Arrow and bow questions

[Avi N'dor]

Howdy!

I wonder... What exactly does the arrow accuracy affect? Hit/miss ratio or damage? Or both?

What about bow quality? Less fumbling, hit/miss ratio, range, damage or what?

Thanks for any info!

 

[Perplexed]

Whether you use broadhead, bodkin or blunt arrows effects damage, broadhead is X-Heavy dmg so u should always use them

Rough, standard and footed effects accuracy (footed = best)

Clout, standard and flight effects range (flight = longest)

When u can afford it try to always use footed flight broadhead arrows

%Qual on a bow effects the damage, anything below 100% quality will lower the effective dps. I think %bonus effects the miss rate but im not sure

 

[old.Atrox]

When you fight other players, if you have time to see if its a chain user or not, try to use Flight footed broadheads vs Cloth/leather/studded users, mainly mages and stealthers
and Flight footed Bodkins vs Chain/plate users

or if you hibs have any arrows like us middies, arrows with x-heavy dmg and thrust dmg

 

[Perplexed]

Lol, broadhead arrows will easy outdmg bodkin no matter what armor the opponent is wearing

We dont have any x-heavy dmg thrust arrows, bodkin is "medium" damage

 

[Avi N'dor]

Oki, thanks. I'd still like to question what is that accuracy modifier in the arrows? When it says "Accuracy improved" then whats is actually improved? My quess is just the hit/miss ratio.

My current affordable setup is flight broadhead arrows and a new crafted oaken great recurve bow (thanks to Jode!). I can now kill blues before they reach me and usually yellows too. Done a few oranges quite easily too so this ranger business is finally starting to pay off

 

[old.Atrox]

Perplex then I guess Im just lucky, when I hit for 20 - 40 more dmg on the same chain user when I tried slash dmg.

To bad the X-heavy slash arrows are OTD's here in mid

 

[Kobold]

Oki, thanks. I'd still like to question what is that accuracy modifier in the arrows? When it says "Accuracy improved" then whats is actually improved? My quess is just the hit/miss ratio.

yup, it's how often you miss. try to use the low accuracy on a few greens or something, then use the improved once, and i can garantee you will see big difference, cause fighting yellows (chainpulling-kill before get to you) you can't afford to mis much, specially not the crit shot

A good advice if you don't have enough cash to use the best arrows all the time is to use different arrows. First (maybe second too) shot you can use the best arrows and the best once just short range on the last shots...that way you will use much less cash on you're arrows. You will allways draw arrows from the upper stack in you're inventory, so just move the short ranged arrows up while aiming the first shot.....I done that the first lvls with my ranger, but now just using FFBs all the time (really advice all rangers to raise fletching to 500 to make arrows you're self)


Atrox: GRRR! It was like 4am at night a few dayes ago, and I just arrived to Mt.Collory to kill some Irewoods before I went to bed. But before I shot my first arrow you stabbed me in my back with a spear ....Poor little yatta! Btw you hunters are a bit uber class i think, you can use big spear with loads of damage, nice bows, stelthing and you can also charm mobs!! Sounds a bit wild to me.....but ehrm, think I make a nightshade after next patch so I can sense stelth and stab you down hehe

 

[old.Atrox]

Hehe I remember that 1, I had just got my lvl39 spear style
and went to Gorge to try it on a Hib. after 30min endless running around the gate, I went to MT. Collory, and there I see a little Luri...
swooch
"Yatta does not seem to be able to move"
w00t It worked, Gratz you were my first stun in DaoC

About Hunters, yes our melee are okish, can solo lowyellow con mobs with melee only, thou our bowdmg are low, and the pets are mostly used to distract, kill low cons, interrupt spells and remove Blade turn/quick cast. oh and til next patch hunt down stealthers.
ahh forgot 1. pull guards..

anyway, I'll stop by MT Collory next time I get something new, I have a new spear that I still havent tried..


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Are you THE Eternal ?!?!
the "Backstabbing dwarfs at the Glacier Giant" Eternal ? ?
If so where have you hided Time ?!? still havent got my revenge
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