Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has seen Archidons shoot vertical arrows... a guy was doing it earlier when I was holding the Mid-Tower area. Somehow he was shooting arrows from out of range of my Archidons, hitting them when they were behind a wall of Speartons in their defensive stance. He was doing it in a hit-n-run fashion, he would sit just out of my range and then they would move forward a little, fire their arrows, one or 2 would go horizontal like normal and the rest would shoot vertical, then he would fall back again. The arrows that went vertical would land just behind my Speartons hitting the archers. Most of the time I will set my archers as close as possible to the Speartons to defend against enemy archers. I've never seen anything like this. When i asked how he did it, he replied with "easy". This leads me to believe that he was doing it on purpose, also he did it so many times in a row over like a 12 minute period that it didn't seem like coincidence. I still won in the end.

He was low ranked and i already forgot his name, also the replay was conveniently glitched. I guess my main issue is, is this a glitch, and how do you do it? i don't want to be the only one left out if its common knowledge, and if it isn't i thought i should report it.

(BTW, sorry if this already has its own thread, i searched with the Stickpage search bar and used Google to do a site search and couldn't find anything to do with arrow glitch or vertical arrow...)

Thanks in advance!
CrimsonX

When he do this, is the arrows burning? If so, that's the 'Fire Arrows' upgrade. Buy it from the archery range.

lol no, I've been playing since the beta... I always get fire arrows.

It just so happens I'm in luck, for the 2nd time ever i saw it again, except this time i don't think it was on purpose. In my last match it just so happens the guy I was playing did it. I don't think it was on purpose as he only did it once. I have a link to the game, I'm going to put it in the bottom of this post.

It happens at 11 minutes exactly, you will see what I'm saying. He literally shoots arrows straight up in the air and then they fall down behind my Speartons AND a wall this time!

Link: www.stickempires.com/play?replay=replay2473070&version=1.70

(11 minutes on the game clock at the bottom)

[P.S. This is a completely different guy and game from the original post, but the same issue.]

Quote from CrimsonX

lol no, I've been playing since the beta... I always get fire arrows.

It just so happens I'm in luck, for the 2nd time ever i saw it again, except this time i don't think it was on purpose. In my last match it just so happens the guy I was playing did it. I don't think it was on purpose as he only did it once. I have a link to the game, I'm going to put it in the bottom of this post.

It happens at 11 minutes exactly, you will see what I'm saying. He literally shoots arrows straight up in the air and then they fall down behind my Speartons AND a wall this time!

Link: www.stickempires.com/play?replay=replay2473070&version=1.70

(11 minutes on the game clock at the bottom)

[P.S. This is a completely different guy and game from the original post, but the same issue.]

There are two types of fire arrows, and that vertical thing has always been around. It's bugged me too, since it's not the most accurate way of firing arrows and makes fire arrows not as useful as it should be.

It's a really annoying bug that should be fixed. If the target moves far enough away from the place you aimed it, it will miss

one way is to just "use" the fire arrow upgrade and advance slowly closer to their army. theres no real way to aim it i beleive.

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one way is to just "use" the fire arrow upgrade and advance slowly closer to their army. theres no real way to aim it i beleive.

Hehehe.

hehehe

wyzdm gets it : )

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wyzdm gets it : )

So it is fire arrows. Case closed.

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So it is fire arrows. Case closed.

Not quite, if you watch the video WyzDM posted, it seems there is a technique to doing it...

This video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-su-TXNvqAs

but yes, im pretty sure fire arrows is a requirement, but fire arrows alone does not allow you to do this. From what i gather you send your archers in firing range and then pull them back just as they are gonna fire... atleast thats how it looks in the video.


With that i believe its case closed. Unless someone has something more to add, like a better explanation of how to do it.

Quote from CrimsonX

Not quite, if you watch the video WyzDM posted, it seems there is a technique to doing it...

This video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-su-TXNvqAs

but yes, im pretty sure fire arrows is a requirement, but fire arrows alone does not allow you to do this. From what i gather you send your archers in firing range and then pull them back just as they are gonna fire... atleast thats how it looks in the video.


With that i believe its case closed. Unless someone has something more to add, like a better explanation of how to do it.

No, you only need fire arrows. And the range needed. It's just slightly longer than the normal range. Wyz just gets them in range. The video itself isn't really accurate; it doesn't show how the mass of fire arrows, but it did show the first fire arrow.

Anyone can do this.

Vertical fire arrows is for extreme long range harassment, to kill maybe albowtross/miners (just some weak+camping units)
so stop bitching about vertical arrows

Bitching was never part of the plan. Was just trying to figure it out. Thanks all for the replies.