Idea for bows: stacking charge shot

[(XBOX)KayAitch]

Bows have a charged shot. Sometimes firing with incomplete charge is a weaker shot, and some bows don't fire at all unless fully charged.

With one exception (the Bramma) bows are a bit unloved. For single target damage snipers are nearly always better, and get a combo mechanic on top.

So an idea for bows: if you fully charge a shot and keep holding you get a tick (dependent on fire rate) and then it charges again. If you fire with 2 charges you get 2 arrows, keep holding for 3 charges and 3 arrows. These additional arrows only fire if fully charged, so 1.5 charges fires 1 fully charged shot.

This wouldn't really change DPS - firing 3 times or charging 3x would take the same amount of time, but the latter would have much higher burst damage. This would give bows a niche particularly with bosses with damage phases, and make them even better suited to stealth takedowns (where you have more time to take your shot)

The max number of stacked charges would vary by bow - Bramma and probably Lenz would have 0, Daiku and Dread 3, Paris and Cernos 5. Cernos Prime wouldn't get more spread, the additional arrows would stack.

Artemis bow would be a special case, as charging it just changes the arrow spread direction, so I'd give it up to 5x charges but alternate horizontal and vertical spread.

Potentially new mods could increase this mechanic.