Skyrim Archer's Attempts at Long-Range Shots Mocked by Anti-Climactic Killcams
The bow has been one of the most popular weapons in Skyrim since the game was first released over ten years ago, thanks in no small part to the safety of being able to stealthily attack from long distances. As a result, many players tend to test the bow's limits by pulling off some of the most impressive long-distance shots Skyrim will allow against enemies that can't even detect the source of the arrows after being hit.
However, while some players are able to pull off impressive shots from a massive distance, the killcam that often accompanies the final hit in an encounter in Skyrim can cause its own issues. This is what happened to Reddit user huyria, who had an unfortunate string of killcams emphasize a series of long-ranged misses in a row, though they may not have been as inaccurate as they initially appeared.
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In the short clip shared on the Skyrim subreddit, the player attempts to shoot a bandit from a huge distance, only for the killcam to follow the arrow until it crashes into the ground. To make matters worse, each shot seems to be close enough to trigger the killcam, forcing the player to wait a few seconds between each miss just to watch the arrows strike at the bandit's feet. The result is a series of ridiculous killcams in Skyrim that add insult to a lack of causing injury as each shot focuses in on the repeated misses.
While the sight of these missed killcams already appears unfortunate, this might actually be a result of a glitch that has persisted with Skyrim's bows since release. According to some comments, the issue could be caused by the killcam starting because the game had calculated the arrow to hit, but then changing the flight speed
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