How Is the Compound Bow?

[Dirty Rude Boy]

I just found out there is another bow. I have been using the guns but the bow looks pretty cool. How is it in pvp and pve? I want to use it if its pratical but not if it is completly out classed by all firearms.

[XMIR]

when used with metal arrows, the armor penetration is outstanding. It also deals a lot of dammage against animals and thus is definately worth the materials in PVE and PVP imo

[Cannon]

Never messed with them much until we got one with decent damage and tried it out on my buddy. He was full health and in full flak ( 850ish ac) and he had about a nano second to see me pull back the bow from around 20 ft , then it was straight to the loading screen.

Ammo can be expensive if not a 1%er but well worth it IMO.

[Commander Wiggley Biggley™]

Never EVER use it to tranq Dinos, it does more damage and less torpor than anything else.

[heroicidiot]

Originally posted by Commander Wiggley Biggley™:

Never EVER use it to tranq Dinos, it does more damage and less torpor than anything else.

Don't know why you would use it vs the darts

[rat]

looking at the stats of it the metal arrows do a base of about 202 damage with metal arrows, 74 with stone and 27 with tranq.

[Gandohar]

Weapons get a buff and debuff based on what you use it on.

Bows = Buff against animals, debuff against everything else
Guns = Buff against Humans, debuff against everything else
Explosives = Buff against structures, debuff against everything else

Since I play Sp on my own, I rarely use guns because the Compound Bow, while expensive to repair, can down tough dinos fast. Most run towards you, so you can back pedal and get headshots, doing even more damage. Not only that, the Metal Arrows barely EVER break for me. Just make sure you get your arrows from an enemy before harvesting the body or the arrows will disappear with it.

As a sidenote, I'm sick of losing Arrows because the dino I killed has fallen on top of it.

Should put them in the inventory of the Dino.

[Chuc]

I love the compound bow. Also it can shoot bout 50 metal or 500 stone arrows before it breaks. Took down a lvl 69 mammoth with 5 metal arrows. Took out a lvl 50 trex with 10.

I think it's well worth it.

[Gandohar]

The Compound Bow is most certainly the best weapon against Dino's. Especially given the Arrows can be retrieved. To be honest I don't think the Metal arrows break at all.

[Itharus]

Compound bow with metal arrows will bypass most armor, so yes it's worth it in PVP if you're skilled with the bow and have access to enough materials. If you are solo or in a small tribe, you probably won't have access to enough materials... game balance favors large tribes, sadly.

[heroicidiot]

Originally posted by Gandohar:

The Compound Bow is most certainly the best weapon against Dino's. Especially given the Arrows can be retrieved. To be honest I don't think the Metal arrows break at all.

the metal arrows cannot be retrieved after they're shot

[Kazarl]

used a mastercraft version with 190% damage to kill a few alpha rexes by standing on quetzal saddle when you do this all the exp goes to your character took about 70 arrows to kill a level 62 alpha rex with majority being head shots took about 3 rexes to get me from level 88-89 on a default exp server

[PaX]

I have a mastercraft at 197.1% damage. My team mate had full flak armor 1100 armor 250 health.. and i one shoted him.. the bod does almost 400 dmg with metal arrows.

[Kazarl]

Originally posted by Rogue:

I have a mastercraft at 197.1% damage. My team mate had full flak armor 1100 armor 250 health.. and i one shoted him.. the bod does almost 400 dmg with metal arrows.

got one with similar damage and managed to kill a level 62 alpha rex with about 72 arrows from it by standing on my quetzals saddle amount of exp i got from that was insane

[heroicidiot]

Originally posted by pjcareyiii:

Originally posted by heroicxidiot:

the metal arrows cannot be retrieved after they're shot

Is that true? Last time i used them they were indestructible, and as long as you could walk over them you got them back

Pretty sure everytime I kill something with the arrows, I never got them back when I run over to them