Mod Suggestions for Archer playthrough

[GrumpyOldNord]

I want to do a playthrough as a sexy archer girl, and I'm wondering what mods are available that would really enhance that experience. I'm looking for weapons, armor, animations, anything like that. I've seen A LOT of mods that I like, but I'm curious what everyone's favorites are for this style.

[GrumpyOldNord]

And this is a pretty good idea of what I'm using for inspiration as far as the feel of the character I want to play.

http://i17.servimg.com/u/f17/16/93/29/59/640x4210.jpg

[atducey]

And this is a pretty good idea of what I'm using for inspiration as far as the feel of the character I want to play.

http://i17.servimg.com/u/f17/16/93/29/59/640x4210.jpg

Well, if you're not planning on being sneaky I'd say I've done the best rebalancing of Archery. Also the simplest by far. Look up Bow Equals Warhammer. Basically just a damage adjustment for bows so that they're not miserably weak and all your enemies are pincushions by the time they die.

[Deleted1308005User]

And this is a pretty good idea of what I'm using for inspiration as far as the feel of the character I want to play.

http://i17.servimg.com/u/f17/16/93/29/59/640x4210.jpg

Well, if you're not planning on being sneaky I'd say I've done the best rebalancing of Archery. Also the simplest by far. Look up Bow Equals Warhammer. Basically just a damage adjustment for bows so that they're not miserably weak and all your enemies are pincushions by the time they die.

 

" I've done the best rebalancing of Archery"

 

I'd say ACE - Archery or Skyrim Redone does much better work with archery :thumbsup:

It depends on what sort of things player likes.

 

However, you're only looking to enhance Archery + Sneaky + sexiness?

 

I'd recommend you check out CBBE or BBQ or DHFSAFAGAAGSSD for body replacer. (I have no experience with those myself)

 

Ethereal elven overhaul, if you want pointy eared elves. (Those are really good and pointy! )

My link

 

Ace - Archery, this mod is made with several modules, choose the archery + the others you want. I recommend taking Realistic fighting as well, so you get nice bonus for attacking from the side or back of the enemy.

My link

 

Path of Shadows, Best. Sneaking. Overhaul. Ever.

Sneaking is actually realistic. Shadows affect how well you're able to sneak. Dont expect to be sneaking in heavy armor behind your enemy and swinging him to death with greatsword.

My link

 

Clothing? Just type in search bar the shorty used for body replacer you plan to use.

ADEC, CBBE, TBBP.

As said, I don't have experience with body replacers, so I don't know their names.

But I know there's tons of those A-bit-too-revealing-armors for every body replacer.

 

Also, I've seen that bow around nexus. But I can't remember the name of it :(

[Dart98Rock]

Try locational damage for the combat, I think it requires SKSE. For armor and body's I use UNPB for most my characters and npc's.

[Deleted1308005User]

Try locational damage for the combat, I think it requires SKSE. For armor and body's I use UNPB for most my characters and npc's.

 

I wholly forgot that!

 

Locational damage

 

It's pretty well made, works for "human" characters. (NPC's and player as well, but not against monsters)

Only issue is that it makes game extremely easy as archer, and extremely hard against archers.

And I don't really recommend using it together with the mods I suggested earlier, as those will likely unbalance archery. (Though, it's most realistic when you can one-shot almost any human with arrow :biggrin: )

[zyad]

Hi That is great, That is awesome information, i was also looking for this.

Regards

[LargeStyle]

For a sound mod: Ultra Realistic Bow Shoot Sounds uses a real bow audio sample and I think it has a nice sound to it.

 

BTW: I personally like the archery development / progression within Skyrim however like the sneak perk I carefully select perk upgrades to ensure a "realistic" type experience. But it's taken me flippin ages to get my archery stats where they are now - bow damage is 143 points (before extra 25 fire damage kicks in) - and I've enjoyed the upgrading experience (plus it gives you things to concentrate on when you've not got much else happening within Skyrim).

 

Also you're probably aware of this, but for a more satisfying mod to make deaths generally better: Realistic Ragdolls and Force

Edited January 12, 2013 by LargeStyle

[Eckss]

The latest version of Immersive Weapons has loads of stylish looking new Bows and several new arrows. If you have a beautiful character, you're going to want to see her face: try Open Face Helmets Replacer. I also stand by my signature for any playthrough.

Enjoy.

[GrumpyOldNord]

Thank you all for your suggestions. Many of them are definitely going into my game right now. Two questions, though.

 

First: one of the biggest things that has really turned me off to a stealth-archer playthrough is that annoying-as-hell Matrix dodge that NPCs will do when you try to sneak-shot them. You know what I mean - you've been sneaking slowly for quite a while and see bandit up ahead. You take your time, aim the shot perfectly, release the string, only to have said bandit suddenly slide out of the way as if he saw it coming a mile away. I know there used to be a mod to fix that, but I can't find it anywhere. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

Second: as I said, I really want to make an extremely sexy little Wood Elf girl. I prefer the UNP body, and may even switch to the Slim version for this character, but I'm looking for some good archer/ranger-type armor mods that come close to what's in the pic above. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've already seen a few, but none of them really strike that right tone with me.