Online private, PC running server, I am not admin Bug PvE, no mods NY USA Thrall archers will not use their bows. They wait until the enemy is in melee range and pull a sword. This behaviour started with the most recent patch. After the next purge, can provide a screenshot of 5 archers in a t…

Can confirm this. If you make it so they’re stuck up on a tower and can’t get down to melee, they will eventually use the bow. It’s stupid that they spend so long trying to use a melee weapon though. Taking it away and leaving them with just a bow helps, but it’s still not great.

[image] Jim1: Thrall archers will not use their bows. They wait until the enemy is in melee range and pull a sword. This behaviour started with the most recent patch. Im not sure its related ot your case, but in general guardian thralls are REALLLY passive and slow to react to enemies. I wond…

Good point, @Smoketreader , but I observed archers moving from one post to another closer to the attack. My only conclusion can be that their AI is aware of the attack causing the movement. They group up at a tower closer to the enemies and mull about as if at a dull party. @SylenThunder , thank …

Initial test completed with the sand reaper queen. Freya was alone on a tower and was effective at purge defense before the latest patch. Here is her inventory. [20190507120054_1] I kited the queen close to the tower and ran to the roof behind her. She was shooting and got off 16 arrows, deter…

I have actually found that they will stop shooting at a target if they run out of arrows during a purge. To improve the archers lethality, I have been equipping mine with poison arrows and hardened steel arrows. I have actually found that the purge will not move out of the gas cloud. As for the Orb …

Copy, and good advice, @Cattibria . If you notice in Freya’s inventory, she carries star metal arrows, and I will make this recommendation to the guy whose base I was testing with. Don’t think I would do it with my own, do you ? :wink: She did have 3 arrows left; could that have been a problem, ‘i…

Thrall archers not using bows

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Ignasi May 7, 2019, 8:41am 3

Hey @Jim1

Thanks for letting us know. Sending your feedback to our team so they can look into it.

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