Bow crafting
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I do believe that the mats needed for the Short Bow and the Long Bow are transposed. Currently this Short Bow cost 2 Planks to craft and 2 rope vs the Long Bow which is a larger weapon cost 1 Plank and 1 Rope, unless this is working as intended.
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@Sumting yeah I noticed that too, plus I currently don't see why you would use a short bow instead of a long one...
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@Sumting I have posted this for the last 3 tests, but they still havn't done anything XD
I just assume at this point, that it is intended, as Short bows can be used for a larger variety of skills.
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The real historical benefit of the Short Bow over the Longbow was that you could fire the shortbow on horseback much easier than a longbow (unless your using a Daikyo the Samarai Longbow
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@GamerSeuss said in Bow crafting:
The real historical benefit of the Short Bow over the Longbow was that you could fire the shortbow on horseback much easier than a longbow (unless your using a Daikyo the Samarai Longbow
Historically, the english longbows also weren't supposed to be drawn with 2 hands. You would draw the string with one hand and lean on the bow with the weight of your body to bend it ^c^ I'm not sure about other longbows, but I have admired english longbows for ages now :3
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yes, and the English Longbow was specifically developed to counter Platemail armor, as the longbow could create the penetrating power to pierce through the flattened metal sheets, which is then why chainmail was developed, as the chain links would move and shift to concentrate on the point of impact, deflecting much of the force of an arrow shot that wasn't absolutely straight on.
I did my Middleschool and Highschool Class projects on Medieval Weapons and Armor
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It's actually the contrary. Currently there is no reason to use the long one, except until you have a few talents.
The shortbow benefits from the light damage bonus in the dexterity tree AND the ranged damage bonus in the perception tree. It can also be poisoned.
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@spoletta really?
And where can you find this kind of informations in game?
Because I don't seem to read anything about it...
