Do Bodkin arrows actually give 0 damage?

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[Haboe]

+1ed evryone in this thread congrtz.

Obvious renown whoring... Burn him 

Zlish you hurt me feelings :O
Ah well, he who requests to burn someone should be willing to dance in the flames himself.
ToD must think im a pretty good dancer...

[F i n]

Bodkin Arrows were invented by Mr. Bodkin. He lived during the Middle Ages and was a woodworker. Sometimes he went through the woods and laughed about the bears there.
Those bears had simple bows and used sticks as arrows. Those arrows obviously didn't really work against the bees. Too well equipped those bees didn't care about the sticks hitting their beehive. Peeing down, the bees could watch the dumb bears and make jokes about them.
One day the bears noticed Mr. Bodkin behind a bush who was heavily laughing. He laughed for hours and finally went blue and brown. The bears never ate meat so they thought about a solution to get rid of that blue-brown thingie on the ground. Finally the Elder of the bears found a solution and poked the corpse with one of the arrow sticks.
With a lot of strength the stick got stuck in the rotting meat and broken bones. The strongest of the bear warriors picked the arrow up and drew the bow. It took a while until he found out how to use the stick with the corpse at the end. He drew the bow for hours and finally loosed it, taking aim at the beehive.
The bees looked at it, shocked. They already knew about Mr. Bodkin. Important to know is that Mr. Bodkin was full of scars, with lots of pointy ends - those could damage the beehive heavily and end the Kingdom of bees. The bee queen asked for her queensguard and sent out her best riders to charge down and attack the bears.
The battle took for hours but suddenly the loosened arrow with the bodkinhead ended up in the beehive, destroying the home of the bees. The explosion and penetration was that high and heavy, that the woods burned. Life in the woods ended, but at the end of the day, the Bodkin arrows were invented.

Bodkin arrows do cause more damage to heavy armor, less to light gear. So if you face someone in plate, better use bodkin arrows. For any other kind of armor, tatar and barbed arrows are the better choice.

You Sir, just made my day.

[karasu]

Bodkin Arrows were invented by Mr. Bodkin. He lived during the Middle Ages and was a woodworker. Sometimes he went through the woods and laughed about the bears there.
Those bears had simple bows and used sticks as arrows. Those arrows obviously didn't really work against the bees. Too well equipped those bees didn't care about the sticks hitting their beehive. Peeing down, the bees could watch the dumb bears and make jokes about them.
One day the bears noticed Mr. Bodkin behind a bush who was heavily laughing. He laughed for hours and finally went blue and brown. The bears never ate meat so they thought about a solution to get rid of that blue-brown thingie on the ground. Finally the Elder of the bears found a solution and poked the corpse with one of the arrow sticks.
With a lot of strength the stick got stuck in the rotting meat and broken bones. The strongest of the bear warriors picked the arrow up and drew the bow. It took a while until he found out how to use the stick with the corpse at the end. He drew the bow for hours and finally loosed it, taking aim at the beehive.
The bees looked at it, shocked. They already knew about Mr. Bodkin. Important to know is that Mr. Bodkin was full of scars, with lots of pointy ends - those could damage the beehive heavily and end the Kingdom of bees. The bee queen asked for her queensguard and sent out her best riders to charge down and attack the bears.
The battle took for hours but suddenly the loosened arrow with the bodkinhead ended up in the beehive, destroying the home of the bees. The explosion and penetration was that high and heavy, that the woods burned. Life in the woods ended, but at the end of the day, the Bodkin arrows were invented.

Bodkin arrows do cause more damage to heavy armor, less to light gear. So if you face someone in plate, better use bodkin arrows. For any other kind of armor, tatar and barbed arrows are the better choice.

Thank the heavens I've read this while being a bit high, otherwise would look like some work of fiction. ¯\(°_o)/¯

ps: I freakin' love your avatar.

ps2: It's like he/she says, bodkins change the type of damage to pierce, which is very effective against high armored targets.

[isatis]

Hi I'm new renown whore!

please +1 me so I can be like my idol : Tears

Nerf archer, nerf cav, nerf shield, nerf 2h stab, nerf polestun (yes duh still exist duh) nerf xbow, nerf throwing, nerf 1h no shield, nerf head armor, nerf armor, nerf if, nerf str, nerf agi, nerf HX, nerf HA and be sure to nerf everything else who kill me!

did I do it right?

edit : i even +1 everybody here to be even more renown kind!

[Aderyn]

bodkins are way superior since you often shoot people with some kind of armor.

damagetypes are like this

piece > blunt > cut

the only problem with them is that they break all the time and are costly as f***.

[F i n]

bodkins are way superior since you often shoot people with some kind of armor.

damagetypes are like this

piece > blunt > cut

the only problem with them is that they break all the time and are costly as f***.

which is not a problem but the only thing that makes us non archers a bit less full of hate.

[Aderyn]

which is not a problem but the only thing that makes us non archers a bit less full of hate.

well sure, just figured i'd let the new guy know =)

[F i n]

well sure, just figured i'd let the new guy know =)

Ok then. Maybe he sees reason and stops thinking about becoming a plague . no offence.

[Torben]

vs unarmored horses,  tatars are quite nice.

[Lordark]

buff all non bodkin arrowsplz

[Sarpton]

Also read this http://forum.meleegaming.com/beginner's-help-and-guides/tears-of-destiny's-general-guide-for-new-players/ .

All of it, it will save you much time and grief.

[Joseph Porta]

Essentially, the ammunition type changes your output damage to whatever damage type the ammunition is, regardless of what the bow damage type is, thus Cut arrows will deal cut damage while Pierce arrows (as in Bodkins) will deal pierce damage which is far superior to opponents or targets with a great deal of armor, so yes indeed Bodkin arrows reward zero additional damage and are thus worse against light armored targets while being much more deadly against heavily armored targets.

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This explains it pretty much

[dodnet]

Bodkin Arrows were invented by Mr. Bodkin. He lived during the Middle Ages and was a woodworker. Sometimes he went through the woods and laughed about the bears there.
Those bears had simple bows and used sticks as arrows. Those arrows obviously didn't really work against the bees. Too well equipped those bees didn't care about the sticks hitting their beehive. Peeing down, the bees could watch the dumb bears and make jokes about them.
One day the bears noticed Mr. Bodkin behind a bush who was heavily laughing. He laughed for hours and finally went blue and brown. The bears never ate meat so they thought about a solution to get rid of that blue-brown thingie on the ground. Finally the Elder of the bears found a solution and poked the corpse with one of the arrow sticks.
With a lot of strength the stick got stuck in the rotting meat and broken bones. The strongest of the bear warriors picked the arrow up and drew the bow. It took a while until he found out how to use the stick with the corpse at the end. He drew the bow for hours and finally loosed it, taking aim at the beehive.
The bees looked at it, shocked. They already knew about Mr. Bodkin. Important to know is that Mr. Bodkin was full of scars, with lots of pointy ends - those could damage the beehive heavily and end the Kingdom of bees. The bee queen asked for her queensguard and sent out her best riders to charge down and attack the bears.
The battle took for hours but suddenly the loosened arrow with the bodkinhead ended up in the beehive, destroying the home of the bees. The explosion and penetration was that high and heavy, that the woods burned. Life in the woods ended, but at the end of the day, the Bodkin arrows were invented.

Bodkin arrows do cause more damage to heavy armor, less to light gear. So if you face someone in plate, better use bodkin arrows. For any other kind of armor, tatar and barbed arrows are the better choice.

Well I always wondered whats behind the story of the birds and the bees. Is that part of your book? Also bodkins deal pierce damage instead of cut!

[Haboe]

Hi I'm new renown whore!

please +1 me so I can be like my idol : Tears

Nerf archer, nerf cav, nerf shield, nerf 2h stab, nerf polestun (yes duh still exist duh) nerf xbow, nerf throwing, nerf 1h no shield, nerf head armor, nerf armor, nerf if, nerf str, nerf agi, nerf HX, nerf HA and be sure to nerf everything else who kill me!

did I do it right?

edit : i even +1 everybody here to be even more renown kind!

You forgot about nerf blocking, but good renown post. +1