Archers/Xbow users -- How do you aim? [poll]

[DaveUKR]

1st person zoomed (as most of my shots are long range shots), 1st person non-zoomed when enemy is <10 meters to me, 1st person while melee fights, 3rd person while running from spawn and typing.

I find 1st person good for me, I rotate camera once and keep all my enemies/teammates in mind, so I have time to snipe. Those who think that you can't be aware of enemies while playing first full person, tell me more about battle awareness - visitors can't see pics , please register or login


Deal with it

[Dravic]

Voted other. I never use the same view, I just change it randomly. It depends on the bow, the build, wpf and map part. Always different for me. I'm 80% in 3rd person view though. Worked better in native but Im used to it now. ;P

[SixThumbs]

I tried using a bow in first person but it reminded me of using one in Morrowind where the arrow flies out oddly in a place where it wasn't notched.

[Kastu]

I won't tell

[Moncho]

I use 3rd person most of the time, and dont usually zoom in. The reason is hybridising, with only 130 wpf and 5 PD if I zoom in my reticule is just too big...
I sometimes use first person, though only if I am shooting through a window/arrowslit or downwards from a high wall that my arrows can get stuck on.

[MrShine]

I find 1st person good for me, I rotate camera once and keep all my enemies/teammates in mind, so I have time to snipe. Those who think that you can't be aware of enemies while playing first full person, tell me more about battle awareness - visitors can't see pics , please register or login


Deal with it

Ironically sniping from a tower on defense in strat requires literally 0 melee battle awareness... so that's probably not a good example 

Still it's cool to see players be effective with the different views.

[Polobow]

When I first got this game, I must have spent about 5 months on the Native module multiplayer before I realized you could go to first person or zoom.

> Learns you can go first person
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[DaveUKR]

Ironically sniping from a tower on defense in strat requires literally 0 melee battle awareness... so that's probably not a good example 

Still it's cool to see players be effective with the different views.

You're wrong my friend. It requires a lot of battle awareness. I'd say it's even more difficult than a regular battle.
1) Ladders coming out from everywhere (a lot of them!)
2) Siege tower with a lot of ranged there
3) Catapult which has AOE 100% death shots
4) Destroyed wall
5) Lots of ranged by the wall

And I was on the walls 90% of the time so I didn't camp on the city tower or anything. Plus I got cut from the rest of my team a couple of times, still managed to survive. My blocking skills and 9 athletics helped me.

[Pejlaen]

Third person Zoomed in. I like going for long range shots whenever circumstances allows it. The only time that I do not zoom in is if the enemy is standing on top of me, or the angle makes zooming in screwing the aim up.

[Micah]

i use some unusual procedure it seems ... even tho im not the best shot anymore , once , ages ago was not the worst archer me thinks
For ranged precision shooting i use to zoom in 1st person view, but just before i shoot i would release the zoom button(shift) to get back to normal 1st person. I can better estimate the ballistic of my arrows like that and make last minor vertical adjustments, which i cant in zoom mode.
Sometimes after releasing the arrow i would also zoom in again to better see where the arrow goes...
For "normal" spamming in mid and close distances  i just use normal 3rd person (i use tartar arrows).

[Jarlek]

I close my eyes and scream "JESUS IS AIMING" over TS...

[Silveredge]

I tend to always shoot 1st person unless I happen to be in 3rd and suddenly have to shoot my xbow that instant.  I am perpetually switching from 3rd to 1st person and back again.  I shoot in 1st person and flip to 3rd person immediately after the shot, checking my surroundings and ready to melee while reloading.  In my opinion shooting in 1st person is by far the most accurate and meleeing in 3rd person allows you to have the most battlefield awareness.  If I ever decide to stream sometime, people would probably get dizzy just watching me.

[Apollo]

1st person zoomed (as most of my shots are long range shots), 1st person non-zoomed when enemy is <10 meters to me, 1st person while melee fights, 3rd person while running from spawn and typing.

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[Croaker McGee]

I tend to always shoot 1st person unless I happen to be in 3rd and suddenly have to shoot my xbow that instant.  I am perpetually switching from 3rd to 1st person and back again.  I shoot in 1st person and flip to 3rd person immediately after the shot, checking my surroundings and ready to melee while reloading.  In my opinion shooting in 1st person is by far the most accurate and meleeing in 3rd person allows you to have the most battlefield awareness.  If I ever decide to stream sometime, people would probably get dizzy just watching me.

Agreed. I also find it easier to lead shots in 1st person versus 3rd.

[rAve]

whats aiming?