Bow Comparison and AF Attributes

[Thylteev]

I have two seperate questions. The first being the well known Hunter's Longbow vs. Powerbow +1 question. Do you really think either one is better than the other? I see them as being pretty equal, really. The Powerbow +1 has better damage, while the Hunter's Longbow has better accuracy and is quicker. I'll state right now that I'm a woodworker and I'm not concerned with getting a longer delay bows to save arrows, since I can make them pretty darn cheaply, if at any cost at all.

My second question concerns the Artifact Armor, and it is twofold. Firstly, where could I go to see the stats of the armor pieces? I've been referred to a Japanese site, but I don't understand Japanese. Also, and I'm sure I'll understand this better when I see the stats, why does everybody say the AF bow sucks? What is so bad about it or what other bow is so good that it makes this one look so bad? Is it the Eurotes (sp?) bow? I'm not sure what the level of the AF bow is compared to this one, so I don't even know if comparing them is valid.

Concerning the Eurotes (sp again?) bow, there is just no way I can ever see myself being to afford a 2 million gil piece of equipment. Anything at that price is overpriced to me. Which NM in San d'Oria can I get it from, how often does it spawn, and how camped is it? I have heard that you can get the bow with conquest points in Windurst. Which rank, and how much? Thanks for your time.

[nekote]

Ranger AF stats are:

Bow: D27 Delay 360 AGI+4 Lv41 - bow skill increase

Head: def+ 21 HP+13 INT+3 ranged weapon attack +5 Lv54 - rapid shot ratio up

Body: def+41 HP+20 VIT+3 ranged weapon accuracy +10 Lv58 -hunting camouflage effective rise

Hands: def+10 HP+10 DEX+3 resistance darkness +10 Lv52 - hunting shadow sewing effective rise

Feet: def+ 12 HP+10 AGI+4 HP+5 Lv60 - scavenger effectiveness rise

Legs: def+ 27 HP+15 MND+5 Lv56 - sharpshooting ability up

As you can see the AF Bow is not the best bow you can have at lvl 40, the Battle Bow+1 is. Its good for camping and pulling maybe but thats it.

Eurytos Bow is dropped by Eastern Shadow in Fei Yin. If I remember correctly hes a lvl 65 mob and he pops every 24hrs.

[Thylteev]

Wait, the bow has "bow skill increase" on it? What exactly does that mean? To what degree? If it's that vague how do we know that the Battle Bow +1 is better? The "bow skill increase" could actually be much better than the Battle Bow +1 stats for all we know if it's really that vague. Is it?

[Trimpton]

Dmg Vs. Speed

Ok to answer you question about the dmg vs speed quest. You do not want to choose speed over dmg. Its quite simple, its not about waste of arrows, its not that you shoot more often its your abilites. Most of your abilites are about unloading 1 arrow and multiplying the dmg. So you want the highest dmg you can get out of a single arrows.

Think about the dmg you would get out of a great bow vs that of a speed or assiasin bow.

Eagle Eye Shot - 3x Accuracy 3x Dmg
Sidewinder - 4x Dmg Tp varrying accuracy
Barrage - Shoot 4-5 shots (basically 1 shot on screen)

Speed does not matter when it comes to abilites its all about the dmg of your bow+arrow.

AF vs Battle Bow + 1

Dont be suprised that the AF is a complete waste. Look at the stats on the armor, if you know your stuff you know know that 2agi = 1 ranged accuracy, 2str = 1 ranged attack, 2dex = 1 melee accuracy, mind and int effect spell casting abilites.

AF Stats -

Bow: D27 Delay 360 AGI+4 Lv41 - bow skill increase

Head: def+ 21 HP+13 INT+3 ranged weapon attack +5 Lv54 - rapid shot ratio up

Body: def+41 HP+20 VIT+3 ranged weapon accuracy +10 Lv58 -hunting camouflage effective rise

Hands: def+10 HP+10 DEX+3 resistance darkness +10 Lv52 - hunting shadow sewing effective rise

Feet: def+ 12 HP+10 AGI+4 HP+5 Lv60 - scavenger effectiveness rise

Legs: def+ 27 HP+15 MND+5 Lv56 - sharpshooting ability up


Look at these stats, 1 item givees us stats we actually use the rest are nice because they add def. and hp.. other than that they are a complete waste. Then agian this isnt much of a surprise because our armor in general is gimped. We are stuck with the spellcasting classes armor but they havent made a single robe that gives us stats we need, we are grouped with scale witch gives us CTR which is nice but we dont get any gimbison/armor that gives us +ratk and +racc no they give that to the tanks (WAR/PLD/DRK). So dont be surprised about the Gimp AF and the fact that we have no JSE. Hopefully they will atleast give us stats we need with JSE if we ever do recieve it.

Anyways the bow compared to the Battle Bow + 1 is terrible, I have shot them both to play with them Iam currently using a battle bow + 1 getting close to 50 for my switch to War bow + 1.




Hope this helps.

[Thylteev]

I'm asking, though, how can we quantify "Bow skill increase"?

[Trimpton]

Like I said I compared by shooting both using skills etc.

From what I concluded:

Battle Bow + 1 > AF Bow