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KarolineDianne

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Problem with throwing
« on: March 17, 2011, 01:29:53 am »

I've been having some issues with throwing lately. For some reason I almost never hit anything, ever.

I will literally stand there, sneaking by a bush, and toss hundreds of rocks and sharpened rocks at something like a bandit or a hippo, and maybe one out of 100 will ever hit.

I just had a character do this, and she went from no throwing skill to talented, and maybe hit the hippo five times throughout the entire thing. Is there something wrong with throwing in general, or are my characters just incapable of aiming?

By the way, I was about five tiles away from these things. The rocks almost never go where I aim, even with high throwing skills.
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Re: Problem with throwing
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2011, 02:02:16 am »

move closer like three urists away
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Re: Problem with throwing
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2011, 04:08:45 am »

You can use an exploit by gathering loads of small stones on the same place (like 300-400) and throwing them at your feet.

It gives you something like 10 experience in throwing for each stone thrown.

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Re: Problem with throwing
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2011, 05:23:49 am »

I have no problems throwing - I recently pulled out an arrow and threw it into someones chest from about 20 squares away.
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