I actually like that idea; as I am forever picking up bolts off the floor. It would make archery slightly more appealing because you could chase a mob and easily regain your arrows. Nice idea.

I like the idea, but it makes archery really even more appealing. Besides, the idea of having the arrows pile inside the corpse-bounty-container is very good and simple. The only question here is the question of balance.
(in the other hand, you'll have to get your missed arrows in the same way... and most of the lost arrows are the ones you miss, not the ones that hit true the target...)

Taking another leaf out of the book of diablo, wyvern, and a few other games i've played, i want to look at the quiver of returning. The way i look at it, there are 3 or 4 ways to do it. First, you have your quiver of returning, then you have your quiver of magical ammo. Now, for the 4 ways:

Quiver of Returning:
-Arrows simply return to the quiver whenever and wherever they fall
-Arrows return to the quiver if they miss
-Arrows return to the quiver whenever and wherever they fall with some mana penalty
-Arrows return to the quiver if they miss with some mana penalty
Quiver of Magical Ammo:
-The quiver simply gives you an unlimited amount of ammo at no cost
-The quiver has a set amount of shots at no cost
-The quiver gives you an unlimited amount of ammo with some mana penalty for every shot
-The quiver has a set amount of shots with some mana penalty for every shot

Okay, so there are more than 3 or 4 ways . I think that these are the main ones... i think. Discuss.

Cheers,
Unislash

The Quiver of Returning sounds like a very nice item to add.
The Quiver of Magic Ammo -- unless the ammo disappears after being fired (whether it hits or misses) -- seems a little too high-powered.

If you could pick up the ammo after the latter quiver fires it, you'd have a source of infinite wealth.

Unless, of course, all the ammo thus produced were one-drop items.  

okay, my opinions are- Quiver of arrow returning would be a great idea if the arrows returned after a 15 second delay, plus 1 second per 10 squares of distance away, and of course any arrows left in a dungeon by themselves lose thier magical touch... they have a delay so 1 arrow can't be cycled, and it naturally takes time for the magic to take effect and the arrow to fly back into the quiver.

I don't think this should cost mana, as it is a naturally imbued enchantment of the quiver to bind itself to the "property of the quiver"
It's possesive, and you can't stop that :p


Quiver of magical ammo would be nice, especially of flaming arrows, frostbite arrows, poison tipped.... you get the idea here, additionally even rarer with a +1... and next to impossible with a +2 (they would be simmilar to arrows of accuracy, but with the rareity of say flaming arrows closer to that of arrows +2 as per current, and flaming arrows +1 closer to arrows +1 of acc, and flaming arrows +2 rarer than +2 of acc... or something...)

Additionally, these arrows would have to disappear upon contact, like a potion or poisoned food, or whatever else...
And this would HAVE to cost mana... maybe 2-4 mana per shot depending on quality? (eg. flaming = 2 mana flaming +1 = 3 mana flaming +2 = 4 mana)

This could also be made into items as well to put in a normal quiver, but then you'd have to pick them up, which is why i think BOTH ideas should be put in the game, because it makes an excellent addition to the magic-void ranger, OR the spellcaster who can't be bothered to do those teadious things like picking up arrows from slimy bodies, or be having arrows flying back scaring the living daylights out of him, causing a spell to miscast : /

It happenes to everyone eventually.

Anyways, just my ideas, and let me recap

All 3 should be in game
-quiver of delayed returning (perhaps have a rare on of quick returning that only takes 7 seconds?)
-Quiver of infinite magical arrows of {insert type} with a mana cost and arrows are one-use
-Magical arrows of {type} adds some elemental effects, poison effects, or other effects (lets raise an army of undead to command using black arrows!!!  MWAHAHAHAHAHA... errr... right... so....)

thats it for my opinions, and if its a go i'll make the images for alllll the various types, in fact, i'd really like to see what i could do with "lightening arrows", especially if i made a new  in-flight images.  Flame arrows might be neat to make fly too...

Quivers of returning? get real, stop being lazy this is fundamentally the most realistic it can be as is.  Quiver of magical missles though eating mana to fire would however be a nice addition.  BUT then what is the difference between this and the spell? Magic missles = magic bullet.  what is the point unless it works with dex for a bonus  Anotherwords a specialized magic that is modified by both dex(accuracy) and Power (damage) ?

my thoughts anyhow...She Who Rocks

One point, if arrows go into bounty it means if someone else gets bounty then I lose my arrows...

also if ammo always returns it'd mean you'd only ever need 1 arrow unless some didn't return or something else was there to prevent that

you've got two good points here (although one of them is not originaly yours, but your post says it alll)

I start thinking that the arrow system is PERFECT the way it is