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Steadiness Enchantment (Bow Enchantment)

The Steadiness enchantment increases the time before a drawn back bow begins to shake. The enchantment has two levels, and each add two seconds of time before the bow begins to shake.

This NEEDS to happen for two reasons:

  • Bow shaking makes bows even worse than crossbows, and this balances that slightly
  • When bow shaking is added to Bedrock, touchscreen and controller users will struggle because they need more than three seconds to aim with their worse input methods. This gives them that extra time that they need.
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    I don't disagree this Enchantment would be nice to have, I even suggested it when pushing for Bow Fatigue to be brought back, but I hardly think it NEEDS to happen.

    I don't know if you've actually tried them out in game, but I would hardly say Bows are worse than Crossbows. I would honestly be amazed if they were.

    It feels like everyone against Bow Fatigue is under the impression that your Arrows could fall anywhere within a 5 Block Radius or something.. but that's just not the case, not unless you're shooting at something from a hundred Blocks away or so. If you're firing from a Mid range distance, you might not even notice it.

    Anyways, ya still have my Vote, but I think you're being a little extreme.

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    I don't think bow shaking is an actual matter. I always use my bow for battle and bow shaking is not a real struggle to deal with. However, here, have my vote

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    I would like to be able to have pixel point accuracy from more than 3 blocks away. It would be nice. This would allow me to accomplish that somewhat. Also, the steadiness enchantment could take out the random factor of the arrow arcs, making it more accurate. It would also work for crossbow and trident, just not as well.

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    I can suggest a copper compound bow (yes, this is a modern invention, but this can be interpreted as a forgotten invention ahead of its time, like the Antikythera mechanism, the creations of L. Da Vinci)
    It can be trophy, or crafted using a trophy blueprint. It won't shake, almost.