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10:36 PMWould someone be willing to give me a general idea on the difference of the bows and crossbows? For example, which does more damage, why, and all that stuff. Does a Composite bow hit harder then a heavy crossbow? That type of thing. I've been searching and can't seem to find any info on the various types.

Thanks in advance!
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11:24 PM<< For example, which does more damage, why, and all that stuff. >>

You can find that very info 2 posts down in my post that outlines the damage factors of various bows.

A more indepth analysis however would take some time, but if you just want a general idea check out the post on damage factors.

- Lord Kranar, human Archerwizard reg

12:42 AMKranar posted:
The following is a table of damage factors using the various bows:
BowDMF Skin Soft Scal Chain Plate
HeavyB .425 .325 .375 .285 .175
Light-B .350 .300 .325 .275 .150
Short-B .325 .225 .275 .250 .100
Compo .350 .300 .325 .275 .150
Long B .400 .325 .350 .300 .175

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So basically the damage a bow/crossbow goes in this order: Heavy Crossbow, Long Bow, Composite and Light Crossbow tie for last. Alright, got it. Thank you for letting me know, I didn't even see your other topic about this.

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08:18 AMI got some questions bout bows and crossbows.

For crossbows, is it possible to get a cocking rt lower than 6 seconds? I been playing my friends 7 train halfling rogue archer, his cocking time is between 6-10 seconds when unencumbered.

For longbows, my friends halfling archer has a 91 strength, 0 bonus. His firing rt with a long bow is 6 seconds. Will this ever go down? What affects the rt, is it ranged ranks, strength stat, dex and reflex?

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08:58 AM
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Originally posted by Fralcon:
For longbows, my friends halfling archer has a 91 strength, 0 bonus. His firing rt with a long bow is 6 seconds. Will this ever go down? What affects the rt, is it ranged ranks, strength stat, dex and reflex?

I do believe strength bonus has something to do with long bow RT. My archer has a strength of 71 with a bonus of a whopping 1 has a 7 RT for her long bow. However when I have someone cast strength on her, she's down to 5. I'm hoping that once her strength gets into the 90's her RT will reduce. reg

03:24 PM Every 10 strength bonus takes off 1 second of roundtime with a bow. Also the minimum cocking roundtime for a heavy crossbow is 6 seconds, and I think 3 for a light one.

A halfling rogue archer with a 0 strength bonus is the same as one with a 5 strength bonus. However, with a 5 strength bonus, if you have the spell Strength on, it adds +15 for a total of +20 which takes off 2 seconds as opposed to 0.

A long bow's base roundtime is 7 seconds so with that spell on and a 100 in strength, a halfling's minimum long bow roundtime is 5 seconds without aiming. A composite bow would be 1 more second off, and a short bow would be 2 more seconds off compared to a long bow. Let's also not forget that Phoen's Strength adds a +10 bonus as well for another 1 second off firing time.

- Pudgee
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03:38 PM<< Alright, got it. Thank you for letting me know, I didn't even see your other topic about this. >>

I will be doing a more indepth analysis that takes into account the +50 AS bonus from a crossbow, round time to consider damage rates, and AvDs. Just give me some time and I'll have the information available.

- Lord Kranar, human Archwizard reg