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Ryu-Kazuki » Fri May 22, 2015 7:44 pm[/url]"]As Cara said, it is kind of hard to miss point blank, and the arrow isn't really getting the momentum of velocity for it to make a greater impact from just initial force
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Archers already get dumped on by having one promotion based on bows, being shit unless they get distance from an opponent first, and Spirit Mirror. I personally think it makes more sense to lose power instead of accuracy when you've practically got the arrow touching their skin/clothes.

I, on the other hand think as it is now makes perfect sense. We're dealing with a fantasy world in which we are far stronger, faster, smarter, etc. than the normal human being ever could be. The logic isn't that it's hard to miss point blank for a bow, but rather that if your opponent is close, they're preventing you from getting a proper shot in by occupying you. An argument could be made for both cases from a realistic standpoint, that in one case, they're preventing you from drawing enough to get proper power behind the arrow, but in the other they're simply knocking your bow out of the way before you can line up a good shot.

And that's not entirely true. Archers are quite well off given that any and all foes that dare enter one square of the archer easily gets knocked away the one tile they need, often with a great deal of bonus effects like knockdown or fear, which are the two methods accessible for the Arbalest alone. There's plenty other ways to drive them away, so changing the penalty to power from hit chance really doesn't change anything at all in the long run.