Looking for an xBow

Dumoss · Post by **Dumoss** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 2:36 pm

Thatâ€™s right, I am converting Ranger II into an xbow char.

3 reasons...

1. Less skill credits required.
2. More damage per hit.
3. Same speed as bow.

So I am looking for a 290 required xbow with a low work, low value and would like AR on it already.

Just let me know what you got, and what you are asking for.

Thanks in advance.

Dumoss · Post by **Dumoss** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 4:55 pm

Town Crier · Post by **Town Crier** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:02 pm

I am planning on dropping xbow off of TC, I have a couple of nice imblued xbows that I would trade for similar level staffs.

luang · Post by **luang** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:48 pm

Ranger, I have some xbows - if you see me ingame, give me a tell.

Dumoss · Post by **Dumoss** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 6:54 pm

Thanks TC, problem is I don't have a staff char. thus never created any imbued staffs.

Luang, thanks, I will look for you.

Podunkmer · Post by **Podunkmer** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:51 pm

Be prepared, the animation speed isn't quite the same. Also, running around doing start-stop with xbow can get a little frustrating.

Hits like a bazooka though.

thray · Post by **thray** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 3:14 am

i got a bunch i was going to auction off soon i'm still looking for decent bow to imbue with the new renders or sings..i got 3 186 1 150+15 mod and a 145+11 major bt all AR which i'm contemplating of using soon :p

Jothony of Eastham · Post by **Jothony of Eastham** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 8:07 am

I don't know if they tweaked the speed on Xbow recently. Couple patches ago, I took my bow and xbow guys out and timed fire rate with a stopwatch. That was at full accuracy to make it easier to count. The xbow only put out 3/4 as many shots per min as the bow, but the bow only averaged 3/4 as much damage as the xbow. The damage calculation was a fair bit less precise than the timing though. Didn't chart damage from each hit and do an average, just watched screen and judged from there.

My conclusion was that they pretty close to equal over long term. In the short term, the xbow one-hits a lot more stuff than the bow. Makes a big diff on things like hi level wisps, where you really want to knock em down quick before they start casting on you. And with a mage vulning, you can take out a LOT of critters with one hit.

The animation does take some getting used to. If you start running from a critter that has almost killed you, you DON'T try to go into war mode while you're running hehe. You definitely develope good habits about when you go into and out of war mode.

The difference in skill credit cost makes the xbow the better deal in my opinion. I've played it for over 6 months now, love it.

Have Cannon, Will Travel

Og Astarte · Post by **Og Astarte** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 11:26 pm

well really the bow would prolly be more expensive then if it takes more arrows to do the same damage.

ohya i also have a nice no wield xbow 142% with 15%? 250 wield CB xbow like 145% with 10% melee and i think its a 113% no wield CB bow for trade

just let me know