Arrows

[namiasdf]

So, in addition to my tier 4 zombie spawner and tier 4 cave spider spawner, I got a tier 4 skele spawner as well. Bones are a great addition, but there's one thing. Arrows, what do you guys do with them? I don't have nearly the time/capability to shoot that many arrows and building arrow automated defenses aren't on my list. My base is in a mountain, impervious to EVERYTHING (maybe I'll line the walls with xychordite shield or something for kicks, I'm on SSP).


What can you do with them, other than shoot them, use them in dispensers for trolling purposes and whatever else included. I want to turn them into something useful if possible but NEI wasn't too helpful.

Maybe you guys have some inventive ideas.

 

[Dee_Twenty]

They're a decent source of Telum for Thaumcraft.

 

[mushroom taco]

They're a decent source of Telum for Thaumcraft.

Yeah, that's the only reason i kept the tons of arrows i got from better dungeons' dungeons.
Also, Tinkers' construct has early versions of bows in the dev versions. However, the modifiers go on the arrows, and some(?) on the bow.

 

[netmc]

Once you get a bow with Infinity on it, you really don't need much anymore. It sound like you already have infinite arrows... My only suggestion is turn them into scrap and make scrap boxes. Play the lotto.

 

[mushroom taco]

Once you get a bow with Infinity on it, you really don't need much anymore. It sound like you already have infinite arrows... My only suggestion is turn them into scrap and make scrap boxes. Play the lotto.

Nah, they're too good sources of telum for that.
Plus if i made scrap i'd put it into a mass fa

 

[namiasdf]

Well I have almost 23k scrapBOXES, though I don't mind making more. If I can sustain my matter fab & lotto, that'd be a fun project.

Well, a tier 4 spawner gives 4 skeletons per spawn. If we say 50% drop rate on 2arrows, that's 4 arrows per spawn. I could probably fuel a lightning rod for days if I threw all that into cauldrons.

 

[mushroom taco]

Well I have almost 23k scrapBOXES, though I don't mind making more. If I can sustain my matter fab & lotto, that'd be a fun project.

Well, a tier 4 spawner gives 4 skeletons per spawn. If we say 50% drop rate on 2arrows, that's 4 arrows per spawn. I could probably fuel a lightning rod for days if I threw all that into cauldrons.

You do realize that flux thunderstorms can't power gregtech lightning rods, right?

 

[namiasdf]

Well it was just an exaggeration. I don't think I'll need 10k arrows worth of telum in ~ 4-6 hours.

 

[Jess887cp]

Here's an idea. You take your massive stockpile of arrows and stick them in atmospheric barrels in all of your defensive choke points around the map. You sound like you're at the point where you never die, so have some fun and simulate the zombie apocalypse, fighting off the hordes before they breach your doors, other undead are fun too.

Simply spawners.

Also, firing arrows through lava is a beastly lag-machine if you make the wall big enough, but is requisite for any semi-evil mountain base.

 

[namiasdf]

Hmmmm. That wouldn't be a bad idea. Right now I went for the zen-ish look. I have xychorium soil + cane, set up in random places around my base. A lava wall could be pretty cool too or a secret door that appears when pistons extend and stop the lava flow.

Gave me great ideas for my hydroponics bay.

 

[SatanicSanta]

ThaumCraft research and bows.

 

[namiasdf]

How many should I keep? I'll set a level emitter on a recycler for the rest. Give me conservative estimates, if you can. I have tanks of limits 6.8 million mB for my seed oil and honey reserves, if that's any indicator of the excess storage I keep.

I just don't want to keep 20k arrows in my AE database, if I don't have to. I still have three disk drives and 12 more spaces for additional disk drives, but I'd rather be as efficient as possible.

 

[iNd3x]

recycling is the way to go man!
I've always just burnt the stuff i got from my mobspawners in lava, just wanting the exp, you could consider doing the same, or as earlier mentioned: recycle
if you have 20k arrows, an eight of that is 2.5k making into scrap boxes split it into much less, go make some uu matter and spit it all over!

 

[namiasdf]

Well, I have a use for most stuff or I find a way to use it up in a productive manner. I have issues with voiding/throwing away things. For the most part, I'd rather try to find a positive solution, but there aren't any good strategies to use arrows in this volume.

Recycling it is. Keep a thousand for shooting and TC. (Thaumcraft? Tinkers Construct?)

 

[iNd3x]

thaumcraft that is, arrows are a good source of telum, (i think it's spelled like that)
arrows are just one of those items you don't need, but i guess you could always use some scrap?
but at some point in the game, you simply startg getting more than you'll ever need of some stuff

 

[namiasdf]

That's the anti-goal of my world. I am trying my best not to just accumulate a dumb amount of stuff. I want to find a use for everything I generate. I am attempting to make input=output in all cases. It's reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally difficult and time consuming.

 

[iNd3x]

i guess you could set up dispensers all around you base, so with a press of a button they would fire 10 arrows, killing all enemies in proximity?

 

[netmc]

I'd probably keep 1k arrows and scrap the rest.