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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 01:51 AM

Curious what the community consensus is, is bow boosting in archer a bug or a feature? Should people be able to shoot themselves with their own punch bows to move around faster?

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 01:55 AM

I mean it is annoying but it is a skill that has to be learned. If a person spends time doing that skill, he/she should reap their rewards with that ELO baby.

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 02:45 AM

It's not a bug..

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 07:32 AM

Lynkkis wrote

It's not a bug..

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 07:50 AM

It's not really an actual bug but definitely not the intended purpose of punch bows from the perspective of mojang.

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 10:45 AM

Hydro_Seeds wrote

I mean it is annoying but it is a skill that has to be learned. If a person spends time doing that skill, he/she should reap their rewards with that ELO baby.

There really is no skill involved in shooting a limp arrow and hitting yourself…

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 10:58 AM

it's not a bug its actually minecraft itself*

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 02:27 PM

My opinion is that it should deal some actual damage to the player that uses it, maybe like 1 heart per instead of the tenth of a heart or whatever it does currently.

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 03:42 PM

Ny_ wrote

My opinion is that it should deal some actual damage to the player that uses it, maybe like 1 heart per instead of the tenth of a heart or whatever it does currently.

Not possible as archer is based around distance=more damage so ur shooting from barely a block away you are going to take little damage at all

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 05:17 PM

Deadlyhitman wrote

Hydro_Seeds wrote...

There really is no skill involved in shooting a limp arrow and hitting yourself…

Yeah it is, knowing when to use it helps a lot. If you're stuck in a corner with pearl cooldown, etc.

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Last edited on 16 June 2016 - 12:17 PM by Deadlyhitman

Unshift wrote

Deadlyhitman wrote...

Yeah it is, knowing when to use it helps a lot. If you're stuck in a corner with pearl cooldown, etc.

If you let yourself get stuck in a corner with pearl cooldown than you're probably pretty bad to begin with. In all my time playing Archer ladder I have never once been forced to bow boost myself.

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 05:29 PM

Deadlyhitman wrote

Unshift wrote...

If you let yourself get stuck in a corner with pearl cooldown than your probably pretty bad to begin with. In all my time playing Archer ladder I have never once been forced to bow boost myself.

I said it can help, not that it's a necessity. I've seen amazing people strafe around and dodge with their bow boosting, and it forces you to readjust your aim.

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 06:26 PM

xSah wrote

Ny_ wrote...

Not possible as archer is based around distance=more damage so ur shooting from barely a block away you are going to take little damage at all

You can do literally anything with a plugin in Minecraft, it would be trivial to change damage for only arrows shot by yourself. It's just a matter of deciding whether bow boosting is fine as is, or should be nerfed. Personally, I feel it's too OP for how little damage you take from it. I think you should always take a heart from your own arrows.

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Posted on 15 June 2016 - 06:43 PM

Ny_ wrote

xSah wrote...

You can do literally anything with a plugin in Minecraft, it would be trivial to change damage for only arrows shot by yourself. It's just a matter of deciding whether bow boosting is fine as is, or should be nerfed. Personally, I feel it's too OP for how little damage you take from it. I think you should always take a heart from your own arrows.

Not when most shots from opponents don't even deal a heart

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