Guide for BOWS?

Hi im new to ranger class and want to know what the farthest shooting bow is and is there any that do more damage than others (ive heard rumors)...any help is appreciated thanks!

Longbow shoots the farthest and Horn Bow And Flat Bow have supposedly a 10% Armour Penetration built in at all times

Is a storm bow the same as a longbow? in distance i mean...

No, not flat bow; flat bow have max range, like long bow, but fire faster and have a worse arc.

Horn Bows are the 10% AP bows. (and horn bow related bows, like the ivory bow and shadow bow)

Storm Bows are indeed like longbows.

Oh Ok thanks epine now I learn something too

So if I want a farther distance shot i need to find a flatbow? I have a storm bow now...

Either a flat bow or long bow. Flat bows have better attack speed, but aren't as accurate. They both have the same range, tho.

well someone said my storm bow is the same range as a longbow...so I cant get any better range then it sounds like...

Look here for info on range, speed and RoF.

No, you can't get better range than your Storm Bow, but you could increase your damage ~20% by using a flatbow, so long as you hit. That's why I bought 15>50 and 15% in stance flatbows.

http://forums.gwonline.net/showthread.php?t=358528

This link got FAR more info u needed !
and u are rite, stormbow has the furthest range

Thank you all very much.

I have been using a sundering Storm all through my playing as my ranger.
It looks like the breakdown would probably be best summised like this?:

Pulling:
Storm Bows, Flat Bows, Longbows

Damage:
Horn bow, Shadow Bow, Ivory Bow

Interrupt:
Eternal Bow, Composite, Dead, Recurve (from further away), Short, halfmoon (when close).

Of course that is just taking purpose into grouping consideration. Your needs may vary based on range, RoF, etc.


Epinephrine - How do you come up with the 20% figure for more damage on a flat vs. long/storm?

I also believe that the Distance figures on the above indicated chart may be incorrect. Guildwiki lists Long, Flat and Storm as having a range of 100'

if ur using RtW as ur prep... i highly recommend the Flatbow

Rate of Fire of a flatbow is 1 arrow/2 seconds.
Rate of Fire of a longbow is 1 arrow/2.4 or 2.5 seconds (opinions vary)

Thus, in x time, the flatbow fires 1.2 to 1.25 as many arrows. That's more damage. I use a flatbow over a longbow in every situation pretty much. I can justify using short bow/halfmoon up close, I can see a rationale for using a Composite/Recurve for interrupting, I can see using a Horn/Ivory/Shadow for spiking, but the longbow has no place in the game pretty much in my book; if you are pulling you can do it with a flat bow just as well; if they close to within shortbow range you can switch to a shortbow, meaning that you have no disadvantage that way; in between Short and Longbow range you have worse accuracy I suppose, but a.) you can counter that with RTW or even FW; b.) it's only vs targets changing directions in the intermediate range, c.) you get 1.2 times the arrows anyway, so you can have a 16% miss rate and still break even.

What about the Ithas Bow.

I get it because of my preorder.

i'm using a longbow i love it
the range is awsome i''m standing on hills shooting all kinds of beasts without any danger they can kill me

Here is the best ranger guide
http://db.gamefaqs.com/computer/dosw...s_ranger_a.txt

From this site
http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/dos...me/914653.html

Great, ppl posted links above - check them out.

Also do feel free to contact me ingame - I'll be happy to help you out with tricks and tips. While I'm far away from being the godly expert or whatever I do know my stuff.

for non rangers, longbow class is better for pulling. also, if you're not using rtw or fw, longbow class is also better for pulling/range shooting.

but yea, other than that, the longbow class really has no purpose. i kinda feel bad for all of those people running around and fighting with their pretty storm bows.