extinguishing torches with water arrows

[swordbreaker]

How it should be? Do water arrows work 100% correctly? I'm still having trouble on this.

[Springheel]

Aim slightly above the torch and let the water fall in it. Or, if it sticks out too far from the wall, you have to hit the base of the torch itself.

[New Horizon]

How it should be? Do water arrows work 100% correctly? I'm still having trouble on this.

 

What is your method? I usually find that hitting the torch bracket is most successful, or aiming above the torch slightly and letting the water splash rain down. The second approach is quite good for hanging ceiling lights.

[Sotha]

How it should be? Do water arrows work 100% correctly? I'm still having trouble on this.

 

You have two options really:

1. Aim directly at the flame. This is a bit more difficult one, since you have to hit exactly the correct spot. If you miss, your arrow will hit the wall behind the torch and the water does not splash on the fire: an arrow wasted
2. Aim somewhere above the the flame. When the arrow hits the ceiling, the water splash falls down on the flame. This is a bit more forgiving, but is difficult if there is no roof above the fire.

EDIT: removed some stuff from here.

[swordbreaker]

thanks all for quick answers.

 

 

my method is both. I usually prefer aiming above since it's more easy. However it doesn't work always on torches that are the on corner of the wall. I need to master hitting the torch bracket. I wish there was a training for this like in training mission.

[Professor Paul1290]

I mistake I used to make a lot when I'm in a hurry is not noticing the angle of the shot relative to the wall.

I try to hit just behind the torch on the wall it is mounted on, but since it's coming in at an angle the arrow hits off to the left or right of the torch rather than right behind it and doesn't do anything.

Now I always to remember to imagine a line going up from where the torch is attached to the wall so I know where I want to hit the wall.

[Glyph Seeker]

Does anyone else have slight trouble extinguishing the frobbable candles with water arrows? Guards don't seem to mind when I extinguish a torch in a room, but when I hit a candle the physics often make it fly noisily across a table and put them on full alert. x-D

[ungoliant]

imho candles should be pinched or avoided entirely. if this is impossible, aim your water arrow at the ceiling directly above the candle and shower it from above. very satisfying when you aim it correctly.

[Springheel]

Yes, you can pinch out candles by picking them up and hitting "use". Otherwise try having the arrow hit something near the candle but not the candle itself to avoid knocking it over.

[Glyph Seeker]

Ah yes - I /love/ pinching out candles - but there's been a couple of times when there's too many guards together in a close space for me to get close enough! I'm intrigued by the hint to shower the water droplets - I assumed that the water in TDM worked by being a "sphere" of influence rather than being true water. Very cool!