Armour piercing?

SJG

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

30 Jul 2005 at 09:11 - 1
In Fansite Friday #52, Gaile Gray said:
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Another example of this would be bows: Some shoot faster, some truer, and some at longer range. At least one has armor piercing, too. If you add elements like bow grips and strings, you have some pretty interesting complexity of stats for these items.
Now this is something I'd never heard of. Does anyone know which bows have armour piercing and how much? Are there any other armour piercing weapons?

JackOften

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

30 Jul 2005 at 09:15 - 2
The Shadow/Recurve/Ivory (I think, not sure on Ivory) line has it - not really worthwhile as far as damage improvements go with their aweful refire. Yes, I bothered to test.

Anarkii

Anarkii

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

-None-

R/Me

30 Jul 2005 at 09:25 - 3
Its Shadow/Horn/Ivory. See the missile props guide here on guru. (These bows have 10% inbuilt armor penetration)

ElderAtronach

ElderAtronach

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/Me

30 Jul 2005 at 10:13 - 4
I don't know if the 10% armor penetration is worth it due to the slower fire rate compared to shortbows/halfmoons. Has anyone done DPS calculations on that, comparing say, firing regularly and under tiger's fury, the average DPS between shortbows and hornbows?

Zuggy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Pocatello, Idaho

Team FahQ

R/Me

30 Jul 2005 at 14:37 - 5
That little bit of information makes me like my shadow bow even better, since it's max dmg and has dmg+10% while health is above 50%

Swarnt Brightstar

Swarnt Brightstar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Mongolia!... But sadly Florida

Rulers of Mythology <ROM>

R/Mo

30 Jul 2005 at 14:39 - 6
Lol, I prefer the stormbow, I believe it's just a prettier longbow XD

Uzul

Uzul

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Arctic Tundra

Pints N Quarts [PsQs]

30 Jul 2005 at 14:47 - 7
a propos longbow...
2 versions exist:
there is the flatbowish crappy longbow where you seem to use 2 wood planks to shoot your arrows and then there is this beautifully crafted, feathered longbow.... which deserves the name longbow (to be found in the desert mostly).
regarding the armor penetration of the other's - it's no real 10% penetation... against its a chance to get 10% penetration (like the sundering string)

anyone done some average dps testing? cause i barely use my ivory and my shadow due to the ugly firing rate

HostileKostal

HostileKostal

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

The Colony, TX

GameAmp Guides Guild [AMP]

R/P

23 Aug 2005 at 17:23 - 8
do armor penetration percentages stack? planning on adding sundering bowstring 10/6 to shadow bow, currently icey +1mks 11%.

do dmg percentages stack? shadow bow is +12% while health > 50%, customizing adds 20%, so total is dmg+32%?

tia

Epinephrine

Epinephrine

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Mar 2005

Ottawa, Canada

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

23 Aug 2005 at 17:43 - 9
Quote:
Originally Posted by Uzul
a propos longbow...
2 versions exist:
there is the flatbowish crappy longbow where you seem to use 2 wood planks to shoot your arrows and then there is this beautifully crafted, feathered longbow.... which deserves the name longbow (to be found in the desert mostly).
regarding the armor penetration of the other's - it's no real 10% penetation... against its a chance to get 10% penetration (like the sundering string)

anyone done some average dps testing? cause i barely use my ivory and my shadow due to the ugly firing rate
The Flatbow is a great weapon, and my choice of the bows out there. It has a long arc time, but if you are running arrow speed-boosts you don't even notice it. It has the range of the longbow and the speed of a shortbow. It's unfortunately the ugliest weapon on the planet, but I like it for its functionality.