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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I went off archery in games waaaay early, because I loathe ammunition mechanics for bows. And because I've always sort of had this underlying feeling of "If I wanted to shoot things from a distance, I'd just go play an FPS". A lot of the things I take for granted when shooting an assault rifle or marksman rifle in an FPS bother me when bows are involved. Especially if the aiming mechanics are kind of shit.

But then people are shooting back. If you don't have an advantage, then it diminishes the point.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

I think the first time I ever really played a serious archer build in anything was either Skyrim or Dragon Age: Origins, and even then it was more "Well, I've already done everything else" (for DA there was also the added RP of "The Dalish are like 90% archers/hunters, so obviously I'm an archer"). And while I didn't hate those runs, they didn't really make me fall in love with the style either (and in Skyrim it feels so cheap because Archery+Stealth basically means you'll never be hit again and you kill nearly everything with only a couple attacks). And I've played games with archery since and never felt overly inclined to lean into it.

I try playing other builds at times, but then just kinda fall into it.


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