It's amazing how just adding the word "Nova" and a glow-effect can turn any stone-age weapon into a futuristic sci-fi one. Other suggestions: the "Nova big rock" requires a heavy suit and both hands to lift. You drop it on enemies from above for devastating damage. The "nova sharpened stick" is great for scouts too. And don't forget everyone's favorite, the "nova club" it's a glowing heavy stick that medium assaults can use to bludgeon their foes!

As cool as bows are, what would make any sane merc choose it over guns? What possible advantage could it provide to mercs?

The advantages would be that its hard to detect and helps stealth battling because it'll be silent

mabye make it low PG and CPU? That way on tight suits you can have an extra weapon (I'm good at a Bow & arrow )

you can charge it and pull the string back to deal more dmg and no splash but faster bullets than the plasma cannon and more accurate


[edit] I don't want this to become a god weapon so not saying OP stats

any1 know just how sharp Nova Knives are?

Low CPU makes perfect sense. But the PG requirement should be high because of the additional aid your suit would have to provide in order to pull a bow that could potentially damage Dust514's drop-suits. It should also consume stamina while the bow-string is being pulled back. The arrow should arc more with less charge.

Still missing something that only a bow could do an a gun couldn't.

Its made from the same blades Nova knives are so its real sharp and can can charge after finishing pulling the bow to deal even more dmg, do you see a Nova knife scout struggling to penetrate the DUST 514 Armor?

any1 know just how sharp Nova Knives are?

Bows are almost silent compaird to a gun and modern bows are almost as deadly . Hell a starting bow now will have a leathal range of about 50 m with a draw of 120lb. And a velocity of 350m a second.

Bows are almost silent compaird to a gun and modern bows are almost as deadly . Hell a starting bow now will have a leathal range of about 50 m with a draw of 120lb. And a velocity of 350m a second.

How about a gun with a silencer?

I'd only support the nova bow if CCP gave the Minmatar Elf-ears, and the Amarr got to ride dragons. I think you're playing the wrong game.

Have you wondered why you can't sprint and charge nova knives at the same time?

Your target has to be stationary to knife them, and the charge up time is to utilize where you strike, which most likely one would then target under the chin or throat as a knife is not long enough to kill anyone by length without choosing the right spot which leads to severe hemorrhaging and exsanguination. Another reason for the charge up time could also be that you need to be careful because long charges may damage the weapon.

It's amazing how just adding the word "Nova" and a glow-effect can turn any stone-age weapon into a futuristic sci-fi one. Other suggestions: the "Nova big rock" requires a heavy suit and both hands to lift. You drop it on enemies from above for devastating damage. The "nova sharpened stick" is great for scouts too. And don't forget everyone's favorite, the "nova club" it's a glowing heavy stick that medium assaults can use to bludgeon their foes!

so you saying when I charge my Nova knives and hit you in the chest charging the Nova Knives are "utilising where to strike"

Just read the description on the nova knives they use tech fields to cut through even the THICKEST of dropsuit armor, so the Nova Bow & Arrow will work, will be happy using in skirmish/Domination if this is added.


edit: I just checked out the flaylocks arc and its PERFECT for the Nova bow and the arrow should move faster then the flaylock rockets to make up for charge time

Arrows on the other hand are long enough to kill by piercing the naked human body if they hit the right spot. The sheer amount of draw strength it would take to piece armor (and shields) would be huge even with a recurve or compound bow, which also means that arrows will not curve at all or else lack the strength to kill if you are targeting the thickest part of the armor (head/chest).

Even if you somehow had arm strength to rip cars apart to be able to carry the draw there would also be an issue of of how it would charge and the sheer inefficient cost of utilizing such. Due to different flight times the heads need to be charged the entire time and most likely would have to be hot while aiming the bow. This means that each arrow would have to consume a lot of energy for a much longer time than a quick nova knife swing. Gun ammo stores a lot more energy but is able to release it all at once making it a much more energy efficient system that is able to deal a lot of damage per shot (meaning bows wouldn't be able to get close to either damage or range of even the basic sidearms we have). Also with each arrow fired you are essentially throwing away a nova knife costing arrow each with each shot. Storing this ammo wouldn't be fun either.