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I don't know if this is the place to discuss it, but I had an idea, and I was wondering if it would be worth it to try learning coding from almost no experience in order to implement it, or if I'd have better luck just bidding for someone else to do it.

Anyway, the idea is instruments and a skill (or several) related to playing them. It would add a bit of life to the world as well as another way to keep your spirits up. Plus, consider the iconography of a group of travelers sitting around, listening to someone playing a mournful melody on an acoustic guitar.

Let me guess: stupid people don't know the difference between fletching and felching?

Anyway, I guess the whole 'can't fire arrows unless they're fletched' thing makes sense... but then why the extra step? Just make the entire crafting process into one big step and get rid of the 'unfletched' variants.

The unusable non-fletched arrows are in the Experiementals, but from how it reads in the item descriptions, it's supposed to be like that. They intentionally made it so that you can't fire an arrow unless it's fletched.

Not that it requires particularly good ability. Small game arrows only require Survival 2 to fletch, and the other arrows only require Archery 2 and no Survival skill at all. Still, it's not entirely realistic to be unable to fire non-fletched arrows. Honestly, I remember someone doing a study that found that non-fletched arrows had almost the same flight ballistics as fletched ones, and only screw-fletched arrows had any real benefit (screw-fletched meaning that the fletchings were twisted a little so they made the arrow spin in flight).

Of course, I can't cite the study because it's ancient and I forgot where it came from, so I may be completely wrong.

You also need Archery skill to craft arrows, so you're going to have to find some way to shoot your bow.

That said, it's pretty stupid you have to put fletching on arrows to fire them. As long as they're decently straight, they'll fly true enough without.

Here's what I do: I don't use APCR.

I don't ever use APCR.

It's not because APCR isn't good, of course... but it's because APCR isn't good. All the penetration in the world isn't worth the lack of damage. I only ever use explosive-filled shells, really, because most other shell types can't do significant harm to a target at all.

If you keep getting Kursk, I could understand the frustration, but being unable to keep yourself out of harm's way until you get to safe engagement distances on just about any other map is not hard. Yes, there are plenty of other places with wide open terrain, but the other maps also have lots of areas with hills, gulches, houses, and other terrain to put between yourself and the enemy. Even Kursk has places where you can sneak around and flank, though they're a bit more sparse and harder to pull off. Also, if you really have no choice but to get in the firing line of a Tiger, remember that you're a lot harder to hit when you're moving laterally to them. Snake towards them, or don't even snake if you have cover to run to.

The Tiger is perfectly defeatable, especially when you keep in mind most of the Tiger players are probably not terribly creative, or even smart. Keep in mind the normal flow of traffic in a map and avoid it until you're set to start shooting.

SPAA's pretty fucking good at harassment, if nothing else. Especially the American AA, .50 cal guns can't really hurt unless they get into a lucky position, but they can wreck mobility and their constant streams of fire can actually blind enemies just from all the smoke.

I'm pretty sure it also changes creature spawns.