# Aiming system
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-system/6069
**Category:** The Drawing Board
**Created:** [May 8, 2014, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-system/6069 "2014-05-08T08:18:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-system/6069/21 "2014-05-10T00:47:46Z")
And for those of you who have never shot a gun before, I highly advise making the effort to do so. If you can’t move to a country where your right to defend your life with the most efficient means available is acknowledged then at least visit one. Trying to describe shooting a gun is [like trying to describe porn,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hETSEgclgjc) you just have to experience it for yourself.
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### Author:  [@GrizzlyAdamz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GrizzlyAdamz)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/aiming-system/6069/22 "2014-05-10T02:59:03Z")
> [@infectedmochi](#):
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> For bows, I suggest a little different mechanic, bows should take time to aim like guns too (depend on the skill), but should have no recoil. The important difference is that for bows there are a golden time window when it’s prime to release the string regardless of the aim because if you draw the string for too long your muscles will be strained and lose the accuracy. In summary, bows take time to aim but that should not be too long or you risk losing the accuracy instead. Bows that require higher STR stat will shorten this time window, higher STR and skill can counteract this.
Supposedly, it would also (slightly) effect the range/damage/accuracy- something about the heat energy absorbed by the (energy-storage-medium (the wood)) dissipating…lemme see if I can scrounge up that source I half-doubt…here:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v4TEX2erog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v4TEX2erog)
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