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[Mathias]

I wanted to make this a separate thread from the character image thread, because as much as I support this game, I've frankly grown very tired of Bioware making so many mistakes with their promos. I've seen blatant cases of clipping in so many of their trailers and images, and now there's this. I just wanted to bring some awareness here, hoping that they'll be more careful in the future. Because this right here is pretty damn silly.

 

I hate to be Mr. Nitpick, but I can't believe this went unnoticed before they posted this online. I admit I'm not an expert in Archery, but I'm pretty certain that this is completely incorrect. The first problem is that the quiver is positioned wrong. If she's using her right hand to draw arrows and fire them, then the quiver should be positioned so that it's leaning towards her right side, so she can reach over and grab them.

 

The second issue is look at the bowstring. It's over her left arm. Pretend right now that you're using your right hand to draw an arrow from a quiver that's leaning towards your left side. Then place the arrow on your imaginary bow, and pretend you're drawing the string when the string is over your left arm, not under it. See the problem? I understand we can't always be perfect. Clipping will exist in games, it's just how it is and I accept that. But it shouldn't exist in your trailers and images, and mistakes like the one in the bottom picture shouldn't either. I love your work Bioware, but you really gotta be more careful.

[Lukas Kristjanson]

Oh, I'll give you the string, that's a mistake, plain and simple. But hey, it happens, and will likely be fixed before the image goes elsewhere. The arrow is correct, it is intended to rest opposite the drawing arm. The spiky guard, quiver placement, or any other inaccuracies that might make archery slightly difficult for an elf fall under trailer-poster rule of cool. Not exactly the traditional home of historical accuracy.