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luftwaffe70luftwaffe70 Member UncommonPosts: 7
in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
instructions manual says when you attack with the archer, you can aim and hold the shot for a while before shooting, and you can see the power of the shot by the green bar. i dont see a green bar except the one up by the health meter. and can you aim the shot?

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  • dodsfalldodsfall Member UncommonPosts: 173
    Originally posted by luftwaffe70

    instructions manual says when you attack with the archer, you can aim and hold the shot for a while before shooting, and you can see the power of the shot by the green bar. i dont see a green bar except the one up by the health meter. and can you aim the shot?
    I don't think this functionality exists. The shots are simply fired by button press and aiming is not involved. Hits and misses are determined by electronic dice roll.
  • luftwaffe70luftwaffe70 Member UncommonPosts: 7
    thats what i was experiencing with my ranger but in the owners manual it says click on attack once to attack and wait for green bat to fill to get the most accurate and poweriful shot and click on it againt to release the arrow. mabey this was changed in one of the patches or was never  put to use.
  • dodsfalldodsfall Member UncommonPosts: 173
    I seem to remember reading that as well.



    Most likely it was a feature that was going to be implemented at the time the manual was printed, but was found to be broken, un-workable or just plain not fun.



    There is a fairly large lead time on printing game manuals and they often contain material that gets cut from games at release.
  • DicharekDicharek Member UncommonPosts: 177
    Originally posted by luftwaffe70

    instructions manual says when you attack with the archer, you can aim and hold the shot for a while before shooting, and you can see the power of the shot by the green bar. i dont see a green bar except the one up by the health meter. and can you aim the shot?
    After shooting your first arrow you see a new symbol appear next to the targets info (the name, lvl and dots). This new symbol has a arrow or a bow (I don't remember which) and a green circualr bar appears around it. The bar fills and a dot appear around the very same symbol, the bar starts over and this goes on, eventually you can have 5 dots or something. The more dots you have the more damage you do.



    Personally I don't understand why this function exists since I don't think it's worth the time waiting for the bar and dots to fill up. This is particulary useless if you solo, since you just have time to fire 1 or 2 arrows.
  • ShoalShoal Member Posts: 1,156
    Originally posted by luftwaffe70

    instructions manual says when you attack with the archer, you can aim and hold the shot for a while before shooting, and you can see the power of the shot by the green bar. i dont see a green bar except the one up by the health meter. and can you aim the shot?

    Perhaps you are confusing V:SoH 3rd gen game's mechanics with the old Dark Age of Camelot  2nd gen capability to do exactly what your describing?

    But, just wait a couple more quarters.  I am sure that  'they'  are working real  'hard'  on  'finishing'  V:SoH !

    Or maybe, as one dev said, they are all off on a much  'needed'  vacation after all that  'hard  work'   they put in on getting V:SoH for  'release' .

    Sorry to Troll a bit.   But jeeze, these V:SoH guys really shafted all the folks that signed up for a real game and not a Pay-To-Beta game.



  • DicharekDicharek Member UncommonPosts: 177
    Originally posted by Shoal

    Originally posted by luftwaffe70

    instructions manual says when you attack with the archer, you can aim and hold the shot for a while before shooting, and you can see the power of the shot by the green bar. i dont see a green bar except the one up by the health meter. and can you aim the shot?

    Perhaps you are confusing V:SoH 3rd gen game's mechanics with the old Dark Age of Camelot  2nd gen capability to do exactly what your describing?

    But, just wait a couple more quarters.  I am sure that  'they'  are working real  'hard'  on  'finishing'  V:SoH !

    Or maybe, as one dev said, they are all off on a much  'needed'  vacation after all that  'hard  work'   they put in on getting V:SoH for  'release' .

    Sorry to Troll a bit.   But jeeze, these V:SoH guys really shafted all the folks that signed up for a real game and not a Pay-To-Beta game.





    Useless post since the function actually exists and works.
  • dodsfalldodsfall Member UncommonPosts: 173
    Originally posted by Dicharek

    Originally posted by luftwaffe70

    instructions manual says when you attack with the archer, you can aim and hold the shot for a while before shooting, and you can see the power of the shot by the green bar. i dont see a green bar except the one up by the health meter. and can you aim the shot?
    After shooting your first arrow you see a new symbol appear next to the targets info (the name, lvl and dots). This new symbol has a arrow or a bow (I don't remember which) and a green circualr bar appears around it. The bar fills and a dot appear around the very same symbol, the bar starts over and this goes on, eventually you can have 5 dots or something. The more dots you have the more damage you do.



    Personally I don't understand why this function exists since I don't think it's worth the time waiting for the bar and dots to fill up. This is particulary useless if you solo, since you just have time to fire 1 or 2 arrows. I hadn't even noticed this.



    I have a feeling you are right about the time waiting for a bar to fill up. Unless it deals massive damage it would be a real waste of time if you can otherwise get 4-5 shots off.



    Maybe it can be used solo while kiting the mob. I'll give it a try tonight.
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