G33ke
Community Engagement Team Representative
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As of right now, with kit "Gear," (the default kit.) you are given an infinity bow and an arrow, essentially having unlimited arrows. Because of this, it's not hard to just sit back and endlessly fire your bow at somebody who's distracted until someone else comes to stop you. This has been the cause of many frustrating deaths, where several people are shooting randomly into battles I'm involved in from random angles, causing me or my opponent to die. Sometimes, they get the kill for it, and they put themselves in no danger whatsoever to do it.
However, to combat this, it has come to my mind that obviously, giving them a limited number of arrows would make it hard to live for long periods of time. Once you run out, you're on your own with your sword for a while...
Instead, I'd like to see it so when a player with kit Gear kills another player, their arrows are reset to a certain number, for example, 10. That is, they aren't given 10, but their current amount, whatever it may be, is reset to 10. This would make firing random bow shots hoping they'll hit someone less common, and deter people from ruining others battles with no risk to themselves, while also preventing one player from becoming too powerful or too weak from lack of or too many arrows. One could argue just not to get involved in these battles where you're getting shot from several angles like that, but honestly, provided the map we have and the way the game is meant to be, that's just impractical and pushing the game in the wrong direction. The last thing we need is map wide bow stalemates. If anybody is to be given a bow and a ridiculous amount of arrows, it should be part of an archer kit.
Of course, though, this is all assuming kit Gear isn't a completely temporary placeholder kit until more are added. Just an idea really.
However, to combat this, it has come to my mind that obviously, giving them a limited number of arrows would make it hard to live for long periods of time. Once you run out, you're on your own with your sword for a while...
Instead, I'd like to see it so when a player with kit Gear kills another player, their arrows are reset to a certain number, for example, 10. That is, they aren't given 10, but their current amount, whatever it may be, is reset to 10. This would make firing random bow shots hoping they'll hit someone less common, and deter people from ruining others battles with no risk to themselves, while also preventing one player from becoming too powerful or too weak from lack of or too many arrows. One could argue just not to get involved in these battles where you're getting shot from several angles like that, but honestly, provided the map we have and the way the game is meant to be, that's just impractical and pushing the game in the wrong direction. The last thing we need is map wide bow stalemates. If anybody is to be given a bow and a ridiculous amount of arrows, it should be part of an archer kit.
Of course, though, this is all assuming kit Gear isn't a completely temporary placeholder kit until more are added. Just an idea really.
