List bow class in the bows discription

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

01 May 2006 at 07:20 - 1
Currently while there are many bow skins, they fall into one of the 5 bow classes:
Longbow
Flatbow
Short bow
Horn bow
Recurve bow

However there are many bow skins, meaning that to know which skin belongs to which bow class requires people to test it, then post which is which. And then there are the ascalon bows which vary in class depending on which collector you get them from but have identical discriptions and skins.

So what I'm suggesting is that a single line is added to the bows discription so that when you pick up a bow, you instantly know what class it is.

As an example, currently the Stinger (grenths footprint green) has the following stats (according to guildwiki):
Quote:
Stinger
Piercing damage: 15-28 (req. 9 Marksmanship)
Damage +15% (while in a stance)
Marksmanship +1 (20% chance while using skills)
Lengthens Poison duration on foes by 33%
However, since its a horn bow, I'm suggesting it gets changed to something like
Quote:
Stinger
Piercing damage: 15-28 (req. 9 Marksmanship)
Damage +15% (while in a stance)
Horn Bow class
Marksmanship +1 (20% chance while using skills)
Lengthens Poison duration on foes by 33%

Hunter Sharparrow

Hunter Sharparrow

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Jeepers Kreepers

R/Mo

01 May 2006 at 10:04 - 2
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Although there is a training grounds you can travel to that if you take a bow there you can find out what kind of bow you have.

GentleBreezes

GentleBreezes

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, England

01 May 2006 at 10:53 - 3
Sounds good... /signed

Nevin

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

01 May 2006 at 11:23 - 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by bilateralrope
Currently while there are many bow skins, they fall into one of the 5 bow classes:
Longbow
Flatbow
Short bow
Horn bow
Recurve bow

However there are many bow skins, meaning that to know which skin belongs to which bow class requires people to test it, then post which is which. And then there are the ascalon bows which vary in class depending on which collector you get them from but have identical discriptions and skins.

So what I'm suggesting is that a single line is added to the bows discription so that when you pick up a bow, you instantly know what class it is.

As an example, currently the Stinger (grenths footprint green) has the following stats (according to guildwiki):

However, since its a horn bow, I'm suggesting it gets changed to something like
Don't hornbows have the slowest reload time thought?

Replicant

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/Me

01 May 2006 at 11:26 - 5
should be easy to implement, don't see why not.

/signed

BakedMonkey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

R/

01 May 2006 at 13:44 - 6
good idea, when i first started playing i had no idea what a storm bow was! =p

/signed

Hunter Sharparrow

Hunter Sharparrow

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Jeepers Kreepers

R/Mo

01 May 2006 at 13:49 - 7
Quote:
Don't hornbows have the slowest reload time thought?
Yes, but they have a constant 10% armor penetration to make up for it.

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

01 May 2006 at 22:09 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nevin
Don't hornbows have the slowest reload time thought?
I picked the stinger as an example because it was the first bow I saw that didn't have its class in the name. Why you chose to use a certian bow class is up to you.

Wrath Of Dragons

Wrath Of Dragons

Burninate Stuff

Join Date: Aug 2005

New Mexico

E/Mo

01 May 2006 at 22:14 - 9
i like it! and i havent seen this suggested before
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