Red Reticle Range with Bow

Weird range targeting issues with the reticle when starting out at Solace Bridge.

The bow will fire (through use of active glyphs or just clicking the mouse) at a skeleton that is at distance but apparently not in range because the reticle remains gray. Appears that arrows are used when this happens.

Thoughts in my head were: 1) Is the skeleton targeted or not? 2) Am I supposed to be able to fire arrows randomly if something is not in range? 3) Why did it take until the skeleton was in melee range for the reticle to turn red so I could actually hit the skeleton?

Kinda feeling bummed out that early-game archery remains a melee affair in SOTA. Hoping to get a different impression playing R29.

 

Thank you for the feedback. The responsiveness of the reticle to target selection was a known issue that we will be continuing to iterate upon to make more intuitive for players. This will include better reticle state detection for ranged combat.