E-Bow.. Worth it? - Final Fantasy XI :: Dreams in Vana'diel :: Community

Stanislav · 07-30-2004, 01:11 PM

Yesterday I lost the urge to level RDM after getting it to 24.. and already getting WHM and BLM to 37 with all spells including Erase. I also already bought all my RDM gear in advance.. Serket Ring.. Cloak.. the works and yesterday I had a brainstorm and it came to my attention that there is way to many RDMs and if I want a solo mage job I can just use NIN/WHM so I decided switch to ranger.

After I sell all my crap from RDM I will roughy have 4-5mil which is what E-bow is worth on our server now (Anyidea why the price went from 2 to 5 mil ><).

I noticed War Bow+1 has near similar stats to E-bow and most rangers use Othinus' Bow (xbow) 67+.

Is E-bow truely worth the investment or just use War Bow+1 till Othinus?

How much difference is there in damage between War Bow+1 and E-Bow?

Normally I would just buy the E-bow without asking this but since ranger is expensive to level maybe i should save a couple mil so I dont have to farm :confused:

2.0 · 07-30-2004, 04:03 PM

Short Answer: No.

Not so short Answer:The bow's "better than War Bow+1" good but it's not"spend 5 million gil and you still have to farm for supplies" good. It's arguably the best bow in the game.If you don't get it though don't worry. Besides if you want to do the most damage Muskateer Gun +1 and Silver Bullets are better anyway.

Deodorant · 08-01-2004, 09:23 AM

If you already have the gil for it there's no reason not to buy it, since you can always sell it back for (probably) no loss later on anyway.

greysenn · 08-01-2004, 11:05 AM

Kinda got to go with Deo here, cash flow obviously isn't a problem for you stanislav, I'd say get it.

Oh, and the price is a function of demand. E-bow has done that on most servers from what I've read lately, It'll probably go down eventually, as all of those rangers get towards the 70's. Got with whatever you can get it cheapest from the price trends on your server.

Hisdon · 08-01-2004, 08:19 PM

personally I don't think it's worth it, Sarnga or War Bow +1 would make fine subestutes for it....

Lilith · 08-02-2004, 10:36 AM

Ebow is overrated imo,its may be the best bow in terms of damage it can do,but once you get to 71,Mastercasters bow can hit as hard as an Ebow,and if you are from windurst,its even more accurate.But if you compare Ebow to Warbow+1 theres no denying that Ebow is way better.

l)@RK-l)EVIL · 08-02-2004, 10:45 AM

if you have the gil go ahead and buy it you will lose nothing cuz you can sell it bacl later

but this bow will be annoying when your lv is high cuz you cant use high lv arrows (bow lv 55 ;

so you have to sell it later

E-bow is not the best bow for rng at high lv but its the best bow from lv 55 to 71 DMG cap your max damage :sweat:

Azlar · 08-02-2004, 03:47 PM

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Originally posted by l)@RK-l)EVIL

but this bow will be annoying when your lv is high cuz you cant use high lv arrows (bow lv 55 ; so you have to sell it later

Last I checked, that isn't how it worked, since I remember distinctly using a Hunter's Longbow with Iron Arrows.

Anakron · 08-02-2004, 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by l)@RK-l)EVIL
but this bow will be annoying when your lv is high cuz you cant use high lv arrows (bow lv 55 ; so you have to sell it later

...what? I hope you're not saying that you can't use arrows whose levels are higher than that of the bow, because that definitely is not true.

sharlngan · 08-03-2004, 11:09 AM

lol ._. levle ur ranger above 5 before u say something like that daredevil lol

poweryoga · 08-03-2004, 01:35 PM

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lol ._. levle ur ranger above 5 before u say something like that daredevil lol

haha, totally agree.

E-bow is the best bow, period. There's no contest. Nothing else adds an obscene amount of +rattack, have a high base damage, AND str/agi bonuses.

Best Ranged weapon? Up to debate with O-bow/E-bow.

Best damage? Hellfire +1 and silver bullets/ cannon shells does the trick.

RangerDade · 08-03-2004, 02:37 PM

I have O and E bow, 9 out of 10 times E is better, ocassion like Undead or some things that Def down owns on O is better. IMHO MC Bow is too slow. For the highest pure dmg, culvrin + cannon shells, but its slower than molasses.

Navia · 08-03-2004, 03:00 PM

I'd go with strider boots before an e-bow, and just stick with +1 bows or guns.
Being able to run faster is worth more to me personally, especially if you are pulling the monsters when pt'ing or covering large areas farming tabars or something.

I really miss that fast nighttime ninja AF boot runspeed while playing other jobs :dead:

You could always sell the boots when you are high enough to actually use the e-bow.

2.0 · 08-03-2004, 03:26 PM

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Originally posted by RangerDade
I have O and E bow, 9 out of 10 times E is better, ocassion like Undead or some things that Def down owns on O is better. IMHO MC Bow is too slow. For the highest pure dmg, culvrin + cannon shells, but its slower than molasses.

Eurytos Bow delay 490

Master Caster's Bow delay 540

OH MY GOD!!!! The MC Bow is so slow!

Ok now that that's out of the way the delay isn't that bad now is it? This is the best bow in the game by the way. You can keep the +attack (which is useless) and the +3 str and agi (which are ok i guess) and i'll keep the accuracy( which is good) and the damage (which for any weapon is the most important thing)

RangerDade · 08-03-2004, 03:51 PM

no, what i mean is MC bow has a Dmg/Delay of 0.143 with no real worthwhile dmg mods (acc is nice but almost every other item slot goes to acc) E Bow has a Dmg/Delay of 0.145 with ends up being the same, but its bonus stats are much better.

if any1 was wondering

Ebow / demon arrow = 0.181
Obow/ holy bolt = 0.138*

*crossbow is hard to compare with because of acid bolt effect and +dmg on holy bolts, but on things those dont work on (i.e. HNMs and WS to an effect) Ebow crushes it