My longbow needs an accuracy boost

[Adamar]

Too many failed long ranged shots for a 2 slot weapon. Its bad enought that a 21 21 hornbow build beats a 18 24 longbow build in every way, longbows are the slowest and less accurate of all bows, making them the worst bows in an archery duel. We must at least be able to shoot people at long range.

[tankmen]

go die

[Adamar]

I die more than I kill yes

[Zaren]

Too many failed long ranged shots for a 2 slot weapon. Its bad enought that a 21 21 hornbow build beats a 18 24 longbow build in every way, longbows are the slowest and less accurate of all bows, making them the worst bows in an archery duel. We must at least be able to shoot people at long range.

1.longbows are not good for archery duels unless your pro at longbows... you cant expect a SLOW hard hitting bow to be able to duel against a faster one
2.they are accurate enough at least... what shit are you smoking while you play. Agile and Robin can hit me from half way across the map while i try to approach them.
3.yes they MAY need a little buff but i think they are still pretty damn good

oh yeah and why would you go 18-24 with a bow thats supposed to hit really hard... go at least 21-18

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1.longbows are not good for archery duels unless your pro at longbows... you cant expect a SLOW hard hitting bow to be able to duel against a faster one
2.they are accurate enough at least... what shit are you smoking while you play. Agile and Robin can hit me from half way across the map while i try to approach them.
3.yes they MAY need a little buff but i think they are still pretty damn good

oh yeah and why would you go 18-24 with a bow thats supposed to hit really hard... go at least 21-18

Obviously you haven't played with it, so, hush.

[tankmen]

I die more than I kill yes

  alright then nothing wrong here it seems

[Herkkutatti]

STFU it's already a fucking sniper just like all of the bows

[Adamar]

STFU it's already a fucking sniper just like all of the bows

Not in my experience, that's what Im saying. Standing targets and stuff should be easy, but arrows still fly around them way too much. Im only requesting a slight accuracy buff, so that the longbow isn't so useless when compared to others, that are already faster. A mw longbow is the most innacurate piece of crap in the game and I fing myself regreting looming it. It shouldn't be so.

[BlindGuy]

oh yeah and why would you go 18-24 with a bow thats supposed to hit really hard... go at least 21-18

What shit are YOU smoking, 21-18 longbow archer isnt going to hit the broad side of a barn.

[XyNox]

Im using the longbow for like 6 gens now and loomed to +3

The moment I stuffed a loom point into it was when I regretted it at first. I played around with some builds and found a build with decent accuracy: 18/21 6 PD 7 WM 164 something wpf. And this is the problem, IMO 18/21 is the ONLY viable longbow build there is.

6 PD is the minimum requirement so 18 str is a must have. Also it seems there is kind of a magic mark that lies around 160 wpf that gives a noticable accuracy boost, which pretty much means 7 WM is the minimum to get this bow to work properly leaving you with a 18/21 build. I guess it has something do with the drawing animation getting fast enough to surpass the reticule spread timer. You still have about 0 seconds optimal reticul hold time but at least with 7 WM you can actually release before the retiule starts to enlarge. Still not exactly a sniper.

Being "forced" to go 6 PD at lvl 30 with a damage focused bow is bullshit of course. +1 second optimum reticul hold time to all bows and archery would feel a lot less bugged. In the end I think everyone would be better off with a rusbow.

[Adamar]

+1 second optimum reticul hold time to all bows and archery would feel a lot less bugged.

I agree, but only for the 2 slot bows, to keep things leveled.

[Ronin]

Actually long bow is the least accurate of all bows. While short bow is the most accurate.

[Adamar]

Actually long bow is the least accurate of all bows. While short bow is the most accurate.

 

[CrazyCracka420]

Actually long bow is the least accurate of all bows. While short bow is the most accurate.

says longbow has the best accuracy of all the bows...and has the highest missile speed.  Although, maybe the missile speed should be faster than 1 higher than rus bow??

Just curious, what is native's missile speed for bows?  I think it's WAY too fast, but I think cRPG's missile speeds are slightly too slow.

[Adamar]

says longbow has the best accuracy of all the bows...and has the highest missile speed.  Although, maybe the missile speed should be faster than 1 higher than rus bow??

The stronger bows have more accuracy in number, but the real accuracy is affected by damage too. This makes bows more innacurate as they are strong, and I think they get even more innacurate when loomed.