Projectile speed is a joke.

[XIII - The Death]

I get the feeling devs hate arrows doing anything in this game, lul.

[Verrix]

I do fine with bow and arrow, and there a plenty of people complaining about archers.

[Dregora]

Bows are great. Just lead.

[ÐåŕķMệşşịäħ]

Of course they hated archery in this game. That's why there's hardly any range weapons, arrow parrying is allowed, there's bow sway, the range damage is nerfed, the archery perks are garbage, the long bow costs 11 loadout points which leaves you with almost nothing (5 points) to spend on anything else (armor, another weapon etc). You're practically forced to play as a naked archer.

And I don't think it was just the developers that hated archers... It was all the neckbeards that had access to the alpha/beta and complained about it then.

And damn you weren't lying about the projectile speed. I finally got to test out the long bow in a bigger map and the arrows travel way too slow. I have to lead my shots by almost an inch. I feel like I'm playing halo 1 on pc all over again. And the damage is terrible. You literally miss 95% of your shots because of how slow the arrows travel.

And the arrow parrying is too easy/over powered when arrows travel so slow. And it takes way too long to drawback your bow/reload on top of that garbage where you're forced to shoot right away or you lose focus. Making it even easier for enemies to parry your shot with a simple right click.

It doesn't even feel rewarding/worth playing an archer in this game. You don't even get enough loadout points to invest in armor or a decent secondary weapon. I get one shotted/one hit killed because I'm forced to wear light armor with a longbow. While I do no damage.

I'm already considering refunding this game and telling the other 4 people I was going to play with to do the same.

[sparrowbird611]

While I do think archery could use a small boost in damage, they are in a decent place as it is. Plus, it was just released, give them some time to tweak things.

[Kao]

It seems balanced from a noob perspective. I'm usually bad at bows but I can do pretty good things on this game with it. the sway is never a problem honestly. the loadout points is fair since basically you can destroy people from a safe distance. If you want bow to be better, think about how much of a lamer you want to be..

[XIII - The Death]

I do fine with a bow and arrow too, that's no excuse for underwater projectile travel speed for the first 15 meters. The hitbox on them is absurd too, I literally see arrows going in between enemy ribs and their upper arm as it shaves their armpit hair and do no damage, or giving them ear piercings. It's obvious they really had something against ranged weapons. Here's hoping they get some love and tweaks.

[ColOfPopcorn]

bullets are not arrows and unless you are hercules and can pull the drawsting of a massive bow. Thats how arrows fly

[DJ Deckard Cain]

ah, when realism makes people think the game is broken. arrows arent quick. go shoot one in real life...judging from most of these posts, most of these kids dont know what real life means.

[XIII - The Death]

Arrows and crossbows fire very quickly at the beginning of their release. Hell, arrows and crossbows do more damage to the human body than bullets, usually rending internal organs and breaking bones, and being a ♥♥♥♥♥ to remove. So bringing bullets into the equation without any understanding of arrow projectile physics and damage is silly.

The issue here is not only is there the curving falloff as it travels, the starting speed of a released shot is laughable. I understand the reduction of speed over distance as well as the falloff, but come on. Stop defending it. Projectile speed is a joke. Especially the starting speed.

[PASHtet]

Arrow speed total ♥♥♥♥♥♥. I cant shoot guy who stay 2 meters on me. Coz he can dodge arrow so easy press button Q or E

[PASHtet]

2 handed sword one shots you you cant shot guy without armor with Bow. wow srsly? My ass on fire with that stupid arrow speed and dmg.

[[UMP]flak-dan]

oh i am not the only one who notice....yea arrows suck currently...way too slow and unrewarding

[LICH]

I agree, I don't usually whine about game mechanics so I checked whether or not I am the only person who thinks the projectiles are fckn slow, hell I can throw a crumpled paper faster than the bows in this game. realistic my ass, I haven't shoot a bow but I'm pretty sure arrows should fly faster than a fckn rock thrown from an arm irl. you cant even hit a damn horse running sideways 10m away with a xbow, you'd still need to advance your shot like hell. Idgaf about the dmg just make projectile speed faster in accordance with each weapon. every thing feels like I'm throwing peasant rocks. They even put a hidden mechanic where people run faster when they are chasing enemies running away, try wearing nothing ingame and run a away from a mad man with full set lvl 3 armor he'd fckn wack your ass once or twice like wtf, I'm running with my balls dangling but this man with full set iron man hulkbuster armor manages to catch me, like wtf?