm quite passionate with the bow and it's always my primary distance weapon.
With the time and some practice (and the right skills for my character) I found out that the "normal" bows can work quite well even without sights.

The achievement of the "head-shot from >100m distance" I got with the #100 balista bow, not with the compound.
Never thought that would be possible.
But it is in deed more precise on longer distances (and is causing more damage).

Thanks, ill give up looking lol. I only just started using the bow a few days ago, but didnt think about putting skills into it so im stuck at a low strength level :(, even with the basic crafted bow and some target practice its wicked fun :). Managed to find a compound bow, but had to drop the lb`age down :( with full addons its def more accurate with the sights helping. Managed to take down some flying birds lol. I guess on a next play though ill def add more strength to mu character :).

[JonExx]

Originally posted by Colmaniac:

Thanks, ill give up looking lol. I only just started using the bow a few days ago, but didnt think about putting skills into it so im stuck at a low strength level :(, even with the basic crafted bow and some target practice its wicked fun :). Managed to find a compound bow, but had to drop the lb`age down :( with full addons its def more accurate with the sights helping. Managed to take down some flying birds lol. I guess on a next play though ill def add more strength to mu character :).

Yes, in the lower # areas the compound bow beats the normal bows, particularly if you have the sights on it.
So, with my weak and agile characters I still prefer that one.
Only once you pass the #60-70 field the "normal" bows start to become interesting.
But your character needs pretty high strength skills (>4) to properly work with them.

[Colmaniac]

I dont know if there is a bug issue with the lb age strength, on the compound bow I had to drop it to 60lb anything higher I couldnt pull back, yet on the recurve I could def draw back an 80lb with about a 1.5 second hold

[JonExx]

Yeah....the #-values of compound and "normal" bows don't really match.
I think the compound bow is adjusted to a value that enables you to maximize the time you can target without starting to shake.
And still #60 on the compound "feel" different from #60 on another bow.
But that's just a guessing, really.