Quick & Simple question about using a bow

Sue_D_Nim · March 2014

I almost feel as though I'm wasting space asking this, but I didn't find the answer on my own and I don't want to hijack somebody else's thread.

Is there a way to withdraw your arrow and cancel the shot once you've nocked an arrow?

I know it's not even technically a thing, because the ammo's unlimited. I'm just a little too OCD to like feeling as though I'm wasting arrows. There's also the possibility that I could attract enemy attention if I'm trying to remain hidden but have no choice but to let that arrow fly in some random direction, or noisily strike the ground at my own feet.

Tabia · March 2014

I use my alt key to cancel. Alt brings up the last screen accessed, for me thats usually my map. I feel the same way you do

Killum · March 2014

Or press Z

Tabia · March 2014

Pressing Z makes a lot more sense. Doesnt that make you go out of combat stance?

Inversus · March 2014

Tabia wrote: »

Pressing Z makes a lot more sense. Doesnt that make you go out of combat stance?

Yes it does.

Sue_D_Nim · March 2014

Thanks for the suggestions. I've been using Alt, but I find that to really break the mood and flow, not to mention the danger of making myself vulnerable for a few seconds during combat.

Pressing Z has no effect in mid-shot; that is to say, once I'm already holding down the "fire" button. That's what I was after. If I'm just standing there in combat stance, it shows my character with an arrow nocked, but that's immaterial because it's just an idle animation so there's no shot to cancel.

Oh, well. Just one more little annoyance.

Ithug · March 2014

Try right click or just shot the Arrow at ur feet :P

ManiacMcLaughton · March 2014

Ithug wrote: »

Try right click or just shot the Arrow at ur feet :P

While this seems "obvious", if you drew on someone, i have seen the arrow "turn" towards the person you drew the bow down on, even extreme. Not sure if it was a bug for the arrow to take a heavy turn up away from the ground, but it can/does happen

tallenn · March 2014

ManiacMcLaughton wrote: »

Ithug wrote: »

Try right click or just shot the Arrow at ur feet :P

While this seems "obvious", if you drew on someone, i have seen the arrow "turn" towards the person you drew the bow down on, even extreme. Not sure if it was a bug for the arrow to take a heavy turn up away from the ground, but it can/does happen

Yeah, I've had arrows do a 180 degree turn and hit the target I was aiming at before I turned away from them. I know there's a large hit box to account for latency, but that's a little extreme.

So, just letting it fly is not really a good solution.

Ithug · April 2014

Alright, for spell you can just right click it cancel the spell. Try it with a bow ... and stop crying

Sue_D_Nim · April 2014

Wasn't aware that I was crying. I thought I was asking a legitimate question.

kijima · April 2014

Ithug wrote: »

Try right click or just shot the Arrow at ur feet :P

I would be loathe to do that, I might accidentally take an arrow to the knee!

(see what I did there)