Ranger Bows

KnightOfTheWo · 07-18-2006, 09:56 PM

You'll have to forgive me if this has been posted elsewhere in a comprehensive form. But for those of you experienced, uber Rangers out there, is there a list or a link to one of the best Ranger bows, per tier? (Most likely starting with Tier 3.) Or if not the "best" bows (often subjective) maybe just a list of the top 3 bows per tier? This would include more than just fabled but also bows the non-raiding Ranger should be using. If I can get the information together I'll edit this post to update. :robothappy: Any thoughts?

Prandtl · 07-18-2006, 11:30 PM

Two bow list posts withing minutes of each other? You guys must think alike!

In any case, here are a few off the top of my head

T2 - Gregors Old Bow, from Gregor in Eldar Grove

T3 - One Eye Bow, quest from centaur in TS, near the western beach

Stormfire, from statue knight (starts with "V" i think) in first hallway of Stormhold.

T4 - Bloodlet/Sureshot, from greenhood quest series. Shadow on the Zek docks

T5 - I just went straight to an imbued cedar bow. Valon bow is a nice fabled drop

T6 - imbued Ironwood. Better then pretty much anything in the tier

Balerius · 07-19-2006, 01:28 AM

For T5, your fabled choices are the Valen Bow (off contested epic mobs) or the Jungle Bow (out of Spirits of the Lost raid zone). Your best bow for a non-raid reward would be the Soulsucker from Nektropos Castle the Return.

For T6: AFAIK, the only non-crafted bow in all of T6 is the fabled Darkfury Longbow from the Courts of Al'Afaz raid zone.

For T7, there are a number of fairly easy to get treasured and legendary bows that drop off trivial encounters.

Serventof Wrath · 07-19-2006, 06:41 PM

T7 non raiding dropped Splitscar bow in HoF

T7 quested Grizzfazzle quest starts in Bonemire and Ghostly Bow in SoS think claymore line or one of the other million side quests to do in there (SoS questing /shudders)

T7 raid dropped there are a few I have Wurm Destroyer (dropped in Labs) right now. And I have more dkp then the other ranger and I'm saving them for DT drops or Oblivion's Edge cause I like Katanas (rotten bard had more points then me last time it dropped /grumble)

T6 had imbued Ironwood

T5 had Imbued Cedar

T4 Sureshot quest bow stated above

now things get fuzzy....

I know I used Stormfire quested in Stormhold (before they changed the quest 4 days camping names FTL)

I know I had an imbued Bone Longbow and I know I used Gregor's never used the bow the guy gave me for progressing from a pred to a ranger tho it sucked.

Not sure when exactly i switched between gregor's/bone/stormfire but i know i was using the Sureshot from about lvl 33/35 ish until i got my imbued Cedar.

Lesca · 07-19-2006, 07:56 PM

As previously mentioned, T5 bow of choice is the fabled Valian. Seen that drop off the prismatic drakota in Firemyst Gully. Otherwise it's imbued cedar. I was also lucky enough to get a T4 fabled bow, Longbow of the Warmaster, from Zek. I carried that little baby around with me for a long time, and it served me well.

The only other good one was Stormfire for your early 30's. God that thing was a PITA to get. I lurked round Stormhold for what seemed like an eternity, long after everyone else in my guild had thrown in the towel...

snowbrdr093 · 07-20-2006, 02:20 AM

Here are some links of some of the better bows T5-T7 currently in game. I'll edit it later when I remember some more.T5: Valian bow- aITEM 1504480706 1489141495:Valian bow/a Jungle bow- aITEM 1279697206 1969558755:Jungle Bow/a The Soul Sucker- aITEM -1611581561 -614115599:The Soul Sucker/a Bow of the Proven- aITEM 664146677 1896021945:Bow of the Proven/a Yew Bow- aITEM 1172403074 -1922645907 SMILEY

ristine Conditioned Yew Long Bow/aT6: Darkfury Longbow- aITEM 1496811937 1921572672 SMILEY

arkfury Longbow/a SMILEY

T7: Bazkul the Soulseeker- aITEM -860359341 -1487356328:Bazkul the Soulseeker/a Ichorstrand- aITEM 1602270054 776770987:Ichorstrand/a Ancestral Sarnak War Bow- aITEM 1751552911 1509245991:Ancestral Sarnak War Bow/a Wurm Destroyer Bow- aITEM 241957019 -1985570636:Wurm Destroyer Bow/a Dragonhorn Recurve- aITEM -817444019 -153965650 SMILEY

ragonhorn Recurve/a Bow of the Flapping Wing- aITEM -479409582 -1936296547:Bow of the Flapping Wing/a Bow of Firanvious Fury- aITEM 1924527163 -818604875:Bow of Firanvious Fury/a Sinew Wrapped Longbow- aITEM -1530641834 1200557888:Sinew Wrapped Longbow/a Grizzfazzle's Bow- aITEM 1208069382 1213685821:Grizzfazzle's Bow/a

Mirdo · 07-20-2006, 12:09 PM

Some T7 bow info in this thread:

http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=39&message.id=32476&query.id=409109#M32476

Mirdo.

Teksun · 07-20-2006, 04:28 PM

I could have SWORN I got a bow from some chick in Willow Wood. I had to kill hawks which was a pain with out the bow (bought a cheap one for the quest). Does that jar any memories?

BSbon · 07-20-2006, 07:38 PM

Teksun wrote:
I could have SWORN I got a bow from some chick in Willow Wood. I had to kill hawks which was a pain with out the bow (bought a cheap one for the quest). Does that jar any memories?

well, gregor does have long hair. that was gregor's old bow quest. he needed the feathers to make arrows.

Prandtl · 07-20-2006, 07:48 PM

That was the Willow Wood Bow of Service. I loved that bow!

http://eq2.ogaming.com/db/items/WillowWoodBowofService.php

Quest reward for Balance of Nature

Gareorn · 07-20-2006, 08:14 PM

Prandtl wrote:

That was the Willow Wood Bow of Service. I loved that bow!

http://eq2.ogaming.com/db/items/WillowWoodBowofService.php

Quest reward for Balance of Nature

Thank you Prandtl! I wanted to answer this, but couldn't remember it. The WWBS (back then, not sure if it's been nerfed) was awesome.

BSbon · 07-21-2006, 09:12 PM

Prandtl wrote:

That was the Willow Wood Bow of Service. I loved that bow!

http://eq2.ogaming.com/db/items/WillowWoodBowofService.php

Quest reward for Balance of Nature

oops. that one too. SMILEY

KnightOfTheWo · 07-25-2006, 10:26 AM

Wow! Thanks all, it's hard to find this sort of thing. If/when possible, I'll edit my post. :smileyhappy:

Wil81115 · 07-26-2006, 01:07 AM

one more T7 fabled bow.. drops from the Cube mobs in Bonemire

aITEM -951337371 1497512947:Recurved Heartstinger/a

i have this one, it does nice dmg, like the proc to..:smileyhappy:

Jerana · 07-26-2006, 02:27 AM

My browser hates me - please forgive the triple post!!!!

Message Edited by Jerana on 07-25-200603:30 PM

Message Edited by Jerana on 07-25-2006 03:30 PM

Jerana · 07-26-2006, 02:27 AM

Stormfire was

Jerana · 07-26-2006, 02:29 AM

Stormfire was the first bow I paid any attention to. I seriously loved that bow and probably used for longer than I should. My only wish was that SOE would have made that item placable so that I could put it in the house and look at it from time to time SMILEY

Teksun · 07-26-2006, 04:21 PM

Prandtl wrote:

That was the Willow Wood Bow of Service. I loved that bow!

http://eq2.ogaming.com/db/items/WillowWoodBowofService.php

Quest reward for Balance of Nature

/WHOOP thanks, That was it SMILEY

Nice try Bongo, thanks anyway SMILEY

TaleraRis · 07-26-2006, 07:25 PM

snowbrdr093 wrote:
Yew Bow- aITEM 1172403074 -1922645907ristine Conditioned Yew Long Bow/a

Is this crafted? I know normal for T5 is teak and rare is cedar. Never seen yew.

snowbrdr093 · 07-27-2006, 03:21 AM

It was from fabled craftable drops in T5, I'm not sure if they still drop but I believe I got mine in the daily Antonica instance.

Wil81115 · 07-29-2006, 03:02 PM

The yew bow was a combination of a Severed Cedar, Yew Glaze, and the rest of the parts to make a cedar bow.

The recipes(Secrets of the Woodworker Volume 40) were raid only droped as well as the Yew Glaze.

That bow kicked butt in T5 my ranja loved it :smileyhappy:

Its a shame they removed all the "Secrets" reicpes.. i sure hope they removed the items from the mobs loot tables as well, really sucks when you kill a raid mob and get a crap loot that noone can use, in any way, shape or form.. :smileysad:

07-18-2006, 09:56 PM	#1
KnightOfTheWo General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 304	You'll have to forgive me if this has been posted elsewhere in a comprehensive form. But for those of you experienced, uber Rangers out there, is there a list or a link to one of the best Ranger bows, per tier? (Most likely starting with Tier 3.) Or if not the "best" bows (often subjective) maybe just a list of the top 3 bows per tier? This would include more than just fabled but also bows the non-raiding Ranger should be using. If I can get the information together I'll edit this post to update. :robothappy: Any thoughts? __________________

07-18-2006, 11:30 PM	#2
Prandtl Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 474	Two bow list posts withing minutes of each other? You guys must think alike! In any case, here are a few off the top of my head T2 - Gregors Old Bow, from Gregor in Eldar Grove T3 - One Eye Bow, quest from centaur in TS, near the western beach Stormfire, from statue knight (starts with "V" i think) in first hallway of Stormhold. T4 - Bloodlet/Sureshot, from greenhood quest series. Shadow on the Zek docks T5 - I just went straight to an imbued cedar bow. Valon bow is a nice fabled drop T6 - imbued Ironwood. Better then pretty much anything in the tier __________________

07-19-2006, 07:56 PM	#5
Lesca Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 191	As previously mentioned, T5 bow of choice is the fabled Valian. Seen that drop off the prismatic drakota in Firemyst Gully. Otherwise it's imbued cedar. I was also lucky enough to get a T4 fabled bow, Longbow of the Warmaster, from Zek. I carried that little baby around with me for a long time, and it served me well. The only other good one was Stormfire for your early 30's. God that thing was a PITA to get. I lurked round Stormhold for what seemed like an eternity, long after everyone else in my guild had thrown in the towel... __________________

07-20-2006, 02:20 AM	#6
snowbrdr093 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 43	Here are some links of some of the better bows T5-T7 currently in game. I'll edit it later when I remember some more.T5: Valian bow- aITEM 1504480706 1489141495:Valian bow/a Jungle bow- aITEM 1279697206 1969558755:Jungle Bow/a The Soul Sucker- aITEM -1611581561 -614115599:The Soul Sucker/a Bow of the Proven- aITEM 664146677 1896021945:Bow of the Proven/a Yew Bow- aITEM 1172403074 -1922645907ristine Conditioned Yew Long Bow/aT6: Darkfury Longbow- aITEM 1496811937 1921572672arkfury Longbow/a T7: Bazkul the Soulseeker- aITEM -860359341 -1487356328:Bazkul the Soulseeker/a Ichorstrand- aITEM 1602270054 776770987:Ichorstrand/a Ancestral Sarnak War Bow- aITEM 1751552911 1509245991:Ancestral Sarnak War Bow/a Wurm Destroyer Bow- aITEM 241957019 -1985570636:Wurm Destroyer Bow/a Dragonhorn Recurve- aITEM -817444019 -153965650ragonhorn Recurve/a Bow of the Flapping Wing- aITEM -479409582 -1936296547:Bow of the Flapping Wing/a Bow of Firanvious Fury- aITEM 1924527163 -818604875:Bow of Firanvious Fury/a Sinew Wrapped Longbow- aITEM -1530641834 1200557888:Sinew Wrapped Longbow/a Grizzfazzle's Bow- aITEM 1208069382 1213685821:Grizzfazzle's Bow/a __________________ Rhazx

07-20-2006, 04:28 PM	#8
Teksun Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,048	I could have SWORN I got a bow from some chick in Willow Wood. I had to kill hawks which was a pain with out the bow (bought a cheap one for the quest). Does that jar any memories? __________________ Nerf the Hobbits

07-19-2006, 01:28 AM	#3
Balerius Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 259	For T5, your fabled choices are the Valen Bow (off contested epic mobs) or the Jungle Bow (out of Spirits of the Lost raid zone). Your best bow for a non-raid reward would be the Soulsucker from Nektropos Castle the Return. For T6: AFAIK, the only non-crafted bow in all of T6 is the fabled Darkfury Longbow from the Courts of Al'Afaz raid zone. For T7, there are a number of fairly easy to get treasured and legendary bows that drop off trivial encounters.

07-19-2006, 06:41 PM	#4
Serventof Wrath Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 170	T7 non raiding dropped Splitscar bow in HoF T7 quested Grizzfazzle quest starts in Bonemire and Ghostly Bow in SoS think claymore line or one of the other million side quests to do in there (SoS questing /shudders) T7 raid dropped there are a few I have Wurm Destroyer (dropped in Labs) right now. And I have more dkp then the other ranger and I'm saving them for DT drops or Oblivion's Edge cause I like Katanas (rotten bard had more points then me last time it dropped /grumble) T6 had imbued Ironwood T5 had Imbued Cedar T4 Sureshot quest bow stated above now things get fuzzy.... I know I used Stormfire quested in Stormhold (before they changed the quest 4 days camping names FTL) I know I had an imbued Bone Longbow and I know I used Gregor's never used the bow the guy gave me for progressing from a pred to a ranger tho it sucked. Not sure when exactly i switched between gregor's/bone/stormfire but i know i was using the Sureshot from about lvl 33/35 ish until i got my imbued Cedar.

07-20-2006, 12:09 PM	#7
Mirdo Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 395	Some T7 bow info in this thread: http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=39&message.id=32476&query.id=409109#M32476 Mirdo.

07-20-2006, 07:38 PM	#9
BSbon General Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 605	Teksun wrote: I could have SWORN I got a bow from some chick in Willow Wood. I had to kill hawks which was a pain with out the bow (bought a cheap one for the quest). Does that jar any memories? well, gregor does have long hair. that was gregor's old bow quest. he needed the feathers to make arrows. __________________ Click Here for Amazing Superteam Comics updated Tuesday and Thursday " width="360" height="81">

07-20-2006, 07:48 PM	#10
Prandtl Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 474	That was the Willow Wood Bow of Service. I loved that bow! http://eq2.ogaming.com/db/items/WillowWoodBowofService.php Quest reward for Balance of Nature __________________

07-20-2006, 08:14 PM	#11
Gareorn Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,144	Prandtl wrote: That was the Willow Wood Bow of Service. I loved that bow! http://eq2.ogaming.com/db/items/WillowWoodBowofService.php Quest reward for Balance of Nature Thank you Prandtl! I wanted to answer this, but couldn't remember it. The WWBS (back then, not sure if it's been nerfed) was awesome. __________________ Leader of the vast right-wing conspiricy... Hiding from the world's smartest woman in a bunker under a Hooter's restaurant.

07-21-2006, 09:12 PM	#12
BSbon General Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 605	Prandtl wrote: That was the Willow Wood Bow of Service. I loved that bow! http://eq2.ogaming.com/db/items/WillowWoodBowofService.php Quest reward for Balance of Nature oops. that one too. __________________ Click Here for Amazing Superteam Comics updated Tuesday and Thursday " width="360" height="81">

07-25-2006, 10:26 AM	#13
KnightOfTheWo General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 304	Wow! Thanks all, it's hard to find this sort of thing. If/when possible, I'll edit my post. :smileyhappy: __________________

07-26-2006, 01:07 AM	#14
Wil81115 Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 88	one more T7 fabled bow.. drops from the Cube mobs in Bonemire aITEM -951337371 1497512947:Recurved Heartstinger/a i have this one, it does nice dmg, like the proc to..:smileyhappy:

07-26-2006, 02:27 AM	#15
Jerana Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 18	My browser hates me - please forgive the triple post!!!! Message Edited by Jerana on 07-25-200603:30 PM Message Edited by Jerana on 07-25-2006 03:30 PM __________________

07-26-2006, 02:27 AM	#16
Jerana Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 18	Stormfire was __________________

07-26-2006, 02:29 AM	#17
Jerana Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 18	Stormfire was the first bow I paid any attention to. I seriously loved that bow and probably used for longer than I should. My only wish was that SOE would have made that item placable so that I could put it in the house and look at it from time to time __________________

07-26-2006, 04:21 PM	#18
Teksun Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,048	Prandtl wrote: That was the Willow Wood Bow of Service. I loved that bow! http://eq2.ogaming.com/db/items/WillowWoodBowofService.php Quest reward for Balance of Nature /WHOOP thanks, That was it Nice try Bongo, thanks anyway __________________ Nerf the Hobbits

07-26-2006, 07:25 PM	#19
TaleraRis Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 2,083	snowbrdr093 wrote: Yew Bow- aITEM 1172403074 -1922645907ristine Conditioned Yew Long Bow/a Is this crafted? I know normal for T5 is teak and rare is cedar. Never seen yew. __________________ Gwyneth Lecarde 90 Warty Arrow Flinger 90 Sword Shiner Najena Morgasand Ka'Bael 54 Roswellian Mind Scrambler 87 Shield Polisher Najena

07-27-2006, 03:21 AM	#20
snowbrdr093 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 43	It was from fabled craftable drops in T5, I'm not sure if they still drop but I believe I got mine in the daily Antonica instance. __________________ Rhazx

07-29-2006, 03:02 PM	#21
Wil81115 Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 88	The yew bow was a combination of a Severed Cedar, Yew Glaze, and the rest of the parts to make a cedar bow. The recipes(Secrets of the Woodworker Volume 40) were raid only droped as well as the Yew Glaze. That bow kicked butt in T5 my ranja loved it :smileyhappy: Its a shame they removed all the "Secrets" reicpes.. i sure hope they removed the items from the mobs loot tables as well, really sucks when you kill a raid mob and get a crap loot that noone can use, in any way, shape or form.. :smileysad: