Short Bow Uselessness Fix

[TheStormrider]

<DIV>Ok,  so the other day I got a Wurm Destroyer Short Bow.  Only because i was going to rot.  No way would I want that bow in any situation that would cost me anything<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.  It has a higher damage rating than my raincaller and Darkfury,  so  I thought I would play with it for  a few minutes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It increased my arrow consumption by like, 40%,  and made me vulnerable to 2x as many ae's.  Its auto attack damage was pretty low,  albeit blazingly fast and even its crits were having problems hitting 2k.  My poisons were proccing less,  and factoring in double attack,  only hitting for 2x 1800 versus 2x 4500 it lowered my dps by about 200 pts over all.   Lets not forget the proc,  thats only good on one type of mob,  and better yet,  it does like 20 something damage x 3 or someting rediculous like that.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So why in the world would anyone want a short bow?  Decreased range,  decreased dps,  increased arrow consumption and then it hit me.  A way to make short bows actually usefull.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Remove the distance requirements on them.  Allow a ranger to be able to shoot it point blank range.  I mean,  hell it looks the size of a nerf bow. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It could be an aa line or something if need be,   or a buff/skill that cuts it down to .5 meters to 15 meters.  That or tie our ca's in to the speed of our bow. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As it is,  I see short bows as pretty useless.  Considering how easy the raincaller quest is,  is there really anyone out there that uses a short bow (outside of one that summons t8 ammo)?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   </DIV>

[Kaleyen]

Hey, the raincaller quest isn't easy for us T6 peoples. <div></div>

[Rexx Everythi]

<div></div>Whoa, that was a quick derail. The first response even. <span>:smileyvery-happy:</span>Getting back on topic... making shortbows usable from point blank range is a clever idea Stormrider, but I can see a couple of problems. In groups and raids a skilled ranger could still squeeze more dps out of a longbow by just moving in and out of archery range at the right times, like we do now. Seems like such a skill would mostly benefit us while soloing (or perhaps tanking for a group), when the mobs are up in our grill. Much as I would love to have that ability, if we could have our bow autoattack <i>and</i> our CA's work when face to face with mobs it would probably be totally overpowering. We've been down that road before with Stream of Arrows, and the subsequent fix/nerf.Still, I like the idea of having an AP that enhances shortbows in some way. The KoS AP lines work with specific melee weapon types, maybe there could be one for ranged weapon types in the future?As for the Wurm bow, I dunno since I don't have it, and honestly don't want it... even though I still don't have a decent T7 bow I've always passed on it and let the other fighters and scouts have it. Maybe that's the point: it's useful, just not for us. It has good stats at least, and the bards and assasins need something to do when fighting the Corsolander, hee. <span>:smileytongue:</span>(insert grumbling here about the easiest to get T7 fabled bow being nice for the<i> other</i> scouts, but not rangers)<div></div>

[Judist]

<P>You could give shortbows an AA or innate ability to double attack. Something  that puts the ranger in a bezerkerish mode where he goes nutz flinging arrows. Example:</P> <P><STRONG>Shortbow Fury</STRONG><BR>Maintained buff<BR> On successfull ranged attack has a 8% chance to cast Furious Assault on caster for 12 seconds<BR>    Caster will double attack on 100% of ranged attacks<BR>    Increases crit chance by 25%<BR>  If shortbow is equiped</P> <P>Downside is this would eat arrows, lots of em. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> And if you have one may as well have the other...</P> <P><STRONG>Longbow Accuracy</STRONG><BR>Maintained buff<BR>  On successful ranged attack has an 12% chance to cast Accruita on caster for 24 seconds<BR>     Increases ranged of caster by 35<BR>     Increases DPS of caster by 50<BR>  If longbow is equiped</P> <P>Just nifty suggestions. Would actually like to see more concentration buffs available for the ranger, and anything like these would be a good idea.</P> <P><SPAN class=time_text></SPAN> </P><p>Message Edited by BeatinGuts on <span class=date_text>01-04-2007</span> <span class=time_text>02:32 PM</span>