Bow on PTR is kinda

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I think it feels about right. I have no idea on a test server when I have no gear though. I was testing naked. Firing, dropping ADS, and trying to move directly still feels clunky and too slow. However, firing, dodge roll feels good. The movement and speed feel really good and so does the speed of heavy shot. Hit box feels great too. So does shot into skill shot. The normal shot fire rate also feels good.

I cant speak for damage because again, I was naked. If its a little OP so be it. We were dumpster fire for too long.

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I can’t wait! Bow is the most fun weapon in the game.

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Nah it def isn’t OP. I have a feeling most people here don’t even know what OP actually even is.

Its called bow won’t be utter crap now :smiley:

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bookmark the post mark my words :stuck_out_tongue:

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This is more of an everyone problem and less of a bow problem I think.

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This is true, it is not just a bow problem.

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PTR makes damage hard to judge. You can’t stack resil like most people do on live. Not being able to character copy is really dumb. The RNG gear you get from boxes makes it really hard to test a lot of things.

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Yeah. Why?

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My personal impressions:

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will u still need to jump cancel to get max dps? or is it fluid enough that u don’t have to

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Lol and it begins.

Who wants to bet the bow as in PTR now won’t make it?

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While I agree with it being mechanically smoother, which is great. I think that in the coming weeks, we may be noticing some meta shifts. especially with it pairing so well with the rapier and stamina managment becoming more important. We’ll see how it goes.
You basically need a kite shield with sturdy at least to really survive an arrow bombardment(because thats what it feels like with the new fire rate + “double shotting”. Shields used to be a counter that melee could use to close distance. not really anymore.

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Probably not, melee is gonna cry about it as usual. But yet to see a GA nerf… the bow does feel better to use now, the crippling nerf to the stam regen will make it clunky still. But overall the bow does feel like its in a good place though. Which is nice, since its been trash for so long.

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You mean you didn’t see the the(very much needed) grav well nerf + roots nerf? What are you talking about?

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its still pretty strong regardless of the nerf…

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I didn’t even get a gear box lol. I had to test naked.

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There are already people calling it op. I expect another undeserved 20% nerf.

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With bow buffs my gut is telling me bow is going to be very strong in 3v3. It will be up to the FS players to keep us in check.

GA IG Musket will still be far superior in OPR and wars. I think its a fair trade

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Its hard to say that because nobody really has proper perks that reduce damage. I don’t think I have ever faced a guy that whipped out his shield to close distance on me honestly. Even if he did he wouldn’t close distance walking that slow.

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if you get hit by it. today i iframed a grav, wrecking ball, and 2 heavy attacks with 2 dodges while rooted.