my advice is to put your agi to 18, then try out the bows as u lvl up on your strength. If you do well with a low tier bow like khergit, leave your strength at 12 and put the rest into agi. If you want a secondary weapon i suggest a maximum of 50wp and put the rest into archery
Post-patch:second this, there seem to be a relation with PD and Wpf now cause PD 6 with 0 wpf give a whole big aim but also 1pd with 120+ wpf also give a big aim so there must be some kind of formula
The reticule size is significantly larger (half-again to a 1/3rd) if you use a powerdraw matching the bow you are using rather than having 1 powerdraw higher then the requirement for the bow (direct opposite of pre-patch). It seems to keep decreasing up to about 4 powerdraw over though most significant differences are with 1 and 2. Highly recommend getting a powerdraw of 2 above the bow you are using (though this comes into some serious low wpf issues with accuracy if you try to do this with either a longbow/warbow). I have tested this out with multiple archer builds and it holds true for all of them, though you should test this out for yourself using 2 static targets and set location to aim from as you switch between bows. Zoom in with each bow and feel thew difference, which is the opposite of what you would expect considering the weaker bows have a lower accuracy number.
Hope this helps.
Post-patch:
The reticule size is significantly larger (half-again to a 1/3rd) if you use a powerdraw matching the bow you are using rather than having 1 powerdraw higher then the requirement for the bow (direct opposite of pre-patch). It seems to keep decreasing up to about 4 powerdraw over though most significant differences are with 1 and 2. Highly recommend getting a powerdraw of 2 above the bow you are using (though this comes into some serious low wpf issues with accuracy if you try to do this with either a longbow/warbow). I have tested this out with multiple archer builds and it holds true for all of them, though you should test this out for yourself using 2 static targets and set location to aim from as you switch between bows. Zoom in with each bow and feel thew difference, which is the opposite of what you would expect considering the weaker bows have a lower accuracy number.
Hope this helps.
Curious, but this is a pretty big change to make in secret. It'd be nice if this was the case, but can you prove it somehow?
Curious, but this is a pretty big change to make in secret. It'd be nice if this was the case, but can you prove it somehow?
Literally anyone can test it out for its veracity, just buy nomad and khergit bow and use your current power draw and show it.
You do understand that with the same wpf a khergit bow will always have more accuracy than a strong bow right?
It was known as complete BS before the patch, and it still is.
You do understand that with the same wpf a khergit bow will always have more accuracy than a strong bow right?
whats a good level of athletics for an archer? When do you stop?
Whatever your agility allows as maximum, same as weaponamster, but post-patch less push for higher agility so its more limited byhaving a higher strengtha nd lower agility.
at 150 wpf/7pd strong bow have a better acc the khergit
Doubt it.
Tested with my build. 7pd. 152 wpf.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRrWUaBlo-Y
Also you can test dispersion of the bows. Just shoot 10-arrows at target with strong, khergit, warbow, longbow.
And think twice before heirlooming your |consumer choice| bow. I found my masterwork warbow (6 pd req. 98 acc. 30 damage) less accurate than standart longbow (6 pd req. 96 acc. 30 damage).
Yeh, im having the same issue with my masterwork warbow. Still trying to work around it and get a better build for it. Am using 8 powerdraw with 137 wpf right now and do okay with it, will go 9 powerdraw this time around, next generation will try with 7 powerdraw and 152 wpf, though I am going to start heirlooming my khergit in the meanwhile. The higher level bows in general seem to have a few more balancing issues between powerdraw and wpf and their impact on accuracy because of the level cap.
I was also testing dispersion, but thats harder to show as consistently and easily so its more of a feel for me, then something I want to post as certainly correct.