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PVE: Buff bow a bit more
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Bow is a very underused weapon type in PVE. You get some bow builds here and there, but people don't utilize the weapon in end game very much. We used to use it, a while back, with the maelstrom bow, but that got nerfed a while back causing less and less people to even consider that backbar option.
The current change, a close range damage buff for all damage and a long range crit rate buff for all skills is great! It helps a lot! But 5% is a bit low, since you get more if you go with dual daggers and make one Nirnhoned. See, that's the strength of daggers. But with the crit rate buff, now we might consider doing a nirnhoned bow, since long range builds could make up for not using precise, the normal standard for 2-handed weapons, since you get two instances of crit rate from bow. The new buff is about a 6% increase in crit rate after all, so it basically makes up for the precise bonus on the weapon. But I don't think this will make it competitive.
My suggestion: Increase the close-range bonus of this new buff from 5% to 8%, and add another line to the Hawk Eye passive:
"Dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack increases the damage of your Bow abilities by 5% and your damage done to all enemies by 2% (or 3% maybe) for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times."
The current change, a close range damage buff for all damage and a long range crit rate buff for all skills is great! It helps a lot! But 5% is a bit low, since you get more if you go with dual daggers and make one Nirnhoned. See, that's the strength of daggers. But with the crit rate buff, now we might consider doing a nirnhoned bow, since long range builds could make up for not using precise, the normal standard for 2-handed weapons, since you get two instances of crit rate from bow. The new buff is about a 6% increase in crit rate after all, so it basically makes up for the precise bonus on the weapon. But I don't think this will make it competitive.
My suggestion: Increase the close-range bonus of this new buff from 5% to 8%, and add another line to the Hawk Eye passive:
"Dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack increases the damage of your Bow abilities by 5% and your damage done to all enemies by 2% (or 3% maybe) for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times."
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Range vs. Not Range doesn't matter all that much outside of PVP. In PVE, players will use whatever is strongest, and at the moment, dual wield is strongest. Bow is good, but 2h and staff options give some better options for backbar than bow does, and as a front bar option, it's still not good unless you are a bow build first and foremost, which aren't competitive in PVE (they are fun though). A 10% power boost to other skills outside bow abilities would make it competitive, but I still don't think it would dethrone dual wield.
If someone has the numbers on this, let me know. The difference between dps with a bow and with dual wield daggers in U39, one version with a close range bow and one with a long range bow.Edited by merpins on July 13, 2023 4:24AM0
