Bow and arrow
A modern take on the primitive hybrid longbow of the pre-golden age era. Made up of high-grade aluminum alloy (or wood) and a lightweight but highly dense string made up onto light-reactive nanobots making powerful longranged shots possible without fatigue to the user.
What sets this apart from any other weapon in destiny?
The arrows are unique in the fact that you can draw them and hold it for an extended period of time and simply press the run button to cancel the aim. Each arrow shot takes off additional bleed damage despite where its hit for 3-5 seconds depending on the weapon. The stealth factor is good for both pvp and pve. Enemies cannot detect where the arrow is being fired from unless they see the arrow or the shooter. So you can effectively sneak around killing various opponents virtually invisible when silence is a must. You can also shoot the arrows at a trajectory. So if someone is camping behind a wall, without enough skill, you can shoot over the wall and hit the opponent without them realizing it until its too late.
But it's not without it's disadvantages. The projectile speed is lost against most bullet based weapons and thus easily dodged by skillful players who see it coming, and a head on battle against someone coming at you with an auto or shotgun wouldn't be advisable. In pve when things get heavy while going solo you have to be resourceful using this weapon.
The stat list would be as such:
Range- how far the arrow will travel before it drops or damage is lowered
Speed- How fast the arrow will go
Draw- how long you can keep the weapon drawn before accuracy is loss and you shoot the arrow automatically
Bleed- how much bleed damage the opponent will sustain after being hit while the arrow is stuck inside them
Impact- how hard the arrow will hit.
Reload tends to have the same time of 1-2 seconds but I'm open to suggestions.
Anyone can use this weapon but i can imagine hunters would own on utilizing the stealth for this weapon if they go invisible.
You may get perks that would increase bleed or range and such but yeah, Im also not sure if this is a primary or secondary. But I think if bungie introduced the bow and arrow (and they have knives, swords and hammers, so why not right?), this is how Id imagine them doing it.
What do you guys think? What would you see with this weapon and how could it be more effective and fun to use without being cheap?
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It needs to be nerfed.
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I've been saying they should make an exotic bow gun with a shadowshot type perk on it...for instance precision kills have a chance to tether enemies around target and bodyshots with this weapon mark the target
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I have two ideas for exotic crossbows, 1st) After hitting an enemy the shot sticks and blows up after 2 seconds dealing extra damage to the target and enemies around. 2nd) Ammo can be picked up after getting a kill
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Edited by Urban Shade: 10/26/2016 8:29:03 PMI could see it become a gimmick skill weapon like NLB. Why not
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Body shots should 1hk bit headshots 1hk supers, because travel speed and draw time, it would be like a good queen breakers bow :/ makes ya think
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On magazines and sights. There are no magazines as you're constantly taking and arrow and loading it. With sights, you have three that I can think of. Barebow- Increases handling and agility. Best for instinctive shooting which is basically quickscoping. It also has the advantage of more peripheral. Hologram dot sights- better accuracy and enemy highlighting Hunting scope- good for long range engagements. Raises range and keeps target acquisition.
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I don't see how it could fit i to the current meta, it would be a worse version of the No Land Beyond.
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Why not a crossbow?
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No because night stalker....
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Impact: Headshot would be a OHK considering the disadvantages. Body shots should do standard scout rifle damage and apply a small bleed of 2-4 damage.
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Dude yes
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On magazines and sights. There are no magazines as you're constantly taking and arrow and loading it. With sights, you have three that I can think of. Barebow- Increases handling and agility. Best for instinctive shooting which is basically quickscoping. It also has the advantage of more peripheral. Hologram dot sights- better accuracy and enemy highlighting Hunting scope- good for long range engagements. Raises range and keeps target acquisition.