Bows And Cross Bows

[shoebox747]

you know, the dev's are never going to help a ranger or even a rogue out with this bow and arrows skill or x-bow, so why not at least let them look a little be cooler, when you see some1 with a bow it could be a standard bow to a smiting bow unless you ask them, show some effects at least come on dev's have u not let us ranger suffer enough by never upgrading us. GIVE US SOMETHING

[Pfamily]

Yeah, it would be kinda cool to see some effects on ranged weapons. But, can you imagine trying to aim a bow that has 6 or 7 fiery marshmallows stuck to it (flaming effect)?

To continue the thread...they already have flaming arrows shooting at us, why can't we shoot back?

[Mad_Bombardier]

Yeah, it would be kinda cool to see some effects on ranged weapons. But, can you imagine trying to aim a bow that has 6 or 7 fiery marshmallows stuck to it (flaming effect)?

To continue the thread...they already have flaming arrows shooting at us, why can't we shoot back?

Mobs shoot arrows with visual weapon effects on them. Players don't get the visuals for their arrows/bolts.

[Yaga_Nub]

Mobs shoot arrows with weapon effects on them. Players don't.

I beg to differ. I use elemental arrows all the time. There should be some type of art/animation similar to the mobs.

[Mad_Bombardier]

I beg to differ. I use elemental arrows all the time. There should be some type of art/animation similar to the mobs.

Sorry Yaga, that's not what I meant. I know players use elemental/alignment arrows. I meant to say that we don't get the same visuals as mob arrows (rephrasing my above post, too).

[Pfamily]

What I meant to say too, but the words failed me...alas.

Thx Yaga.

[Zenako]

Perhaps game overhead. We as players know what we are shooting at the mob, and except for some bonus visuals, nothing else happens. BY giving the incoming attacks from the mobs some visuals, we can quickly deduce that some extra fire or acid resistence would be in order to cut down the harm. It could take unpleasant seconds to try and find the damage type in the combat log for a new mob or a bunch of them.

As for bows looking different. They do. For example, the Silver Bow has a fairly unique appearance and I can fairly easily see them on various toons. Bows and Xbows do not in and of them selves have magic elemental bonuses, they just impart them to the ammunition that they fire. The bow is not Flaming Burst, but the arrow it fires is.