Hey everybody, I've been playing Skyrim an immense amount of time since release, and I've truly grown attached to archery. I've recorded some footage of my archery skills in action, and I had a sneaking suspicion that you guys might appreciate it.

Tell me what you think!

PS: Slow-mo-bow ftw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZcX45G4lbw

Normally I don't like advertisemants, but I enjoyed this one. This is the perfect example of the buff that Sneak and Archery received in Skyrim. The amount of damage you can do is pretty crazy.

Nice

I am dual wielding and playing on master
I run up to the giants, activate my elemental fury with two words and they die in 2 seconds each.
As soon as any dragon lands, its dead.
My weapons are not even enchanted.

I do not think that archery is viable because I can not even think about doing such things with a bow. Especially without sneaking.

Nice damage, what level (bow) are you (using)?

Oh hell yes. I can't wait 'til my Archery is 100, so that I can paralyze ma'fukkas on the fly! The +30% speed of drawing bow + arrow brings a huge advantage as well. I recommend it to everybody!

Nice!! I'm learning to use bow at the moment.

I'm using a Dwarven Bow right now, and I believe it gives me 30 damage at the moment. The Elven Arrows do 16 damage as well. Great success!

Huh, are you playing on easy?

As I'm using an ebony bow with 51 damage with elven arrows and I do a lot less (I have like 55 archery)

I believe I'm playing on the default setting. I am level 22 right now, and haven't even encountered any ebony weapons or armor yet. My archery is at level 83 however, so that must be the answer. I'll post a screenshot of my Archery skills momentarily.

Edit: Here's a picture of my Archery tree:

Zoomed out:
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/632982837640810569/469AFCAC3F1DCD27102831A2D4A482B14C3AC3F6/

Zoomed in:
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/632982837640830086/76E572E252C07F6507C2B23500599614AB69651B/