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cRPG => Suggestions Corner => Game Balance Discussion => Topic started by: Armbrust_Schtze on August 10, 2011, 02:34:27 pm
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It's historically and physically proven that composite bows and crossbows lose velocity with getting wet. It's because the Horn arch and its composits dont grip that good on eachother anymore and the strength of the weapon it decreases..
1.) Why does the rain penalty for crossbows effect metallic crossbows (heavy crossbow; arbalest) too?
2.) Why does rain penalty not effect composite bows (Nomad-, Tatar-, Horn-, Rus Bow) ?
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-1 for playing realism card in a game
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+1 because basic logic should still apply.
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its just frustaiting. im fully crossbowman, i have to make my kills with my arbalest. if the map changes and its heavyly raining and foggy (and its rainy and foggy a lot) my moral drops immidiatly because i cant do anything for at least 5 rounds. when its raining you cant even kill a peasant on 5 metres with a arbalest..
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I don't really know if the weather component affects the string of the ranged weapon or more likely to the air density variable, so final travel and damage of the bolt/arrow delivered is lowered (more air friction due to dampness).
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+1 because basic logic should still apply.
Basic logic is also two handers cutting pikes and longspears in half when they block, but we don't have that, do we?
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1. Balance
2. Balance
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Rain soaks the bow string, weakening it. Bows are supposed to be less affected by this because you can easily unstring a bow and keep the string dry. Crossbows can't be unstrung as easily and so are more affected by it.
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Rain soaks the bow string, weakening it. Bows are supposed to be less affected by this because you can easily unstring a bow and keep the string dry. Crossbows can't be unstrung as easily and so are more affected by it.
+1
and +1 for the sig!
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Its hardcoded.
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Its hardcoded.
Best answer.
/thread.
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I read that it was the strings which were effected. so a archer could unstring his bow whereas a crossbow man couldn't, hence why the british had this advantage in the battle of crecy.
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I've started putting on full plate and bringing a reg crossbow and 2 slot 2h whenever it rains now. Just concentrate on melee a bit more while your xbow is gimped.
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Its hardcoded.
QFT. Just like blocking a lance thrust from horseback, just like being able to block an overhead from behind.
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-1 for playing realism card in a game
Rain lowers crossbow effectiveness because the developers were trying to add realism to the game. Like it or not, the realism card was played long ago.
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+1
and +1 for the sig!
lol has nothing to do with the string. it has to do with the horn bow and its components. they are connected by glue and if it gets wet it doesnt grip that good anymore. read it on wikipedia.
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lol has nothing to do with the string. it has to do with the horn bow and its components. they are connected by glue and if it gets wet it doesnt grip that good anymore. read it on wikipedia.
Everything I've heard about bows getting wet has been to do with the string. Bow can be unstrung and restrung relatively quickly. Crossbows cannot.
I'm sure soaking a bow for a LONG time would weaken it because of the glue. But I doubt a brief rainy spell would have that much effect. Add on that I'm sure archers that use those bows would have known how to keep them out of the rain.
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lol@wikipedia
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lol has nothing to do with the string. it has to do with the horn bow and its components. they are connected by glue and if it gets wet it doesnt grip that good anymore. read it on wikipedia.
Read it on wikipedia?
Damm boy, you're bad at lobbying :cry:
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For the same reason why you can run infinitely long in heavy armor, why you can't cut wooden staffs with a GLB etc etc ...
for the balance. ;)
Coz this is a game, and games are usually all about balance, not realism, kkthx bye. Why should there no penalty for the arbalest(that already is the best crossbow) ? To buff it even more comapred to the others ? ... No thanks.
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and it should slow down horses after so much raining, and people with closed helmets should have a bonus compared to others ( well depending on their haircut: it s not the same long wet hairs as short ones... )
chadz told me it will be all included in patch 56.986344, so no worries lol
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and it should slow down horses after so much raining
Horses already slow down in the rain :P
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ahhh...you see, chadz is already in advance in his plans!
lol.