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AlanL

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Train adv. mode bowmen for free
« on: March 05, 2008, 12:27:00 am »

If you fire streight up, the arrow (or bolt) ends up in empty space, causing it to be preserved 100% of the time it seems.
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Re: Train adv. mode bowmen for free
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2008, 04:58:00 am »

Cool. Other than that you can constantly throw stuff from ground(use macro), become maser and kill cyclops with spinning piece of sand.
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Re: Train adv. mode bowmen for free
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2008, 09:05:00 pm »

Okay, I'll note it down.
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Re: Train adv. mode bowmen for free
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2008, 02:01:00 am »

Do you mean it should hit the earth at your feet?
It's the same feature as you fire at something some Z layers hire than your position - the bolt often strikes the empty space and falls to the ground.
I think this is a bit realistic if the bolts/arrows were balanced, thus they land not on the arrow/bolthead but on their rear part. It explains why they don't harm things they fall on.
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Re: Train adv. mode bowmen for free
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2008, 03:11:00 am »

Actually, I think it should, per the "metaparabolic" trajectory, fall down and hit you.
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