Bow question

[Pentarum]

Ok so My main is a SK and I got the longbow from Unrest for him. After playing with it a bit it really doesnt seem to be doing much damage. At least not the damage listed on the bow. Im seeing alot of 160-200 damage shots and I have 350 ranged skill. I had someone make me a bunch of the new modded arrows and it still doing garbage for damage. I see 1k crits rarely but It just doesnt seem to be doing the damage I would think it would. Also The mobs seem to parry and get missed way too much. Any advice?

[Prandtl]

<p>The primary way to increase how hard your autoattack hits is to buff strength.  As STR increases, both the low end and the high end are going to rise.  I recommend getting your ranged skill as high as you can, either by items or practice.  </p><p>As for parrys and misses... If you are fighting a brawler class mob, you will see alot of that.  The misses are either a function of the random number generator or the arrows you are using.  Which crafted arrows are you shooting?  There is a thread here about the field point arrows +% hit modifier possibly being borked..</p><p>I'd recommend getting Rain Caller via HQ, if you havent gotten it yet.  Always good to have two bows, just in case.</p>

[arieste]

unless you raid, i'd recommend getting bow of bylze from one of the early claymore quests, it's much better for a tank than either raincaller or the unrest bow, my zerker has critted up to 4k with it.

[Prandtl]

Oh yes!  I always forget about Blyze.  Has a long cast time and hits really hard.  I wish I hadn't accidentaly sold it

[Pentarum]

Ok probally need to raise my str more then. Ranged skill is already maxed and I tried all 3 of the Adamantine modded arrows and the damage just seemed broken compared to what /weaponstats says it should be. With Death March running it says its supposed to do 793-1850 or 486-1134 without yet I have trouble getting it to even do 400. Just seems odd. That was snare kiting mobs though to test it. So will see what happens from behind the mob on a raid.