Of course shooting arrows at melee is unrealistic, but they're throwing out realistic animations in favor of better gameplay, so why not this too?It's hard to argue from a realism standpoint in a video game... but really trying to hit someone in melee range with a projectile from a bow is incredibly difficult, so having a melee option really does make more sense. Hitting things with your bow would largely be more diversionary and defensive rather than a reliable offensive tactic.
Keeping in mind that when I say "Melee range" I mean close enough that your target could be physically hitting you too, not to mention pushing your bow to the side or out of the way .
Be cool if they added a fist-like weapon to the ARC/BRD offhand that was stylized based off bow. Kinda like brass knuckles.
Legolas can shoot his bow in close combat :-)
Legolas was an imaginary elf that can walk on snow and was the prince of Mirkwood and he never was close in combat he stayed far back if you read the books. Also he carried a couple of daggers for close combat (though I'd have to re read his description from Fellowship I could be a bit off on that but I do believe he did mention running out of arrows and having to resort to his daggers in the defense of Helms Deep)
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Do you realize how ineffective a bow is at close range? If you're so close that you can punch something, when shooting, the arrow contacts the target before it has left the frame of the bow. An arrow is not at its maximum velocity until it has left the vertical axis on which the bowstring sits, unlike a gun where the projectile is at full speed well before it leaves the barrel.They should keep shooting with arrows, as punching does less damage than arrows. making them punch up close would make it hard to do anything solo as an archer, as it is difficult to keep your distance. Along with that, the 8 yalm range requirement for combos on archer skills also makes it difficult to solo with them :/ unless youre fighting a ranged enemy.
Last edited by Alhanelem; 10-03-2012 at 10:09 AM.
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well Hawkeye is a REAL acher and melees with his bow. Just sayin
or stab with an arrow
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