The bow is a rifle which makes no sound
Basically the Bow makes no noise, so the hit is much harder to spot where it is being shot from. EDIT: It also has no reload. EDIT 2: also, it seems to be hit-scan when fully charged so no arrow dr...
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@WhoTookCrossfire The bows damage and bullet (arrow) travel is honestly one of the most brain dead dev ideas i've seen in a while, outside of far range this weapon is pretty much a hitscan weapon with how fast the arrows travel and the damage is so high they it could probably rival a kraber in DPS. Your idea of the bleeding seems interesting but i think a good way to mix up the bow would be to have it do a lot less damage then have some of it damage health through the armour. It would bring a very unique level of play that is already there with valk with her tactical (her tactical does a small amount of heath damage through shields) so i think giving the bow this option while massively lowing the damage of this fing thing would solve a lot of the issue with it while also keeping it unique. Its an interestingly fun weapon but how it is now, it needs to either be fixed or it needs to go. (also i agree with OP on the matter of sound, its annoying to get shot at with one of these from far off, all you hear are the arrows hitting you and you have to spend time looking at where they're coming from, sometimes you dont get the luxury of doing so.)
The only issue I have with the bow is it hits a little too hard. I know, that's the point of the weapon but from mid-long range is literally a glorified sniper. Why use an actual sniper when you got a bow, probably would've been in the drop package if it wasn't a new weapon.
I think the bow is absolutely fine snd it’s really not OP.
@KelRiever The bow is overpowered in accurate hands. I'm primarily a sniper on apex, played around 6 games last night with the bow and clocked 2k+ in every game I used it, with low effort on my part (wasn't actively looking for fights).
Now don't get me wrong....I love the weapon but it needs a slight rebalance on its stats.
Damage should remain the same, a slight nerf to arrow velocity is required, and a slight nerf to fire rate or the removal of the tempo hop up entirely.
Honestly speaking the bow concept I threw out a year and a half ago was more balanced than this and i'm no dev lol....crazy stuff.
- @KelRiever <-----if mr the guns on this game are water pistols says the gun is good it is definatley too powerful. 🤣
