OK, here's what is tentatively planned for publish 25. Publish 25 is the launch vehicle for what we hope will be a very pleasant surprise, so there is always a chance that these archery changes might not make publish 25. That being said, I'm not one for spending time typing up posts for stuff that I don't think is likely to happen.

Here goes:

-archery crash fix... looks like Speedman fixed the main crash... I'm going to try to get this out early... you all have put up with the crashing for far too long

- move without missing:

* delay before the arrow is fired instead of afterwards
* reduced hit chance if you move during the delay
* no hit chance reduction if you use moving shot
- looking into hit chance issues... making sure it seems balanced against other weapon skills... making sure "hit chance increase" is working as intended
- use best weapon skill replacement on bows... favoring lower ammo cost... if we go that route we'll probably also add "lac" as a potential property on armor as well, so that you could conceivably make a 100% lac suit.

Two things I'm considering asking a designer to have a look at for publish 25 if time allows:

- check into damage-over-time for ranged weapons
- making bola hit chance be based upon archery skill

That's it for now... which isn't to say that you should have to wait a long time to see any other changes... We're shortening the publish cycle... which means we will be doing some of these changes incrementally and we'll be able to address things like this on a more frequent basis.

Oh, and we've got that expansion coming up... I wonder if Japanese warriors ever partook of the art of the bow? I guess I'll just have to wait and find out.

Cheers,
Fertbert

参照：　UO Statics