Bow Update

MurkyWetWolf198

Who here would like to see the bow skill line get some love for PvE? It’s easily the weakest weapon class (not counting resto and s&b for obvious reasons)

Parasaurolophus

Yes, I agree. This style of play has not been relevant for several years. For both pvp and pve. Although the archetype of the archer is one of the "basic".

WinterHeart626

I would like to see a few odds and ends added for bow, as I do find it fun to use. I know a few who utilise bow constantly with decent damage, so maybe there’s a few tricks out there that people know.

MudcrabAttack

Bows have the jankiest light attack weaving. So now I hear they’re nerfing light attacks, maybe even making them optional for some builds, but not archers. They have to weave light attacks or their damage goes in the gutter. I strongly hope something gets fixed for the better this time

Tannus15

bow and lightning staffs are both terrible right now and need fixing.

MindOfTheSwarm

Personally, I have always felt Snipe and Barrage should be reversed. Barrage should be the spammable, working like a ranged Rapid Strikes. Snipe should be the Ultimate, charge up and hit hard, stunning and reducing resistances for a short duration or ignoring resistances on hit.

CameraBeardThePirate

I love the playstyle of bow in PvP, but at the end of the day it's just pretty bad apart from hyper specific or gimmicky builds. The passives are certainly in need of a buff, and most (tho certainly not all) of the abilities are average at best.

TheGreatBlackBear

That will take some doing tbh as the maelstrom 2h is overloaded. But I think a lot of the passives could use a refresh. Things like Hawkeye have no place in the modern game because you'll never spend that long on your bar. Hasty retreat also serves dps no purpose. Attach the major expedition to an active skill or something.

MindOfTheSwarm

TheGreatBlackBear wrote: »

That will take some doing tbh as the maelstrom 2h is overloaded. But I think a lot of the passives could use a refresh. Things like Hawkeye have no place in the modern game because you'll never spend that long on your bar. Hasty retreat also serves dps no purpose. Attach the major expedition to an active skill or something.

Hasty Retreat is incredibly useful in PvP.

Foxtrot39

For sure the problem is Hawkeye & longshot

Hawkeye uptime is too short to allow using anything but bow to not loose it and as a non negligible damage boost you either use bow/bow or a near single bar bow build or you're at a net loss in DPS

And long shot forcing you into a pure ranged DPS role to stay relevant, and knowing when you're at a distance to benefit from that bonus is also hard to track

Both together harm build diversity as you take a near 33% damage loss from getting close and doing rotation that last mroe than 5s

Bow suffer from a damage ramp up that is easely lost that no other weapon share

Then point blank bow is just counter intuitive asking you to loose on a major damage boost just for having snipe remain decent at melee range