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we had a thread about this a while back. I don't think anyone really figured it out. I don't even notice it. Are your weapons on your back or at your side, that might make a difference.

Hmm... It's been a long time since I've used a bow (/cry), but I could have sworn that my quiver only displayed when I had my bow visibly in my hand. I forget what the default button is to get your weapon out, but I'm hitting Z to toggle it.

(sorry if this is a double post)

It wont ever display when you are just standing around. It only ever displayed (at least to my knowledge) when I was actively firing my bow. It would remain visible after combat, but if I did anything (loot, talk to NPC etc) it would disappear again.

I've been wondering about this myself and I think the answer is that the quiver being displayed is determined by the specific weapon being used and not just the type. Just to confirm my suspicions I made a new hunter and mailed the starter bow to my main. Sure enough I was able to see my Nerubian Reinforced Quiver for the first time.

Off topic, but a lvl 76 mob goes down surprisingly fast even with a lvl 1 bow and my pet still couldn't hold aggro.

I remember seeing my quiver all of the time in vanilla wow, less so in TBC and not at all so far in WotLK. It's a shame too since I used to love that there was actually an animation of reaching into the quiver to reload in between shots. Oh well, quivers are going to be obsolete soon so it doesn't really matter anymore.

Running around SW earlier I noticed my quiver on my back. It was good.

I had not been in combat for over 15 minutes, did not had my bow in hand and my staff was also on my back.

I then remembered this thread.

So I run outside and start shooting stuff, the quiver remains. It was good.

Throughout the time my hunter was logged on his quiver remained on his back for all to see. It was good.

I picked up a cheap quiver off the AH today--just having it in my bags, it's showing up for me. This is fun and awesome, and now I'm tempted to try and find out what they all look like. (I must say though, I do quite like the look of this one.)

I can see being upset about not being able to see quivers, if that was the case, but I'm not sure why you'd miss the mechanic? We only have to give up 2-3 spaces in a bag now, which is not too bad given that very large bags are readily available.

Edited, Apr 18th 2009 1:30pm by isyris

That would be neat, on the other hand being able to mix and match is pretty cool too (esp for those who have that epic quiver).

Ah, okay--I guess I just misunderstood you. That would definitely have been neat. :)

0.o

I didn't even think of that. I haven't spec'd quivers after glimpsing over a thread stating they're fairly worthless due to arrows stacking in bags and no haste. Is 28 slots the largest quiver? And, would you recommend that to all level including lowbie like me with our 8 slot quiver? I *think* at my station at lvl 18 the bag space is more valuable--hence no quiver--at least, so it seems right now considering the vast amounts of murloc eyes, okra, hops, and various other bits of vendor trash I'm selling off.

Any thoughts?

Considering the length of time it would take you to use that many arrows, you'll be going to town to sell greys way way way before that happens. You're better off using 10 slots for arrows and have more bag space imo.