No Bow Skillgain (Please Close)

[Corny105 1]

I'm trying to hit an archery target with my longbow, and I can't seem to gain any more skill after the first shot.

My skills:

Archery:34.6

Short bow:27.8

Long bow:1.7 3.4

I'm aware of the experience cap but I'm sure it's bugged or I haven't hit it because I am still getting archery experience, and when I use a short bow, short bow and archery experience. Almost every shot now on both bows seems to break the arrows, this didn't happen on short bow until I started using long bow. I have tried hitting animals, but still don't gain any experience. I have tried firing from 10 tiles away, 15 tiles away, 17 tiles away, and 20 tiles away. I have tried killing animals but have too low of a skill to hit them, I'm using 32ql bows with 35-40ql strings.

Is the system bugged or am I doing something wrong?

 

Edit*

Was able to get one tick at 20 tile distance hitting a target with hunting arrows, guess i'll just have to keep trying that.

 

Edit*

Slowly getting more, guess it just takes awhile but when training a low bow skill when you have a higher one, you should use better arrows.

Edited September 16, 2013 by Corny105

[Hordern 2,177]

Are you trying at night? If so, try during the day when difficulty is lower.

[Corny105 1]

Are you trying at night? If so, try during the day when difficulty is lower.

I have tried in the day, without fog.

[warrior 455]

New bow skills can often be hard to 'break in'. Just keep going for a while longer at 20 tiles distance, if still no luck, perhaps it's a bug.

[Touchmee 380]

i did some archery yesterday killed around 20mobs with short and longbow and gained no bow skill at all, didnt have time to test it more but it could be bugged.

[Eyesgood 2,121]

I hunted a few trolls with my bow on epic yesterday and gained some skill with my longbow and my bow parent skill.  Both my skills are over 50.