A secondary mode for bows; the arrow thrust

[Laufknoten]

I say 10 pierce damage for all arrwos + instant kill Uruk-Hai.

[Froto_the_Loc]

I'm predicting:
Melee get close, archer switches to arrow, archer stabs, archer glances, melee kills archer.

Really, it just sounds like giving every archer really shitty, one direction pikes to prevent them from running when anyone with any sense would run anyway.

[Nightmare798]

I'm predicting:
Melee get close, archer switches to arrow, archer stabs, archer glances, melee kills archer.

Really, it just sounds like giving every archer really shitty, one direction pikes to prevent them from running when anyone with any sense would run anyway.

nobody forces them to use this and nobody says it would be completely useless.

[CrazyCracka420]

4 damage is not something id give crap about in crpg, if you are shielder you block them anyways and if you are pole or 2h you either dodge or die.
plus changing arrow type could be theoretically executed by sliding mouse button [imagine having two bows in ur inventory with the weight of one and different arrow type]. not to mention that if you have masterwork arrow type you dont really care about other types unless you loom another type.

I don't think you understand the difference between cut and pierce and how they are affected by armor (or lack of).  Having both cut and pierce arrow types and the ability to switch between the two, would be extremely useful for archers, much more so than being able to do a weak stab with your arrow...

[Elindor]

Someone had at one point proposed that bows themselves could be used as a rather weak weapon at one point (at least enough to block with, etc), but I think that suggestion was made not as necessary after many 1h were made 0 slot.

This proposal of arrows being used as weapons I just don't see.  I mean sure Legolas did it but how much other stuff did he do that isn't plausible for human beings? 

Most archers have the means to defend themselves decently in melee through the use of at least a 0 slot 1h weapon, so just not sure if this is necessary, nor really all that realistic.

[Elindor]

I thought of this idea while watching an archer get lanced by a horseman and I just had the thought, "what if?"

Also, even if you could stab with an arrow I almost cannot think of a worse idea than trying to stab a charging horseman with an arrow.   

[Nightmare798]

I don't think you understand the difference between cut and pierce and how they are affected by armor (or lack of).  Having both cut and pierce arrow types and the ability to switch between the two, would be extremely useful for archers, much more so than being able to do a weak stab with your arrow...

you speak of this feature as if it was already added and it sucked, imo doing 10 piercing damage as an archer can save your life from a near death enemy. plus as i said we all can have both, with ammo switching to be like weapon switching.

arrow types immo started to matter less because 1] tincans are rare 2] there are lot more of agi builds which go down in 2-3 arrows 3] everyone already loomed their one arrow type and does not use any other. it is the bow damage that matters, arrows, much less.