Are explosive arrows ironic?

[Skeptik]

Out of every single arrow type these are by far the weakest. Other than blowing up a group of jars in a tomb, I see no use for these.

[jaeminPro]

I also agree that they’re weak. I don’t find myself using them very much. Neither the poison arrows. The arrows I frequently use the most are death, And fire. There is an engraving that lets you shoot fire arrows automatically at no cost. Once you find that, better to just save your ability points for other skills

[Enorats]

Explosive arrows are insanely weak. They do great AoE, but it takes a half dozen to do the damage of one normal arrow. I also tend to blow myself up as often as the enemy.

Fire arrows.. well, they're also more dangerous to me than the enemy.

Poison arrows, those are great. With some poison damage bonuses it really adds up. The engrave that makes normal arrows poison arrows is amazing. Only drawback is when you shoot through or near fires.. your poison arrows can turn into explosive arrows. Shooting a burning enemy can also make them explode, which can be frustrating when an arrow that should one shot a guy instead takes 1/4 of his health and hurts his buddies (and you) just as much.

[Starcut83]

Umm if I'm not mistaken explosive arrows have an insane dot effect not a huge direct damage. Check again. Much bigger than fire, unless I'm mistaken, I just got them.

[Starcut83]

Originally posted by Enorats:

Explosive arrows are insanely weak. They do great AoE, but it takes a half dozen to do the damage of one normal arrow. I also tend to blow myself up as often as the enemy.

Fire arrows.. well, they're also more dangerous to me than the enemy.

Poison arrows, those are great. With some poison damage bonuses it really adds up. The engrave that makes normal arrows poison arrows is amazing. Only drawback is when you shoot through or near fires.. your poison arrows can turn into explosive arrows. Shooting a burning enemy can also make them explode, which can be frustrating when an arrow that should one shot a guy instead takes 1/4 of his health and hurts his buddies (and you) just as much.

Anyone know if you have an engraving for turn basic arrows into fire arrows and turn basic arrows into poison arrows if they turn explosive?

[ⓀⒾⓦⒾ‰]

theyre op if used properly and have decent hunter specs
try the agamemnon set, trait fire and use the rain circle on a camp

i use them a lot in the arena for kiting the trash mobs, the shot itself has a stun which is basically an aoe interrupt / burn

any group huddled together will evaporate if you use the overcharged shot with explosive bolts too

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Explosive arrow is redundant, unless you want to push a whole group of people off the cliff.

Only use it once to eliminate a group of bandits camping on a tiny island.

Perhaps the main usage of that is knockback, not damage.