What Is The Best Bow For An Interruption Ranger?

I'm making a pure intterupt ranger hero & was wondering what type of bow would be the best to use for this. I was thinking I'll need something fast so that it can intterupt quick but what do you guys think?

Thanks.

Recurve bow.

longbow/hornbow or recurve bow, u don't really need to worry about shot time, because dshot and sshot both have "casting" times. if you use read the wind, u don't really need to worry much about trajectory, in which case longbow or hornbow is the best choice because of the massive range.

Well the thing is, I already have a perfect longbow which I can give to my hero but was wondering whether or not it'd be worth it to go out & buy a recurve bow so that it can interrupt quicker

Recurve bows have the shortest flight time, thus being better for interupting

Thanks guys.

Is the arrow flight time difference significant under read the wind or fw?

Save yourself some money and get a collectors recurve.

It is if you're using a long or flat bow. But it's not significantly different if you use a recurve bow, but you WILL notice the difference.

any type short bow with a silencing string----that is if u plan on using BHA

Korgs Recurve Bow works well with BHA. In general Recurve is best. Shortbow means you have to get a little to close to your target, and Long/Horn/Flat has to long a flight time to be really useful for interrupts.

Hornbow doesn't have a massive range, flatbow is the only other bow with max range other than longbow. Hornbow does the most damage per hit because of its armor penetration.

I'll go against the grain here and say shortbow.
Arrow is fast, firing rate is highest. That the range is short doesn't matter, as if you're going to interrupt you'd better be standing close to the target anyway.

For a comparison of different bows:

Type: Refire Rate, Range, Flight Time, Arc Size, Special Features (in order)
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Longbow: 2.4 seconds, 1.6, 0.59 seconds, Medium, None
Flatbow: 2.0 seconds, 1.6, 0.88 seconds, Large, None
Hornbow: 2.7 seconds, 1.4, 0.59 seconds, Medium, 10% Armor penetration
Recurve Bow: 2.4 seconds, 1.4 0.40 seconds, Small, None
Shortbow: 2.0 seconds, 1.05, 0.59 seconds, Medium, None

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Bows#Bow_Classes

The quick flight time and small arc of the Recurve makes it an excellent choice for interupts.

Depends on the skills you use.

For [skill]Distracting Shot[/skill] or [skill]Savage Shot[/skill], a recurve bow is the best choice.

For [skill]Broad head Arrow[/skill], a short bow is the better choice as it shortens the flight arc caused by the skill.

Fixed your post.

That's a ridiculous arguement.

The short bow shortens the flight time by simply forcing you to be closer to your target. You could get an even better result by simply using a recurve bow and standing in short bow range.

^wut da mad m00 said

bha...u want to use a recurve bow in close range
dun be lazy and use a short bow to c+space from a mile away and let gw autopilot teh range for u -__-'

but after bha hits...switch to shortbow for faster ias

generally u want to always use recurve

but use short bow under 2 conditions:
1) a dazed target (not to be confused wit tryint to bha a target..but one that is already dazed)
2) when using incendiary arrows
i.e...teh interrupts that rely on ias and not quick timing/reflexes
edit: and 3) spinal shivers sorta....technically it counts, but generally that skill wouldnt be used lol

I agree. It's got nothing to do with when to use BHA or not.

The flight time isn't as important as the refire rate. As the shortbow is much faster-firing I'm more likely to be able to fire the bow when I need to, whereas even with an IAS you're going to miss some interrupts if you're using a slow-firing bow. And, like I said, if you're interrupting you better be close to the target anyway, so the range isn't much of a factor.
To me the shortbow is simply the best bow for interrupting.

id go with a recurve. as an interrupter, you need to focus more on hitting when you need to than hitting alot. of course this depends on your reaction time. then again, if you have a slow reaction time anyway you shouldnt really be playing an interrupter.