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Aftershock51

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Utterly n00by question
« on: September 01, 2009, 04:36:32 pm »

I have no idea how to use a bow or crossbow...

How do you fire it at something? Do I just 'T'hrow the bolts?

I'm confused.... ???
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Re: Utterly n00by question
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2009, 05:14:20 pm »

I think it's f for 'f'ire, though you can get the same effect just by throwing the bolt/arrow
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Re: Utterly n00by question
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2009, 02:03:05 pm »

I think it's f for 'f'ire, though you can get the same effect just by throwing the bolt/arrow

Sometimes more effective than a bow, in fact!
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Re: Utterly n00by question
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2009, 02:24:16 pm »

I think it's f for 'f'ire, though you can get the same effect just by throwing the bolt/arrow

Sometimes more effective than a bow, in fact!
Way more effective.
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Re: Utterly n00by question
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2009, 06:15:23 pm »

You get the abnormal piercing power of an arrow combined with the brokeness of the throwing system.

It's much better. In fact, my encounters with bowmen in adventure mode consist of getting close enough to them to cripple them with a thrown bolt, then hacking them to pieces.
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Re: Utterly n00by question
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2009, 09:44:40 pm »

You get the abnormal piercing power of an arrow combined with the brokeness of the throwing system.

It's much better. In fact, my encounters with bowmen in adventure mode consist of getting close enough to them to cripple them with a thrown bolt, then bashing them into a pulp with the corpses of the fallen
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Re: Utterly n00by question
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2009, 09:54:35 pm »

You get the abnormal piercing power of an arrow combined with the brokeness of the throwing system.

It's much better. In fact, my encounters with bowmen in adventure mode consist of getting close enough to them to cripple them with a thrown bolt, then bashing them into a pulp with the corpses of the fallen my own goddamn leg.
Fixed for accuracy.
Fixed for truth.
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