The OP won’t listen to what anybody say my friend, while I can barely understand what he says due to the poor English that you rightfully mentioned, what I can salvage from his words and conclude based on them and his arguments in the posts from other people replying to him, is that this guy is just a terrible bow player.
Just like you said, the bow is pretty mobile and this doesn’t have anything to do with rapier, you get a speed boost when you switch weapons like you said, but as a bow user you have 3 speed boosts in total (dodge and weave for 10%, Archers speed for 10% and Go the Distance for 15% if your talented on evade shot) which make you pretty mobile, you basically have a speed boost the whole time while moving around and being mobile doesn’t just mean being the best at scaping but also at roaming around the map which makes you better at searching targets and not letting people scape from you.
This guy mentions he does 2k damage with his bow, I don’t know what the hell he is shooting at or what bow he is using, but I’ve done 7k+ to geared light armor users, 4.5k+ to geared med armor users and the usual 800-1.6k to fully committed tanks with full con and 5 str, and by geared I mean 590+ GS, while I’m currently running 100 con and 350 dex with a 599 vicious/keenly jagged bow and light armor.
The bow is by no means a weak weapon, it’s a joke calling it like that, what exists is unskilled bow users who lands 1 shot every 20 arrows and by the time they land a second shot, their enemy is already at full health, at melee range, or the bow user is already death, I believe OP belongs to this kind of user, perhaps he is trying to play the game like the typical FPS where you can dive in with a gun and kill everybody with 3 shots before they notice you are there and this is clearly not that kind of game.
I guess you didnt read the entire list of reasons why dex has more mobility over every other class you just cherrypicked the 10% and commented on that but ok. if you cant consistantly hit bow shots that deal 1.5-2.5k damage every 2 seconds I think its a gear/aiming issue
I don’t have BiS bow or even close and I’m hitting pretty dang hard in PVP with my bow. I think w/ food I’m sitting at 432~ Dex. Oh and my bow isn’t lvl 20 yet.
Because it is a mechanic… I suppose it’s a matter of perspective which is why I framed it as my opinion. I would consider for instance the ability to break through a wall of a fort or shake your window to avoid damage… exploits. Using the games combat mechanics to their maximum potential I don’t consider exploiting.
Essentially because you can jump after an attack(I don’t know if this can be done on other weapons) that probably is intended for various reasons. Using it continuously probably wasn’t, but actually it doesn’t reduce the time between one shot and the next. I’ve tested it… It does allow you to move out of the animation faster though allowing you to remain more mobile.
Ultimately though it doesn’t matter why I don’t consider it an exploit. I have already expressed I don’t think it should be in the game. If that is a sentiment you disagree with I’d be happy to discuss it. I got the impression you did agree though…
Just Give us a Makro Button to have a whole set of armor on one click! IM TIRED of trying to find pieces of armor all around it’s disgustingly tiring! im relaxing at home off work to chill not to be frustrated… TOO MANY PIECES OF ARMOR AND WEAPONS make the game stupid…
keep it simple please… u old heads xD
Bow weak ? seriously ? I cant even cath up to a light bow user with a ga unless I play a certain build and even than they can kite the shit out of me without any problem … Bow arnt weak… they have the most mouvement speed with the haste … + 90% of them play with rapier wich move out of grav well with Evade and Fleche … so litterally impossible to catch …
oh we playing a 50 vs 50 battle? or 1 vs 1 is relevant for a war discussion? aahh sry not my fault that you are last place in your wars with bow. Even when you use it single target only you still have a second weapon with you. I have no problems with it, has to be a you problem
if you are top 5 with your super bad bow than why are you complaining about the bow beeing bad in wars. Grow up get some brain and then come in again, or reopen your damn 5 iq post and talk about 1 vs 1 and not about wars.
becaus after u used rain and pene poisen u are legit left click and have 0 impact ??!?!?! do u have a brain and understand that the cool down u have is not fair to the dmg u deal? doing 3k 2k and 4k to light with pene and arrow is not fair for having 18 and 23 or what ever rain has on cd
first of all i have tons of cooldown reduction on my gear but yes i agree the cooldowns are overtuned. Mostly what i do is i use my aoe abilities with my bow shoot some single target ones if i see some squishy guys and if not i take my spear and go wild around the point. When my cooldwons are back i use them and repeat. But yeah if you use ONLY your bow the weapon is dog
Build better?