burning war supplies???

[liljoe1213]

Sometimes I cannot burn war supplies. I can aim the torch, but I can't get it to fire. This keeps me from completed some side quests. Same thing with shooting arrows. Anybody else have this problem?

[Panzerlied]

You can swing your torch and hit war supplies to light them on fire. Same goes with any fire ailment you have embedded into a weapon. You can do the same with Silos too.

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by liljoe1213:

"I can aim the torch, but I can't get it to fire."

As in, you can't throw it? or it doesn't catch fire?

On a similar note, I have a long delay sometimes where I keep "lowering" the torch, same for my bow in fast-paced fights where I'm moving around a lot. The aiming mechanic takes so long to "stick" sometimes, I'm constantly dropping my aim instead of firing an arrow (or throwing the torch).

I have to constantly throw off my fighting rhythm by consciously thinking of holding the bow aimed for a lot longer than I would like, then consciously keeping the RMB (aim key) held down and think about releasing my shot (LMB) and still holding the RMB for what seems like a long time (probably only fractions of a second). It just seems to be sluggish, and noticeably longer than in Origins where I got used to it fairly quick. Odyssey still trips me up frequently, it's such a pronounced length of time. Fractions of seconds, but make a huge difference when it's noticeably a long time.

[bba525]

Originally posted by X Ulfhedinn Panzerlied:

You can swing your torch and hit war supplies to light them on fire. Same goes with any fire ailment you have embedded into a weapon. You can do the same with Silos too.

With the added bonus feature that you can set yourself on fire at the same time. I will always throw a torch or use a fire arrow to burn supplies. Have never had a problem. But always stand well back; the ground near the supplies can and will also burn.

[Panzerlied]

Originally posted by bba525:

Originally posted by X Ulfhedinn Panzerlied:

You can swing your torch and hit war supplies to light them on fire. Same goes with any fire ailment you have embedded into a weapon. You can do the same with Silos too.

With the added bonus feature that you can set yourself on fire at the same time. I will always throw a torch or use a fire arrow to burn supplies. Have never had a problem. But always stand well back; the ground near the supplies can and will also burn.

I never encounter this issues unless I'm careless and hit an amphorae of pitch. One or two quick strikes on the crate then jump away, no spontaneous combustion for me.

[Inardesco]

Well, I use hades' bow and all I have to do is prime an arrow, wait a second and it'll burn the supplies.

You could do the same with fire arrows.

[Angry Sith Lord]

Dont forget to loot first, then burn them.

[Mujokan]

If the supplies are sitting on straw or touching a tent you can get caught. Safest to throw the torch.

[bba525]

Originally posted by Mujokan:

If the supplies are sitting on straw or touching a tent you can get caught. Safest to throw the torch.

Exactly!

[EbonHawk]

Now that I've got the fire arrow upgrade, it's a no brainer to just shoot a fire arrow at whatever I want to set ablaze. At least for a moment, I can pretend that I was thinking tactfully and ignited them from afar, from the treeline, on my horse's back, so no one could possibly see me. Just a split second though, then that bounty pops up. :-(

[Inardesco]

Originally posted by EbonHawk:

Now that I've got the fire arrow upgrade, it's a no brainer to just shoot a fire arrow at whatever I want to set ablaze. At least for a moment, I can pretend that I was thinking tactfully and ignited them from afar, from the treeline, on my horse's back, so no one could possibly see me. Just a split second though, then that bounty pops up. :-(

You mean shooting silos?

You ALWAYS get bounty for that

[EbonHawk]

Yeah I know. I'm just pretending in my mind that I did the deed stealthily for head-canon. That's all. I know, I'm weird. Proud of it though.

[Inardesco]

I guess the protagonist is the only one burning them, so they always "know" its you?

[EbonHawk]

Exactly. Who else could it be? you're the only one carrying a fire source, only one with a vendetta against the nation, only one daring enough to do such a heinous crime. Gotta be you. :-)

[liljoe1213]

No, my problem is that after equiping the bow or the torch, I click the RMB to aim, but then when I click the LMB it won't throw the torch, or shoot the arrow. If I save the game, then go back, SOMETIMES it will throw the torch, or shoot the arrow. I have changed the mouse, same outcome.

[liljoe1213]

Ok, I just tried swinging the torch to light the war supplies. Nothing. It's as if the LMB stops working after I equip the torch or bow.