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Author Topic: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?  (Read 2709 times)

K4tz

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Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« on: July 27, 2008, 08:21:53 am »
I've run into the problem of being unable to shoot anyone who's lying down. This becomes a problem since my elf raider only ever manages to survive while sneaking, and I cannot get close to the people who are lying down without them detecting me.

(My character is legendary in both bowmanship and ambushing so I'm pretty sure it's not her skills that are the problem)
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2008, 01:54:19 pm »
It reduces your accuracy severly, but it can still hit. Well, at least legendary bowmen seem completely capable of killing me while I'm lying down.
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2008, 02:25:41 pm »
Are they lying down because they're wounded?  I've noticed that you tend to stop auto-attacking enemies that give in to pain.
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2008, 04:07:33 pm »
Mm, it's definately still in auto-attack mode. If I walk over I'll automatically hit them with my bow.
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2008, 05:26:40 pm »
Quote from: Cthulhu on July 27, 2008, 02:25:41 pm
Are they lying down because they're wounded?  I've noticed that you tend to stop auto-attacking enemies that give in to pain.

I think that's typically more benign creatures like giant moles, gazelles, etc.
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2008, 01:20:33 pm »
Has that always been the case (that lying down makes you hard to hit)?  Sounds like a tactic for surviving an encounter with a bowman... though the legendary types probably hit anyway.
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2008, 04:54:37 pm »
Never mind, today everyone seems to be shooting perfectly accurately.
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2008, 06:34:25 pm »
I'm assuming you waited until after Misterstone played dead in front of a bowman and soon was not playing anymore?
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2008, 01:00:43 am »
Whenever that happens with one of my rock throwing adventurers, I just close in and finish the job with a nice strangling.
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2008, 07:16:09 am »
Quote from: AlienChickenPie on July 29, 2008, 01:00:43 am
rock throwing

Lame. Use spears, it is so much more deadly and fun. Or better yet, live roaches.
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2008, 06:29:38 pm »
Pike is even more FUN


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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2008, 08:24:48 pm »
You got it all wrong, Adamantite Ballista arrows are the best :P
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2008, 09:11:42 am »
Quote from: DarkAvenger on July 29, 2008, 08:24:48 pm
You got it all wrong, Adamantite Ballista arrows are the best :P

No. *Admantine Ballista Arrow* are the best.
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2008, 09:34:21 am »
woops, too used to DnD stuff.
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Re: Just for confirmation: you can't shoot arrows at people who are lying down?
« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2008, 11:12:34 am »
In my experience, the only difference when someone's on the ground is that you have to move the targeting cursor to their square, rather than one square in their direction.
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