User blog comment:Deus Gladiorum/What should be in the next Skyrim update?/@comment-4057437-20120711073637/@comment-4057437-20120713152951

We would like to see the range data, (an the name of the certified range), for the Ebony Bow that shows this velocity, (and what Smithing level, etc.). ;-p

As for an arrow reaching the target and then cliping through or otherwise doing no damage, that is very realistic; an arrow at the end of a long flight has lost most of its kinetic energy and won't do much damage. (One of us has experience with bow hunting, and can verify this.)

We know you wish for an awsome, O.P.'d, bow with infinite range, but to us, range limits merely increase the challenge and increase the realism of the game. We realize you have your own preferences, which you are welcome to, but we like realism, (which is why we would like a Hardcore mode).

p.s. An ice spike, which doesn't have to be water ice, (dry ice, for instance), would melt or evaporate, as they do in the game, not just lay around like an arrow. We do agree that they should not fly in a straight line, (neither should arrows), but in an arc.

Happy Friday the 13th. ;-D