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President_PUG wrote: »

You look at all the people carry a "Magical Stick" Way to overpowered, WE read The lore, Magic die in Human History along with the belief The World is Flat. So I want to concentrate on RW and physics. The Bow Sniper is the Best Build in game. Period. You have all these Web sites offering you builds, your little sister plays. Meh Really we need 1000 builds telling us a man with a stick and magic is better than a Man with a Sword? HHAAAAAAAAHHHAA. ok, it is a fantasy game after all, but everyone has that build. There is not a single MASTER BUILD maker that doesn't include at least 1 Bow Build. You know why? Its The hardest to play, and The Least respected. BUT in The RW its the one thing in this game that Honours SOLO players. You may advertise your website as THE ESO BUILD MATER but if you don't have at least ONE BOW Build You are a Joke. Make a decent Bow Build that everyone respects and I will Join them.

Except, Tamriel and any other fantasy world is not real life human history. Except, in real life, bow was not actually doing the most killing in warfare. Bow was always a support weapon just like how sword wasn't primary choice of arms for many militaries. In real life, bows in game would not work well. And you won't be cutting through heavy plates as if they were made with aluminum foils. In real life, you won't be wearing leather for protection because leather armor is a myth perpetrated by fantasy games that is largely impractical and very heavy if you wanted any protection fom it.

Of course, if magic was real, magic user will be better than a guy with no magic. In realism sense, every single stam builds would get destroyed by mages. I mean, I would be deathly afraid of mages that can shoot fireballs, ice shards and manipulate matters through unseen energy. Also, your post does not belong in this section of the board.

lol You missed the point again, you yahoos that sell your soul on the web to make people think you have "THE BEST BUILD EVER" a mage with a stick... come on create the BEST BOW BUILD EVER and post it here!

I like tractors..

President_PUG wrote: »

lol You missed the point again, you yahoos that sell your soul on the web to make people think you have "THE BEST BUILD EVER" a mage with a stick... come on create the BEST BOW BUILD EVER and post it here!

ah..ok, I can do that!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L327LsoGLo

Slack wrote: »

Pug-dude for stamina representative!!

Seconded. Let's get crazy.

Dudes got a point. In actual warfare irl, the bow was the single most lethal and decisive weapon until the advent of gunpowder. Followed by pole arms and spears. Contrary to popular depiction, swords were mostly for irl roleplaying and magic staves literally don’t exist. Bows were the most essential and decisive weapon.

The thing is tho, Bowman were always disposable rank and file plebs. In game as in real life. That’s probably why no one makes bow builds. Not much glorious or appealing about a dude spamming snipe lol.

Like others, I'm unclear what the OP means in his post. Something something something shooter with a stick and string is stronger than a mage with a stick or some such.

I do play a bowbow stamsorc and she is very adequate for my purposes. That is, she can solo most alliance zone WBs, literally mow through trash mobs and be a viable dps for normal group content (quite durable and +20K dps). So I am kind of a fan of bowbow. For those who are serious about it, this is an excellent thread on bowbow: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/381498/everything-needed-to-know-about-bow-bow-in-pve/p1

That said, I share the concerns that many have about bowbow players and take pains to avoid 'being that girl'. Firstly, any good bowbow should have a superb 'burst' - that is they can deliver a ton of damage with their opening salvo from ranged stealth. They also have great crowd control for approaching trash mobs. That said, they are going to get a boss in their face and this is where the problems can start. Realize that most of a bowbow's damage comes from their dual killing zone of volley + caltrops so it is critical to keep the boss in that zone. That means don't kite. I see way too many bowbows running and kiting while plinking away. Not only does this just irritate the boss but it also irritates every other dps who is trying to drop AoE DoTs on the ground to kill the boss. The bowbow player very much needs to be able to hold the boss in position if solo. In the case of a bowsorc, this is purge + hurricane + bound armor and keeping those crit healing tics from your dual AoEs going.

For non bowbow players don't be so quick to condemn a good bowbow if you see one in action where light attacks are a part of their rotation. Properly built, a bowbow's nonstealth light attacks average 10K per hit while using no precious stamina (the bowbow's biggest challenge is stam sustain).

Man, sometimes I really miss psychedelics.