archery inspiration

[tasebro]

Archery (stave bows) in DDO still are in need of some help, in particular for rangers, rogues, fighters, and even monks--

Here are some random inspirational YT vids of real life archers.

This little girl rogue shows off her rapid-fire shoot-n-scoot skirmisher shortbow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o9RGnujlkI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL1W3HkjJ2Y

another good one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOWeU9R1vBs

(For a more in depth look at near/middle-eastern skirmish shooting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggDfJLB8jTk
)

Just to get it out of the way, here is what RL "Manyshot" looks like up close:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_VUW6_SpmQ
...note that "cooldown" timer would appear to be simply nonexistent, shooter being subject only to quiver capacity.

For the heavy (ranger/fighter) artillery, here is what a serious, period longbow (warbow) should look like, its a real beast!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTerr5qqKd0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DBiqrGOJiU
...so given enough physical strength/agility to handle a warbow, I'd say any hit is for sure gonna be a serious problem for the "catcher" at any distance...slow rate of fire tho.

last but not least, here are RL "Monk" types using concentrated "ki" to shoot their /yumi/:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcu-8GvaqFk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCn7K8_10nI

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To contrast, here is what a RL "Artificer" can do with his signature repeater xbow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS4RKoRyTik

[Chauncey1]

Pretty dang cool.
Got me itchin' to make another ranger.