Make Bows Better

[Big Critz]

bow scaling needs to be fixed. period. A bow buff armor set is needed as well. Completely unbalanced guys. I enjoy main weapon bow builds as they help deal with annoying spell spammers. They are just no good.

[Big Critz]

thus no more meta

[Slim Jong Un]

I think greatbows could be buffed a little bit, but the other bows are fine. Using the correct type of arrow with mighty shot AoW is enough to 1-2 shot most mobs.

[Adonan]

DropkickWizard a écrit :

man threads like this are really made by some uneducated people. you gotta understand bows aren't gonna one shot and you also have 99 of each arrow type potentially. you can wreck people with sleep arrows and rot if you want. stormhawk arrows ♥♥♥♥ up any high poise boi. close this thread pls

I wouldn't go around calling people uneducated. That tends to backfire if someone puts forth an argument that beats out yours.

[Marktwelve]

With sting and sword talismans and upgraded bows,they have worked well first 3/4 of game
but i agree by next new game they stop being a fun challenge and seems pointless unlike other builds. Black bow is sweet except only C scaling is lame, well fingers crossed for new gear if dlc's, if not ill mod something myself.

[Miles (Tails) Prower]

IDK, I am doing with bows and crossbows just fine. I am having fun clearing areas for mobs with a greatbow 1 shots and knockouts. Well, you just have to sometimes stack buffs to make it proper. And in bows, the proper damage output you can get in long range via Weapon art.

The only what confuses me is that why we have option to put Ash of War on greatbow, when there's only Through and Through option.

[Sneaky_Bugger]

Bows are a great supplement. You can do bow only runs and you can do SL1 runs but that doesn´t mean it´s intended nor does it mean bows should be buffed.

[Captain Pike]

Miles (Tails) Prower a écrit :

IDK, I am doing with bows and crossbows just fine. I am having fun clearing areas for mobs with a greatbow 1 shots and knockouts. Well, you just have to sometimes stack buffs to make it proper. And in bows, the proper damage output you can get in long range viad Weapon art.

The only what confuses me is that why we have option to put Ash of War on graleatbow, when there's only Through and Through option.

You can also use rain of arrows on it but that one is really only effective on huge opponents that are fairly close. I can do roughly 1300-2100 damage from a setup with every damage/range boost I can cram in and a headshot so damage is fine but I really wish greatbow dropoff range wasn't so pitiful.

[Miles (Tails) Prower]

Pike a écrit :

Miles (Tails) Prower a écrit :

IDK, I am doing with bows and crossbows just fine. I am having fun clearing areas for mobs with a greatbow 1 shots and knockouts. Well, you just have to sometimes stack buffs to make it proper. And in bows, the proper damage output you can get in long range viad Weapon art.

The only what confuses me is that why we have option to put Ash of War on graleatbow, when there's only Through and Through option.

You can also use rain of arrows on it but that one is really only effective on huge opponents that are fairly close. I can do roughly 1300-2100 damage from a setup with every damage/range boost I can cram in and a headshot so damage is fine but I really wish greatbow dropoff range wasn't so pitiful.

Ah, gotcha. I assume it's the same as Radahn's rain? Because it almost feels like the same deal as rain of arrows. Because depends on the case, I also use Lion's greatbow , if I have an obstacle between me and the target.

[Noeat]

ELDEN RING Bow Only Playthrough
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[Captain Pike]

Miles (Tails) Prower a écrit :

Pike a écrit :

You can also use rain of arrows on it but that one is really only effective on huge opponents that are fairly close. I can do roughly 1300-2100 damage from a setup with every damage/range boost I can cram in and a headshot so damage is fine but I really wish greatbow dropoff range wasn't so pitiful.

Ah, gotcha. I assume it's the same as Radahn's rain? Because it almost feels like the same deal as rain of arrows. Because depends on the case, I also use Lion's greatbow , if I have an obstacle between me and the target.

Almost identical to Radhan's Rain tbh, just slightly different damage. Radhan's greatbow wa only outpaces other major greatbows with rain of arrows if you exclusively use Radahn's arrows. I personally prefer the one just called greatbow as it has nearly the highest damage but is much lighter than say the Golem one. Plus Through and Through allows for proper headshots

[Captain Pike]

Use any longbow + arrow rain + scarlet rot, bleed, or poison arrow and you usually get an easy status proc for the cost of 1 arrow on a large boss if you are serious about bow only btw

[Dollmaker]

I feel Longbows and Greatbows should be buffed (besides the Blackbow) Since buffing Small Bows wouldnt be a good idea.

Also allows us to buy feathers... nobody wants to farm stupid birds.

[elkapp]

I'd say also crossbows and ballistas got Miyazaki'd:

• The first, even with the increased base damage and the ability to hold it in 1 hand suck since 1) late game their damage isn't ideal due to lack of scaling, 2) their "sidearm" role is damaged by the fact that their aiming animation is too long (it would be better if the reload was longer but aiming was faster) and 3) no AoW/infusions for some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ reason.
  
• For the second, again, lack of AoW, lack of scaling, but most importantly it has an INSANELY LONG reload time with basically the same aiming as a greatbow; and yes, it deals a WAY higher damage than greatbows (not only base, but in general considering gbs have ♥♥♥♥ scalings), but with that downtime (where you're effectively stuck) and limited ammo (20 without taking crafting in consideration) i'm at least expecting it kills people by looking at them wrong.

PS: i know you can get a higher value late game by using bleed ammo on bows and crossbows, but factually you can slap bleed on anything and make it good lategame due to how bleed works.

[MOSLEY]

Adonan a écrit :

MOSLEY a écrit :

How many bosses can you kill with ranged magic without entering their boss room?

That's obviously not how they intend you to play, mate. They already patched the frozen boss thing people were doing by climbing past the fog wall.

That doesn’t change the fact that it can be done and stuff like that is the reason that bows aren’t very strong. It’s too hard to design the game in a way that you can’t completely trivialise it with a bow.

[Drukaris]

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