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An overhaul of the Archery perk tree that offers more role-playing possibilities. Choice between two different play styles, and many perks have trade-offs to allow your character to be more unique.
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Role-Playing Perks - Archery
This is the first in a series of perk tree overhauls that I call 'Role-Playing Perks'. The overall goal is to provide more unique perks to allow for different play styles, and also to introduce trade-offs when selecting perks.
The main goals for this Archery overhaul are as follows:
Detailed perk information can be found below. An outline of the major changes is as follows:
You have a choice between two playstyles, 'Ranger' and 'Sniper'. The Ranger style focuses on faster shots. Base damage is weak, but potential damage per second is high with a stacking damage bonus. This style is dynamic and versatile. The Sniper style focuses on power. Firing rate is reduced, but shots are much more powerful, allowing for more easy one-shot kills. This style is best suited for long range combat and assassinations.
Crossbows get their own perks, increasing their effectiveness against undead and improving stagger.
Various vanilla perks have been rebalanced and repositioned in the skill tree.
Requirements
Attack Speed Framework (Or one of the substitutes listed on its page)
This is required for the attack speed modifying effects to work as intended.
Recommendations
The following mods are recommended in order to improve your experience with Role-Playing Perks - Archery.
Critical Hits Make Sense - More Damage and Scaling
The skill tree is balanced around the critical hit damage provided by this mod. Without it, critical hits are extremely weak, which ruins the intended gameplay balance.
Role-Playing Perks - Melee
Part 2 of Role-Playing Perks. Applies the same design philosophy as this mod to the One-Handed, Two-Handed and Block skills. Highly recommended in combination with this mod.
Archery Quick Shot Perk Bug Fix
Without this mod, the 'Nock Nock' perk only speeds up the drawing animation, and not the actual draw time, making the perk useless.
Bows and Arrows Rebalanced
Another mod of mine that makes changes to archery, namely changes to the stats of all bows and arrows. This aims to make bows more interesting by giving them more diverse stats that align with their lore, and to buff slower bows.
Up Next
The next module I aim to release for Role-Playing Perks is "Armor", covering the Light Armor and Heavy Armor skills. This will round out my changes to the combat skills. I will be focusing on more differentiation between the two armor types and armor pieces, as well as providing more incentive to combine different types of armor. As with Archery and Melee, you can expect there to be some impactful perks with downsides in addition to their advantages.
This is the first in a series of perk tree overhauls that I call 'Role-Playing Perks'. The overall goal is to provide more unique perks to allow for different play styles, and also to introduce trade-offs when selecting perks.
The main goals for this Archery overhaul are as follows:
- To allow for more different styles of play as an archer.
- A more gradual power curve as you level up Archery.
- Increased flexibility in terms of which perks you want.
Detailed perk information can be found below. An outline of the major changes is as follows:
You have a choice between two playstyles, 'Ranger' and 'Sniper'. The Ranger style focuses on faster shots. Base damage is weak, but potential damage per second is high with a stacking damage bonus. This style is dynamic and versatile. The Sniper style focuses on power. Firing rate is reduced, but shots are much more powerful, allowing for more easy one-shot kills. This style is best suited for long range combat and assassinations.
Crossbows get their own perks, increasing their effectiveness against undead and improving stagger.
Various vanilla perks have been rebalanced and repositioned in the skill tree.
Requirements
Attack Speed Framework (Or one of the substitutes listed on its page)
This is required for the attack speed modifying effects to work as intended.
Recommendations
The following mods are recommended in order to improve your experience with Role-Playing Perks - Archery.
Critical Hits Make Sense - More Damage and Scaling
The skill tree is balanced around the critical hit damage provided by this mod. Without it, critical hits are extremely weak, which ruins the intended gameplay balance.
Role-Playing Perks - Melee
Part 2 of Role-Playing Perks. Applies the same design philosophy as this mod to the One-Handed, Two-Handed and Block skills. Highly recommended in combination with this mod.
Archery Quick Shot Perk Bug Fix
Without this mod, the 'Nock Nock' perk only speeds up the drawing animation, and not the actual draw time, making the perk useless.
Bows and Arrows Rebalanced
Another mod of mine that makes changes to archery, namely changes to the stats of all bows and arrows. This aims to make bows more interesting by giving them more diverse stats that align with their lore, and to buff slower bows.
Perk Tree
23 perks, expand spoiler for details:
23 perks, expand spoiler for details:
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● Core Perks ●
Target Practice
No Requirement
Deal 20% more damage with bows and crossbows.
Invaluable
Lvl 20 / 55
Recover 70/95% of arrows and bolts from dead bodies. Stops you from activating "Disposable".
Disposable
Lvl 30
Deal 10% more damage with bows and crossbows. Recover 10% of arrows and bolts from dead bodies. Stops you from activating "Invaluable".
Critical Shot
Lvl 20 / 60
+7.5/15% critical hit chance with bows and crossbows.
Eagle Eye
Lvl 30
Pressing Block while aiming a bow or crossbow will zoom in your view, at the cost of 5 Stamina per second.
Stalker
Lvl 35
Move faster while drawing a bow or aiming/reloading a crossbow (60% of normal speed).
Focus
Lvl 40
Pressing block while aiming a bow or crossbow slows time by 25%, at the cost of 25 Stamina per second. (Stamina cost does not stack with that of Eagle Eye)
Nock Nock
Lvl 50
You nock arrows twice as fast, and load crossbows 30% faster.
Bowman
Lvl 75
Deal 25% more damage and +10% critical hit chance with bows and crossbows. Deal 35% less damage with melee attacks.
Archrival
Lvl 80
When wielding a bow or crossbow, deal 25% more damage to and receive 15% less damage from opposing archers.
● Ranger Perks ●
Ranger
Lvl 25
+30% draw speed with bows. Stops you from activating "Sniper".
Rapid Hits
Lvl 35 / 80
Shooting an opponent with a bow applies a debuff for 4 seconds that stacks up to 5 times. Successive shots while the debuff is active will deal 2/4 extra base damage per stack.
Reposition
Lvl 55
When you lower your bow after firing at least one shot, gain +25% movement speed for 3 seconds or until you draw your bow again.
Prowler
Lvl 65
Move at full speed while drawing a bow, but take 30% more damage from all physical attacks while doing so. Requires "Stalker".
Cripple
Lvl 100
For each stack of rapid hits, apply a 15% slow to all but the largest opponents.
● Sniper Perks ●
Sniper
Lvl 25
Deal 35% more damage and -20% draw speed with bows. Stops you from activating "Ranger". (Damage bonus is not reflected in weapon stats)
Longshot
Lvl 35
When shooting targets with a bow at a range of 10m (~33ft) or more, gain up to +50% critical hit chance, maxing out at 40m (~130ft).
Stopping Power
Lvl 55 / 80
Critical hits with bows deal 25/50% more bonus damage and stagger all but the largest opponents.
Turret
Lvl 65
+12.5% critical hit chance with bows, "Stalker" no longer applies to bows. Requires "Stalker".
One Shot
Lvl 100
Guarantee a critical hit with bows on opponents with full health.
● Crossbow Perks ●
Close Combat
Lvl 30
After bashing an opponent with a crossbow, they take 35% more damage from crossbows for 5 seconds.
Slayer
Lvl 40 / 75
+25/50% critical hit chance against undead with crossbows.
Heavy Bolt
Lvl 65
Critical hits with crossbows heavily stagger most opponents.
Target Practice
No Requirement
Deal 20% more damage with bows and crossbows.
Invaluable
Lvl 20 / 55
Recover 70/95% of arrows and bolts from dead bodies. Stops you from activating "Disposable".
Disposable
Lvl 30
Deal 10% more damage with bows and crossbows. Recover 10% of arrows and bolts from dead bodies. Stops you from activating "Invaluable".
Critical Shot
Lvl 20 / 60
+7.5/15% critical hit chance with bows and crossbows.
Eagle Eye
Lvl 30
Pressing Block while aiming a bow or crossbow will zoom in your view, at the cost of 5 Stamina per second.
Stalker
Lvl 35
Move faster while drawing a bow or aiming/reloading a crossbow (60% of normal speed).
Focus
Lvl 40
Pressing block while aiming a bow or crossbow slows time by 25%, at the cost of 25 Stamina per second. (Stamina cost does not stack with that of Eagle Eye)
Nock Nock
Lvl 50
You nock arrows twice as fast, and load crossbows 30% faster.
Bowman
Lvl 75
Deal 25% more damage and +10% critical hit chance with bows and crossbows. Deal 35% less damage with melee attacks.
Archrival
Lvl 80
When wielding a bow or crossbow, deal 25% more damage to and receive 15% less damage from opposing archers.
● Ranger Perks ●
Ranger
Lvl 25
+30% draw speed with bows. Stops you from activating "Sniper".
Rapid Hits
Lvl 35 / 80
Shooting an opponent with a bow applies a debuff for 4 seconds that stacks up to 5 times. Successive shots while the debuff is active will deal 2/4 extra base damage per stack.
Reposition
Lvl 55
When you lower your bow after firing at least one shot, gain +25% movement speed for 3 seconds or until you draw your bow again.
Prowler
Lvl 65
Move at full speed while drawing a bow, but take 30% more damage from all physical attacks while doing so. Requires "Stalker".
Cripple
Lvl 100
For each stack of rapid hits, apply a 15% slow to all but the largest opponents.
● Sniper Perks ●
Sniper
Lvl 25
Deal 35% more damage and -20% draw speed with bows. Stops you from activating "Ranger". (Damage bonus is not reflected in weapon stats)
Longshot
Lvl 35
When shooting targets with a bow at a range of 10m (~33ft) or more, gain up to +50% critical hit chance, maxing out at 40m (~130ft).
Stopping Power
Lvl 55 / 80
Critical hits with bows deal 25/50% more bonus damage and stagger all but the largest opponents.
Turret
Lvl 65
+12.5% critical hit chance with bows, "Stalker" no longer applies to bows. Requires "Stalker".
One Shot
Lvl 100
Guarantee a critical hit with bows on opponents with full health.
● Crossbow Perks ●
Close Combat
Lvl 30
After bashing an opponent with a crossbow, they take 35% more damage from crossbows for 5 seconds.
Slayer
Lvl 40 / 75
+25/50% critical hit chance against undead with crossbows.
Heavy Bolt
Lvl 65
Critical hits with crossbows heavily stagger most opponents.
Up Next
The next module I aim to release for Role-Playing Perks is "Armor", covering the Light Armor and Heavy Armor skills. This will round out my changes to the combat skills. I will be focusing on more differentiation between the two armor types and armor pieces, as well as providing more incentive to combine different types of armor. As with Archery and Melee, you can expect there to be some impactful perks with downsides in addition to their advantages.