What does Arc Shot do?

[Etherel90]

I'm confused with the arc shot mod. Does it affect bullet trajectory like the zigzag, spiral, etc? And when it says in an arc pattern does it mean up then down, like when you shoot a basketball?

[Eudicots]

Chance to shoot multiple projectiles horizontally.

Does not work with crossbow since it already has arc shots as its normal attack.

[DJDiceZ]

Originally posted by Eudicots:

Chance to shoot multiple projectiles horizontally.

Does not work with crossbow since it already has arc shots as its normal attack.

Which it should work with the crossbow, or the perk should simply not be available why you play with the crossbow. Each weapon should have weapon exclusive perks anyway.

[WozZz]

sometimes it can be very unclear what someperks do, if u have 100% triple shot and then pick up arc shot nothing will change untill u remove the trilpe shot and then u start shooting arc, some perks override others

[PootieTang]

Arc shot DOES effect the crossbow. It adds another set of shots in between the regular arrows.

[Sédrio]

Originally posted by WozZz:

sometimes it can be very unclear what someperks do, if u have 100% triple shot and then pick up arc shot nothing will change untill u remove the trilpe shot and then u start shooting arc, some perks override others

Projectile-based perks will only affect the original projectile(s). So if you have triple shot and arc shot, it will triple the bullet in the middle but not the ones created by the arc. This is the same with every other similar perks like X, square, triangle, etc...

Same deal with Firearms, it will only increase the projectile count of the original bullet and not the ones from those other perks. Try going for a projectile rocket launcher build and you'll see it clearly.