Bow problems? or just me?

[Furmeowistic]

Does anyone else feel like the projectile arc and aiming are a bit off?
It seems like the arrows are dropping much too soon on top of the aiming area seemingly being unnaturally lower then the actual cross hairs.
It is one thing to take into account projectile drop over distance, but something seems wrong about the rate at which the arrows are dropping. It also seems like the crosshairs are 50 or more pixels above the actual projectile path from the very start. In fact this seems to be a problem with all weapons.

Or does this game not line up properly with 7680 x 1440 resolution and the error rate for crosshairs just get that blown out of wake with such screen resolution?

[Loki McNeil]

I really never took notice. I just adapt to the aim, however it might be off. Maybe you have found a bug?

[Kraft51]

sounds as if you are still using a Crude or Finewood bow, they tend to have a much more noticeable arrow drop due to the low quality of the bows themselves, as you raise your Bow Skill and acquire better bows you will notice it improves a lot.

[I-Chi]

Originally posted by Furmeowistic:

Does anyone else feel like the projectile arc and aiming are a bit off?

Downward aiming is funky. E.g. enemy falls into trench and I'm shooting it from (almost directly) above. I find I need to aim lower to offset the difference. It'll be great if the game can adjust the crosshairs to account for this situation.

[Dialtone]

As captainamaziiing says, it depends on which bow you're using. The first bow is quite bad and is very short range, however each bow gets better and is much easier to aim. There's also a bit of inaccuracy, as in it never fires in the exact spot twice with the cheap bows.

[Weaver]

Nope. Just takes practice, and don't release before a full draw. I've also heard, but haven't tested, that the wind may effect things as well.

[Furmeowistic]

I did notice and adjust to the whole circle recital thing early on, when I first started using bows. So at first I thought it was nothing more then waiting for that, but then the issue kept persisting even after I started changing my aim height. That was when it started feeling very odd.

I also considered the possibility that the issue is exclusive for me, since I have seen some games have issues with extremely different resolution scaling, that there have been a hand full of games that have issues with my monitor setup.

[Kraft51]

Originally posted by Weaver:

Nope. Just takes practice, and don't release before a full draw. I've also heard, but haven't tested, that the wind may effect things as well.

i've not seen any in game evidence that suggests this, i hunt birds a lot, mostly during storms as they are easier to spot quickly, and i don't see my arrows drift to the side ever.

[Kraft51]

Originally posted by Furmeowistic:

I did notice and adjust to the whole circle recital thing early on, when I first started using bows. So at first I thought it was nothing more then waiting for that, but then the issue kept persisting even after I started changing my aim height. That was when it started feeling very odd.

as others and myself have stated, skill up for Bows and do your best to get a better bow. the finewood bow does improve the drop quite a bit, but its still very present. at first i was disappointed in the bow, until i was able to craft the Finewood Bow ... that changed my mind pretty fast.

[Polaris]

Aslo, later bows shoot better, the starting bow drops really fast, but it's supposed too :)

[rexpiscator]

Distance locations seems spot on with ballistic drop, but it's the up close aiming that is nowhere near the crosshairs...I find shooting directly below or into a trench hard at best.

[Megahurts]

Ya the third person camera really doesn't lend itself well to using bows. Sadly, it seems there are 'no plans' for a FP camera. Up-voting the suggestion for first person camera can't hurt though.

You half to guess whether you're arrows flight path is actually clear...even if it appears so via the over the shoulder view it may not be when you release. Especially noticeable when aiming up at a baddie on a ledge or down from a platform of your own or from partial cover like when behind a rock.

[Furmeowistic]

I just watched some quick start guides on YouTube and saw how those players, using the crude bow, didn't have the quick dropping arc and aim error.

So something is defiantly causing my arrows to drop faster and not be in sync with my crosshairs by a dramatic amount.

I have a bad feeling that the monitor aspect ratio is somehow involved in the bullet drop and aiming area sync.

[Furmeowistic]

Well, crude bow aside, the Fine bow does work far better.

Crude bow, so crude, even misaligned with the aspect ratio of your displays.
Fine Bow, so fine, it does you right and shoots where you aim.

[Macdallan]

I did notice the bows feel a bit different from one another, and that the crude bow seems to shoot a bit farther right than the other two I've used even when fully aimed. It might just be me, but when I switched up to the fine bow, then the Draugr Fang, the aim point seemed to move left a bit. Of course the arrow drop feels like it's significant with the weaker bows, less so with the better ones, but it should.

[PorkSocks]

I've done a LOT of archery in Valheim. Yes, the reticle is off. Arrows originate about belly button height, three feet in front of your character but the reticle is about eye height. This means you always need to aim above your target. It also means you need to correct for forward arrow origin when aiming extreme up or down. This is on top of arrow drop correction, which isn't that bad with Fine Bow or better. You get used to it pretty fast if you do a lot of shooting, especially if you have maxed Bows skill, which eliminates draw time, allowing you to basically hip fire based on your pointer (with the above corrections, of course).