what's your favorite bow in this game?

[temps]

Deaths Breath vs Guiding Light... ? or something different?

[HelenaEX2]

Guiding Ligth. Deaths Breath/Compuest bow is the worst bow on the game and is overestimated.

[temps]

Originally posted by HelenaEX2:

Guiding Ligth. Deaths Breath/Compuest bow is the worst bow on the game and is overestimated.

why?

[HelenaEX2]

Originally posted by temps:

Originally posted by HelenaEX2:

Guiding Ligth. Deaths Breath/Compuest bow is the worst bow on the game and is overestimated.

why?

On TR 2013 the Compound Bow (The equal as the deaths breath bow) was the most powerful bc the damage was high and the time to fully charge the arrow was low (Not so powerful and low time to charge compared to competition bow) . On this TR it has a lot of damage but the time to fully charge a shot is so long (Even with upgrades) that the Guiding Ligth/Ancient Horn Bow bow can reach that damage and fire more quickly than the deaths breath.

I did a comparation a long time ago. Deaths Breath need 12 arrows and arround 2 minutes to put down a bear. The Guiding Ligth/Ancient Horn Bow need 15 arrows but the time to kill a bear was 20 seconds. The ammount of arrows used is literally nothing bc you can recover the arrows after killing someone (And even if you dont do you can craft them and always find ammo for the bow even on killed enemies) **(Both bows were fully upgraded survivor difficulty and no extra damage cards/outfits)**

If we go deeper. If you use triple shot skill the Guiding Ligth/Ancient Horn Bow is still better than the Deaths breath. The charge is shot and ready in less than 2 seconds what it means you can you quickly aim to 3 heads and fire, while the deaths breath requires more time and probably you will lose one of the targets by distance.

Guiding Ligth/Ancient Horn Bow can charge a shot and fire it quickly while the Death breath is slow and in order to quickly fire is fully dependant on the skills "Ancient ability" and "Classically Trained" (And even the Guiding Ligth is more OP with this two skills)

If i had to choose between the Death breath/Compound and the recurve bow i would definitly pick the recurve bow. just for the quickly charge speed and the damage. And if i had to choose between Death breath/Compound and Guiding Ligth/Ancient Horn Bow i would definitly pick Guiding Ligth/Ancient Horn Bow for the faster/realistic use.

In case you wonder why i say "realistic" is bc the greatest archers are fast, precise and deadly. Just like the Guiding Ligth/Ancient Horn Bow experience offers.

(If you are intrested on the archery search about "Lars Andersen" i one of the best archer alive. Or probably the best of all the archers alive).

[temps]

Originally posted by HelenaEX2:

Originally posted by temps:

why?

On TR 2013 the Compound Bow (The equal as the deaths breath bow) was the most powerful bc the damage was high and the time to fully charge the arrow was low (Not so powerful and low time to charge compared to competition bow) .

If you play stealthily and use double/triple shot, the speed of firing shots doesn't really seem to matter in almost all cases.

[HelenaEX2]

Originally posted by temps:

If you play stealthily and use double/triple shot, the speed of firing shots doesn't really seem to matter in almost all cases.

It matters how long you need to charge up the shot. If you can charge it quickly less chances to the enemy to get out range and you can clean faster an area than waiting 3-4s to get fully charged giving one eneemy the chance to get out range.

[Dr.暴躁小鸡]

I used Death Breath and killed a bear within 20 sec. Was maxed tier 2 upgrades + double shot. He couldn't even move towards me and died.

[HelenaEX2]

Originally posted by Dr.暴躁小鸡:

I used Death Breath and killed a bear within 20 sec. Was maxed tier 2 upgrades + double shot. He couldn't even move towards me and died.

On campaing bears had low health (Are not a challenge) on endurance is pretty common face 3 or 4 bears at the same time with a small time to make a plan. On a variable situation the deaths breath is useless. On controlled enviroment (Like multiple scenarios on campaing) it dosent matter the bow. You can even use the makeshift bow on campaing without issues. The bears on campaing can be killed quickly with any bow by just spamming aim+ shot multiple time (being even faster than firing multiple arrows in a row with ancient skills and classically trained).

btw how do you use the double shot on animals if the lions and bears are not allowed to be tracked by the double/triple shot skill? (Im assuming by doublt shot you mean using "ancient skills" or/and "Classically trained")

[Dr.暴躁小鸡]

Originally posted by HelenaEX2:

Originally posted by Dr.暴躁小鸡:

I used Death Breath and killed a bear within 20 sec. Was maxed tier 2 upgrades + double shot. He couldn't even move towards me and died.

On campaing bears had low health (Are not a challenge) on endurance is pretty common face 3 or 4 bears at the same time with a small time to make a plan. On a variable situation the deaths breath is useless. On controlled enviroment (Like multiple scenarios on campaing) it dosent matter the bow. You can even use the makeshift bow on campaing without issues. The bears on campaing can be killed quickly with any bow by just spamming aim+ shot multiple time (being even faster than firing multiple arrows in a row with ancient skills and classically trained).

btw how do you use the double shot on animals if the lions and bears are not allowed to be tracked by the double/triple shot skill? (Im assuming by doublt shot you mean using "ancient skills" or/and "Classically trained")

never played endurance, good to know.
am playing campaign on survivor difficulty.
just fully charge the bow then left click x2 quickly.
double shot was granted by some codex, got it early in the game.

[HelenaEX2]

Originally posted by Dr.暴躁小鸡:

never played endurance, good to know.
am playing campaign on survivor difficulty.
just fully charge the bow then left click x2 quickly.
double shot was granted by some codex, got it early in the game.

Survivor-extreme survivor are basically the same. The animals die fast on campaing.

2 fast shots with a fully charge bow is "Ancient Skill"

Double shot is not granted by codex. Double shot is a tier 2 skill and cannot be use on animals. "Ancient Skill" on the other way can be use on any situation, and can be upgraded to 5 shot burst with "Classically Trained". (This "arrow burst" also works with special arrows)

Edit: My bad are 3 shot burs with Classically Trained" idk why did i wrote 5.