ShenGhong (Zhang HU) Bow needs to be reworked

[Malfesch]

This bow is the top tier unlock on the workshop, which means it costs 1750 points and 500 exotics to unlock and craft....yet the crafted Long Bow does more damage. Case in point, cave worms can be consistently one shot with the Long bow when using bone arrows....yet the workshop bow in question always takes two shots and it feels like the draw is actually longer instead of the 15% less draw time that it advertises.

Considering the amount we have to spend to unlock this and how many missions that entails (and time....always time), this bow should fall between the Recurve and the Composite Bow in terms of power.

[Seanzie]

I don't wanna sound like 'that guy', but not only has everyone complained about these bows so far and the devs have admitted guilt with intent to fix in an upcoming workshop patching, but the Zhang hu bow from workshop is minus 10% charge alike the Ji with negative speed modifier.

Good luck and happy prospecting! Steer clear of the axes aside from the MXC one too! They're all worse than iron

[Goochbomber]

Originally posted by Malfesch:

This bow is the top tier unlock on the workshop, which means it costs 1750 points and 500 exotics to unlock and craft....yet the crafted Long Bow does more damage. Case in point, cave worms can be consistently one shot with the Long bow when using bone arrows....yet the workshop bow in question always takes two shots and it feels like the draw is actually longer instead of the 15% less draw time that it advertises.

Considering the amount we have to spend to unlock this and how many missions that entails (and time....always time), this bow should fall between the Recurve and the Composite Bow in terms of power.

i'm not saying the bow isn't flawed, but it does do more damage than the longbow. i used to crit bears for 840ish (on a headshot) with the longbow, i now crit them for 950ish. it's not much of an increase, but it is an increase

[Ericpwn]

all workshop items need to be reworked and rebalanced and prices adjusted, its just how it goes. game been live a month and you want godmode crap this early? take the good with the bad and have fun

[imgriffo]

game had been out for a month, but devs wont know what to change if people dont point out flaws... and they still suck nearly 2 months later

[william_es]

All the workshop items are pretty much inferior statwise to stuff you build in the game, with the exception of the canteen and air bottle.

It's like the devs don't want to give someone an unfair advantage, like their attempting to balance the items, or increase the perceived value of the stuff you craft in missions.

Why? what is it unbalancing? It's not PVP, it's not competitive. And you can only play with people on your friends list, so it's not like it's a stranger lording it over you, and rubbing it n your face that he has cooler stuff then you (which in most games, actually motivates people to go get that stuff themselves).

The ONLY advantage to having workshop stuff are the few items that give you some kind of global buff, like the one pickaxe that reduces your encumbrance penalty. If a workshop items requires exotics to purchase, they should all have some weird "magicky" bonus, due to exotic powered tech.