Shooting bombs down

If you've ever played archer you've experienced the sensation of shooting a bomb with your arrow. Most likely it hasn't happened again. I suggest that this phenomena be made more common, but not easy. Balance is sure to be a thing to tweak with. It allows archers with skill to fend of bomb arrows. Again I'm not saying that it be made easy just easier.

 

Spoiler: CONCEPT ART OF SAID CONCEPT

 

Water arrow...

 

Whichever way gets us to the desired result
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Or...

If you are crouching while the bomb explodes the damage is reduced by 50%.

Edit: If I could like my own post, I would do so.

 

Or just grab and throw the bomb back, most often than not they don't see this coming (you just need a fast enough reaction to catch it and throw it back without wasting time) . if you die while doing it at least the person throwing it doesn't kill you, its a win win

 

It usually explodes the same time you catch it and it is impossible with the ping you got.

 

nah archers are already 2op

 

Would love this to occur! I go for these shots all the time and never make it, I can't even knock a stationary one back to save a team mate.

 

A smart knight is usually cooking his bombs as much as Walter White.
I am not catching ANYTHING and instead activating my GTFO grapple hook. XD

Increased chance for regular arrows to deflect bombs makes me imagine a following issue where copious amounts of arrow spam from an archer dominant team completely negates a knight's major way in dealing with said archers O_o

Deflecting arrows sounds more balanced with special arrows as they cost the archer something in advance, encouraging a pre meditated strategy to be employed rather than chain gunning arrows.

Although honestly I think part of the charm of shooting bombs down is the fact that they are as rare as a majestic unicorn basking in the light of a blue moon :D

 

Personally archers can usually win 1v1s with knights but bombs are the knights advantage that can already be avoided by running with the grapple or just timing the water arrows correctly like you already do Oodle
I don't want to see archers doing insane bomb deflections, they should be running from them or countering them before thrown

 

Rather than a new mechanic for archers to use in beating knights I think Oodle desires a slightly increased chance for it to happen just for laughs.
(He's a amazing archer already )

The points raised here are the reasons why it shouldn't be TOO easy to achieve from a balance perspective though

Still totally hitting a bomb Robin Hood style with an apple is hella fun any time it happens haha