Ever thinked of the range in illarion?
You must shout to hear someone out of you screen sight .When you shout in normal live?Now think of it because the range is good so how it and can you attack something you not see?
And these are not machined presicion made bows and arrows. They are made from widdling wood! You go make a bow and arrows with just a tree and an ax and see how far it will shoot. Probably far shorter than in the game
It's not like we have compound bows in these days, you know. I think the range is just fine, but now, it's a matter of getting the player to see who is attacking who. We still have a major sniping problem on our hands...
I think that as far as arrows go, they are as good as they can get. As you do not want someone to be arching you from across town as you would never get to that person, and would never be able to run away. I think across screen is far enough.
Problem is that you don't know who is sniping you, or if you are being sniped. I don't think there is a noise...