Posted October 12, 2022 Many new players START OUT being very interested in archery in that they know they cannot melee a bear or mountain lion yet but they might have a chance against one if they could keep up a running fight at a safer distance and put some arrows into them before moving in for the kill. When a Hell hound chases them into their pen or house, they want to be able to drive it off with a few lucky archery shots. Sadly, they quickly realize that Archery in its current form is extremely difficult and time consuming to raise the needed skills and acquire enough materials to make enough arrows, bows and bowstrings to even begin to approach using it as a viable combat technique, even at an extremely low level. For most new players archery is simply unobtainable and therefore unusable. Something that could change that would be a new arrow type: "Wooden Arrow" - Like an arrow shaft, made in the same way but: Requiring a minimum fletching skill to create, maybe 10/15-ish which is obtainable for a new player by making arrows shafts for target practice NOT requiring arrow heads Improvable with carpentry tools Capable of doing 'moderate' damage to mobs based on quality and source wood material and of course Archery skill and Bow quality This would be something that a new player COULD make, and definitely would WANT to make, and in sufficient quantity to actually help them survive. After their first "Bow kill" or even "Bow defense" that allowed them to run away and survive, they would WANT to make more arrows, better arrows, Hunting arrows, War arrows! They would want to improve their bows! Their interest in Archery would be encouraged, not squashed by allowing them to engage in it when they NEED TO at a level appropriate for their fighting and self defense skills. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) crude arrows - with flint heads - might be a nice way to do this Most players end up with more flint than they could ever use, so it should be available cheap Edited October 12, 2022 by Sheffie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
