Hi guys,
Firstly, sorry for the delay on this update. I was away travelling for one of my best friend’s stag.
This week’s patch adds a new Hunting Bow to the player’s arsenal.
Many players rightly expressed a need for more primitive weapons in the game. The Hunting Bow is a step towards addressing this need (as well as offering some challenging handling mechanics). The bow can kill small animals with a single arrow, however has a slower rate of fire, and requires precision-aiming to land hits.
Arrows can be retrieved, however there’s a 20% chance of them breaking (and will break every time if fired into rock). Currently you can not retrieve arrows from corpses (however this will change soon).
It’s advised to take some practice shots against trees to get a feel for the range and drop of the arrows.
There will undoubtedly be balancing needed to fit this new weapon into the game’s item economy, so I welcome any/all feedback. I’ve taken a lot of care with it’s implementation and am happy with how it’s feeling, but am ready to make changes to its handling once you guys have given it a try.
As always, please let me know if you have any issues with the patch. See you on the forums.
Cheers
Ps. I have a short stint of travel this week for work, but as soon as I’m back, regular updates will resume as usual.