Crafted bow delays

[Monkums]

<p>Has anyone else noticed the change in bow delays since GU61?  Both the crafted longbow and shortbow now have a 9.0 second delay.  I'm new to the class, playing just as an alt, but can anyone give me some guidance on how this will affect me as a lowbie?  It seems to be detrimental since I don't have items with haste to speed up my auto-attack nor do I have enough combat arts to fill in the time between auto-attacks.</p><p>Also, it doesn't make an ounce of sense to me as to why Rangers cannot cast their bow CAs on the move. Every other class I play can cast CAs on the move. Isn't this a class that needs to be mobile to survive while soloing?</p><p>Thanks in advance for your help. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[GussJr]

<p><cite>Monkums wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Also, it doesn't make an ounce of sense to me as to why Rangers cannot cast their bow CAs on the move. Every other class I play can cast CAs on the move. Isn't this a class that needs to be mobile to survive while soloing?</p></blockquote><p>Welcome to the class. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p>

[boondoggle]

<p>Since I've returned, I've noticed the short bows and long bows have the same "ranged distance" (35m)???</p><p>Are there no 45m bows anymore?</p>

[Tylis]

<p>Yeah, since 61 the short and long bows are the same except for the stats.  Longbows are str/sta with +hate  and short are agi/sta.  Range, delay and DPS and damage range are all the same now.</p>

[boondoggle]

<p>I guess they don't understand the mechanics of what a long bow and a short bow are!</p><p>In the past, I'd give up a little DPS for that extra 10m! Oh well!</p>