The new arrows!

I don't know why I haven't seen any discussion about this yet. For those of you who know me, though, with me being such a bow freak, I feel the absolute need to discuss this.

I just found out a few minutes ago that there's going to be new arrows in 1.9. Special arrows that make targets glow so that you see their hitboxes through blocks, and arrows for potion effects. From the moment I saw them, I knew that they will revolutionize PvP with bows; that, in my opinion, should include CTF.

I don't really expect a new class that's absolutely nothing but a long-ranged chemist, but it'd be so cool to rework the default archer with. Everyone complains about how simple and OP archer is, and I'm on the edge of agreeing with them, but things can change with this.

For example:

• The special arrow (what it's actually called in MC 1.9): similar concept to Elf's arrows, it regenerates after x amount of seconds and has a limit. These can be used for headshots. Goodbye (successful) bowspammers. Also if you're not in headshot range, the white outline of their hitbox still looks cool.

As I just said, I don't expect potion arrows to mean a long-ranged chemist, but it would still be pretty cool to use at least a few of them.

And as for elf... just share your opinion on whether elf should get some potion arrows. In my opinion it'd make the class far more useful as a support class, since it's kind of a nothing as it currently is.

(Fellow archers I want to share this with: @Chhimichanga @LordCh4os @wintergreen3 @Gh0st__ @Deplicasus )

Also: See this post, which I think would be a good thing to add if regular arrows no longer headshot. Indeed, the whole thing would amount to an archer rework, but I think many people including some archer mains would agree.

 

Not totally true. Minecraft has a priority system: second hand, left to right on hotbar, and top left to bottom right in the inventory (from highest to lowest priority). However you can press F to switch anything to your second hand--in this case, a certain stack of arrows--and then you won't have to worry about the positioning of your hotbar.

Lol, the last thing archer needs is a buff... However the upgrading of non-headshot arrows (if that's what you mean; imo that's what should happen) does sound like a good idea.

 

True. But at the very least, I think there should be the limited headshot arrows. It's a little bit complex for a free newbie class, but if definitely controls the spam--for everyone.

Edit: But then non-headshot arrows should be higher damage at short range, otherwise they'd be more worthless than Elf's arrows. I'm going to put my archer tweak idea into the main post.

 

Which ones: the special headshot arrows (which would probably instead be an instakill bow...), or the potion arrows? Or both?

 

Eh, that may have been a better idea before Elf came about. And in any case, Elf's underpoweredness gives it great potential to have things added to it without wrecking the whole game.

30 blocks, btw. I disappeared from CTF when it was 20 blocks, came back and it was 30. Either way it's still short enough.

Agreed, archers can't cap well. Neither does engineer. But they both have other flag-oriented purposes: archers can kill a flag carrier when the rest of the defense fails, and can also support a friendly flag carrier by skillfully (or bowspammingly...) picking off pursuers; engineer is a major help in getting people to the enemy base to infiltrate the flagroom, and can provide a cake for the carrier if he/she passes by the engineer when coming out of the flagroom.

More on topic, replying to your more on-topic note: I believe 1.9 will be good for CTF. Yes, many reworks may need to take place, but the end result may well be a much more balanced and fun game.