copy paste from dc
People have quit this game because of b1. A lot of people on itch, and other people in the community in general quit the game because of the balancing. Bow 1 is overpowered. Having it do 1/3 of the health of a player PER ARROW, is overpowered. With max reload, u can just spray and you win. Simple as that. Since it does so much damage so consistently since you donโt have to aim, thereโs no reason to use any other bow since 80% of fights in 80% of maps are close range. The closest thing we have to b1, is b4, which does 20% hp on a headshot, with 5 damage, while reloading significantly slower, and having less accurate shots due to not having a spread of arrows. Now that Iโve explained why itโs op, hereโs how to nerf it without it being useless.
1. Damage reduction. Cut the damage in half. Simple as that. Makes the bow still viable, but not useless. This lets you actually be able to avoid the shot because when someone sprays with stun arrows, your not just simply dead because all of a sudden, 95% of ur hp isnโt gone and ur stuck in place defenseless.
2. Cut the reload speed into a third. This requires you to actually aim and not just brainlessly spray cuz now ur shots actually matter.
3. Remove it. Easiest solution. Refund all spent coins, add a thousand or smth as extra compensation. Adding another possible short range bow like a high damage, high movement, low reload, low range bow would be interesting. I support this option the most
4. Add movement limit like b3, and heavily, increase melee bow switch times.
5. Fatigue. After spraying once, the amount of time needed to recharge in between sprays increases. Kinda light bladed light melee
6. Some combination between these 3