Bow and arrow?

[76561197986571839]

Does anyone know why this is the most advanced weapon in the game? I like it, but was surprised it was better than any other weapon I have. Seems odd.

[Nakos]

Uhh... okay?

I find them kind of annoying. Ticuu's Divination is really the only bow I bother using at all these days, and only when I have a bounty for a bow.

Personally, I'd rather be using my Osteo Striga. Now there's a fun weapon.

[trukr]

Originally posted by Nakos:

Uhh... okay?

I find them kind of annoying. Ticuu's Divination is really the only bow I bother using at all these days, and only when I have a bounty for a bow.

Personally, I'd rather be using my Osteo Striga. Now there's a fun weapon.

I have some bows that I think are pretty BA, Le Monarque, Trinity Ghoul and Leviathan's Breath, then Tyranny of Heaven, Wolftone Draw, Point of the Stag, Arsenic Bite-4b and others (I have a lot of bows) are fun to use. However, I do find I use Osteo Striga a LOT, but sometimes in my energy or heavy slot I have a bow. Bows are like snipers with a lot of ammo.

[Eversor]

Le Monarque, best weapon in the game. And that's the bottom line and it's almost insta death in pvp

[Nakos]

Originally posted by trukr:

I have some bows that I think are pretty BA, Le Monarque, Trinity Ghoul and Leviathan's Breath, then Tyranny of Heaven, Wolftone Draw, Point of the Stag, Arsenic Bite-4b and others (I have a lot of bows) are fun to use. However, I do find I use Osteo Striga a LOT, but sometimes in my energy or heavy slot I have a bow. Bows are like snipers with a lot of ammo.

Well, that's a fair point I suppose. Between my reflexes and my aging machine (which means Destiny 2 is kind of laggy for me). I find sniping and high accuracy kind of a pipe dream.

I'm more likely to be using a Trace Rifle in my energy slot and a Sword in my power slot these days. I prefer high rates of fire and lots of ammo. Especially if I'm doing any group activities where I'm already feeling like I'm trailing the pack (both literally and in terms of damage done).

[trukr]

Originally posted by Nakos:

Originally posted by trukr:

I have some bows that I think are pretty BA, Le Monarque, Trinity Ghoul and Leviathan's Breath, then Tyranny of Heaven, Wolftone Draw, Point of the Stag, Arsenic Bite-4b and others (I have a lot of bows) are fun to use. However, I do find I use Osteo Striga a LOT, but sometimes in my energy or heavy slot I have a bow. Bows are like snipers with a lot of ammo.

Well, that's a fair point I suppose. Between my reflexes and my aging machine (which means Destiny 2 is kind of laggy for me). I find sniping and high accuracy kind of a pipe dream.

I'm more likely to be using a Trace Rifle in my energy slot and a Sword in my power slot these days. I prefer high rates of fire and lots of ammo. Especially if I'm doing any group activities where I'm already feeling like I'm trailing the pack (both literally and in terms of damage done).

I switch things up, lately I've been trying something on my Hunter I saw on youtube, I have never gotten my Blade Barrage back in 25 second like he did, but I get it back pretty fast. Using Bad Juju, various solar SMGs or Strident Whistle bow and a Sola's Scar with I forget what mods now.

[Nakos]

Originally posted by trukr:

I switch things up, lately I've been trying something on my Hunter I saw on youtube, I have never gotten my Blade Barrage back in 25 second like he did, but I get it back pretty fast. Using Bad Juju, various solar SMGs or Strident Whistle bow and a Sola's Scar with I forget what mods now.

Hmm... have to try that, more supers is always good, and of the Solar abilities, Blade Barrage is the one I prefer.

Was it this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpBsq890W0g&ab_channel=Truds

[trukr]

Originally posted by Nakos:

Originally posted by trukr:

I switch things up, lately I've been trying something on my Hunter I saw on youtube, I have never gotten my Blade Barrage back in 25 second like he did, but I get it back pretty fast. Using Bad Juju, various solar SMGs or Strident Whistle bow and a Sola's Scar with I forget what mods now.

Hmm... have to try that, more supers is always good, and of the Solar abilities, Blade Barrage is the one I prefer.

Was it this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpBsq890W0g&ab_channel=Truds

I watched this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o922zJY1gFs

Edit: Also I use Shards of Galanor

[Nakos]

Hmm... don't have the Star-Eaters. But I do have Shards of Galanor.

Don't have all of his mods though. I wonder if I can set it to work with grenade energy ...

[Emurinus]

I enjoy using bows every once in a while. Le Monarque is my favorite one to this date; terrifying in PvP but a blessing in PvE.

[R A Z E R]

I can't stand Le Monarque in PvP though, thing absolutely wrecks if you're good with it.

[Guars]

If you want a good bow and have the seasons, there was a craftable one at the war table on the helm if you farm for it, there was also one in witch queen. In general bows are really good for endgame stuff like grandmaster nightfalls because of the high damage they have, allowing you to peek shoot and hide again, but on casual gamemodes they are inferior to other weapons like 900 rpm smgs HC and autorifles

[Rutabaga]

It's a situation of something being a bit too strong by virtue of having a skill and other "upfront" requirements. The intent behind their balance is that: bows are supposed to be an unforgiving weapon that is very rewarding if you're good. To accomplish this, Bungie did the following:

-Make bows rather ineffective when not fully drawn. Thus, slowing down their gameplay. ////Unfortunately, it's not that difficult to get bows with a really fast draw time, reducing the magnitude of this downside.

-Punish the user if they keep a bow fully drawn for more than an instant. Thus, preventing someone from simply keeping the bow fully drawn until it is needed. ////However making sure you get a perfect draw isn't that difficult, as you can just draw cancel (or equip a bad exotic armor piece), borderline ignoring the downside.

-Make bows have a rather high downtime between shots. Thus, punishing missed shots, which are further punished by the draw-time. ////Though bows can have some pretty fast reload speeds. Alternatively there is nothing stopping you from switching to your other weapon. Like the previous downside, this one is essentially ignorable.


However what is most notable of it all, is that bows almost play the game themselves thanks to their accuracy stat. It makes them very forgiving, making their high damage very easy to access. Combine that with the removal of white bricks, and bows essentially become an easy to use primary sniper rifle, that in some ways is much stronger than an actual Sniper Rifle.

I'd say if they wanted to nerf bows, they'd probably have to make some of the downsides more notable. From a M&K perspective, their accuracy stat should be nerfed. Furthermore, they should probably have switch speeds more similar to that of the lower handling Sniper Rifle archetypes.

[sophAur]

balance aside, kinda nuts how a bow does more damage, and has more range than a revolver,ar,etc

[trukr]

Originally posted by feline:

Bow in game is 1 shot and not have any projectile curve. bow in here is like cheap rail gun . with fast draw . there is no recoil for it :o

I think if you check it, you will find that if you don't ADS and don't fully draw there is an arc to the arrow's path. I think when you ADS and fully draw it's hit scan.

[76561197986571839]

Originally posted by Nakos:

Uhh... okay?

I find them kind of annoying. Ticuu's Divination is really the only bow I bother using at all these days, and only when I have a bounty for a bow.

Personally, I'd rather be using my Osteo Striga. Now there's a fun weapon.

No that is the thing. I don't really find it all that fun. It is just the strongest, most accurate, and has the greatest distance of any other weapon. One arrow can be shot from insane distances and always hits the target, and takes 20,000. This is my first bow. Other weapons are taking 200 per hit!