http://elderscrollsonline.com/en/news/post/2013/03/25/ask-us-anything-combat-2




Its a shame, I wanted there to be ammunition, different types, craftable and tradeable ones, which would have added more depth to the archery/crafting aspect of the game :/ Unfortunately I know some people want it easy, not having to care about remembering ammunition, like its just a casual thing.

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1451910-idea-quivers-to-make-up-for-no-arrows/

You had to remember about ammunition?

I never run out of it. Mindlessly buying several thousand arrows every time you go into town doesn't make for exciting gameplay.

I'm kinda like that guy that goes to the store and buys more of something they already have because you might run out. Go to town, top off stacks of all my reagents, ammunition, repair my stuff, buy more food, go about my business.

I never ran out of arrows. Ever.

sorry mod, didnt realise. though im glad im not the only one upset about this

It just ends up adding an unnecessary expense to archers that the other classes dont have to deal with. Also, a mage or rogue will never run out of ammo during a fight (magicka and stamina regenerate), but if an archer goes out of arrows (which is entirely possible with these large scale conflicts we're being shown) he's out for good.

But when the archer runs out, if he runs out, it means he will have to adapt to survive, and use a different method to kill, say with melee weapons. Or do you just like it when people stand there firing arrow after arrow the whole fight, no variety whatsoever etc...

Then again, the mage has to deal with having light armour, and so is vunerable to archers and melee etc... therefore a second resource for an archer (who would typically wear medium armour) would suffice

Except that mages can wear heavy armor.

The only thing it does to an archer is make it so they can't attack for crap. That's it.