compact folding survival bow

[modis002 78]

The much you think I'm a noob and I don't know about the game, the more stupid you are because there are not PVE servers. SA is a PVP game and someone at sometime will have to use one of those for personal defense.

 

By the way that post was a joke, I totally agree, sometimes is better not to say anything.

so your saying that if theres no PVE servers you cant PVE? is that what you mean. then how did i spent 220 hours playing PVE and only 10 or 20 hours of PVP. yes the game is PVP but that doesn't mean that you cant run around just surviving, hunting animals, killing zombies, helping survivors, finding new friends. thatS what i basically would call PVE.

[ForceRecon (DayZ) 10]

Seeing as how animals are soon to be added I believe this would be a great addition.

[modis002 78]

am i allowed to "BUMP" this up? i don't want this to go to the bottom. 

[Deathlove 2286]

FIRST lets get the damn craftable shortbow up and see how that works before we add in the folding bow.... lol. I want to see how it works with arrows that for some reason we dont have with the package.

[darksteeljorge 96]

so your saying that if theres no PVE servers you cant PVE? is that what you mean. then how did i spent 220 hours playing PVE and only 10 or 20 hours of PVP. yes the game is PVP but that doesn't mean that you cant run around just surviving, hunting animals, killing zombies, helping survivors, finding new friends. thatS what i basically would call PVE.

You can't hunt animals yet, is damn difficult to kill a zombie with mele weapon. And is nearly impossible to play 220 of PVE when all the time people will be killing on sight. By the way I don't believe you playing PVE which doesnt exist in SA, at ;least not yet. 

[modis002 78]

You can't hunt animals yet, is damn difficult to kill a zombie with mele weapon. And is nearly impossible to play 220 of PVE when all the time people will be killing on sight. By the way I don't believe you playing PVE which doesnt exist in SA, at ;least not yet. 

well. i don't kill on sight, i only kill if i'm forced to, and you know meeting up with completely random person helping him out and then traveling with him, is still PVE

[xenology 61]

My profile pic explains why this bow could be used with deadly force if used right

[modis002 78]

My profile pic explains why this bow could be used with deadly force if used right

thats a ghillie wit a bow? is there a way to zoom? :P

[modis002 78]

BUMP

[xenology 61]

thats a ghillie wit a bow? is there a way to zoom? :P

No...BUT you could hide in tall grass so as they pass you you pop up and then they say "I used to be a bandit like you...then I took an arrow in the knee"

[modis002 78]

No...BUT you could hide in tall grass so as they pass you you pop up and then they say "I used to be a bandit like you...then I took an arrow in the knee"

hahahaha :D classic

[NagsterTheGangster 388]

 

Bullets are just more effective, but really, if you get hit by an arrow in your chest or your head, it is going to hurt, same with a bullet.

This seems to be the hardest thing for a lot of people to grasp. Theres more things that can kill you other than bullets and quite frankly I don't know which I would choose if I had to take one to the chest.

 

But to stay on topic, yeah im down with it.. Almost like a secondary weapon just for hunting when the new patch is released.

[Geckofrog7 1168]

What's up with everyone like "BOWS DON"T DO DAMAGE AND THEY'RE INACCURATE WTF Y U HAVE BOW!?"

There's no sound to attract zombies/bandits. Simple as that.

[ace5762 (DayZ) 20]

Yeah, I'm down for a bow or a few kinds of bow. I actually used to play with the crossbow a lot in the mod, once quivers were introduced, it became a surprisingly effective, versatile weapon.

I mean, one would certainly expect a handful of people to have been archers for leisure or hunting in Chernarus prior to the outbreak.

You could, in a wished for scenario, break it into 4 kinds of bow that could be found:

Recurve bow- standard athletic bow that needs to be assembled or unfolded before use. Obviously makes up for it's hassle by being silent, and taking up little inventory space should one wish to carry it as a backup weapon in their inventory.

Compound bow- this would have to be a rarer find. This is more of a competitive bow that does have variants made specifically as weapons. They are rigid in structure, using a bent-inward shape, with strung cables and a pulley system to increase draw strength. A coumpound bow would be equally silent, and hit with greater accuracy and damage. These kinds of bow often fall under weapon restrictions in many countries and require licenses to own, or are not commercially available to the public.

Longbow- might be familiar with this one, this is probably the standard thing one thinks of as a bow. Modern Longbow or 'Traditional' archery is not as widely spread, but still prevalent among some groups. Longbows tend not to have the draw strength that Compound bows or Recurve bows have.

Crossbow- self explanatory

 

Additionally, if fletching was made a subset of crafting in the game, a player could potentially fletch their own arrows or an improvised bow with access to the right materials.

Obviously these are just ideas bouncing around, I'd be pretty happy just to see one kind of bow in the game.

Edited April 30, 2014 by ace5762