W/P Comp Longbow

[reefhut]

Can I get a price check?

been away from the game for about 6 months. With Deepwoods Sniper coming soon Im curious as to what this mght rake in

[Dimz]

It would seriously depend. Most rangers I know are going tempest, simply because its the best, Melee will always outlive most ranged combat. Just as casters should out dps most tanks. My brother IS going deepwood though and got his off AH for 100k plat. However, that was a lucky find so I would place it depending on interest, 100k-500k plat range. Anyone else concur?

[Aeneas]

I'd place that 100k buy in the category "extremely lucky". 4-500k seems more appropriate all things considered.

[Boldrin]

Have to agree with aeneas on this one. 500k plat buyout on auction and it would sell in less than a day. I'd give ya 300k for it right now (I'm building a ranger dontcha know)

[Shaamis]

The wounding is nice, but the puncturing only happens on a confirmed crit (19-20 if you have imp. crit: ranged), so it brings the general value down, vs. any other kind of w/p weapon.

personally, I would pay no more than 200k for a w/p Longbow, and I have a high level ranger with imp. precise shot, rapid shot, shot on the run, and all of that other stuff.

90% of the time i fall back on my old reliable +1 Holyburst of Pure good comp. Longbow, with flaming arrows or +3 returnable Deneith arrows.

[Ninety]

when my ranger actually uses a ranged weapon, it's a +5 flaming of pure good or a greater bane.

wounding of puncture wouldn't happen all that much, since for the fast majority of rangers have improved crit slashing or improved crit piercing.

very few rangers anymore actually range. it's like that w/p dart that heartattack has... wounding is nice, but only a crit of 20 would be puncturing.

even with improved crit... it's still only the same crit range and a ss or dagger before their improved crit.

[walsh]

i would say 300k -500k easily

[Aeneas]

the main selling point is that with deepwood sniper enhancements in the next mod, a ranged spec ranger could do some really dirty con damage with this bow. Imagine pulling mobs with this bow then switching to w/p melee when they get into range

[Dimz]

the main selling point is that with deepwood sniper enhancements in the next mod, a ranged spec ranger could do some really dirty con damage with this bow. Imagine pulling mobs with this bow then switching to w/p melee when they get into range

Let's get down to the real perspective.. Rangers stink right now. Ranged Combat will still be inferior to melee next mod. Almost all, atleast 90% of GOOD rangers I know are going tempest. 10% to attack speed, +1 to ac, etc, is way better then a button that gives you +1 to crit etc every 10 seconds or watever. If anyone else is like me this bow is no more then 500k plat, no less then 100k plat. But, everyone hates that ranger who already used many shot and is still jumping around like a monkey making the whole party angry at low levels, even sometimes in highlevel stuff.

[Vizzini]

100k for a W/P Longbow, wow.. that's a hell of a steal!

It would seriously depend. Most rangers I know are going tempest, simply because its the best, Melee will always outlive most ranged combat. Just as casters should out dps most tanks. My brother IS going deepwood though and got his off AH for 100k plat. However, that was a lucky find so I would place it depending on interest, 100k-500k plat range. Anyone else concur?

[Dimz]

100k for a W/P Longbow, wow.. that's a hell of a steal!

Yep and so was my 200k plat for a w/p dagger. But as many would agree w/p melee>w/p ranged.

[Vizzini]

I agree 90% with that statement - with the only possible exception being in pvp.

Yep and so was my 200k plat for a w/p dagger. But as many would agree w/p melee>w/p ranged.

[Dimz]

I agree 90% with that statement - with the only possible exception being in pvp.

Well.. IN pvp pit any stat damage kinda stinks because stat damage regenerates rather quickly in the pit. In the arena (deathmatch,CTF) I would say bows still wouldnt be that good because you can just shield block and take no damage, usually when involved in melee usually both people are swinging. I have had to chase a ranger down with a bow and kill them on Valkary, it was just annoying as when a ranger does it in a quest, yet satisfying when I destroyed them multiple times.

[chilli]

far be it for me to disagree but i sold 1 of these puppies on the AH just after XMAS.

placed on the AH for 800k - buyout 1.5mil

lasted 2 hours and got boughtout


further more 1 of these bows and mutlishot will out kill any melee ( unless they dual wield W/P rapiers :P )


just my 2 plat
chilli

[Shaamis]

There are too many instances of mobs that are immune to stat damage, to make w/p weapons so valuable. that's why I wouldn't pay that kind of scratch for them.

w/p are almost worthless in the Necropolis, and I havent ventured into the new content, but I'm failry confident 50% of the mobs in there, rednames and all, are going to be immune to stat damage as well.

Vs. live stat-damage possible opponents, w/p will rule, but DDO has so many differing mobs with so many resistances, it's not worth it to spend 400-800k plat for a w/p weapon.

but other people will do it, so more power to them.

[Dimz]

There are too many instances of mobs that are immune to stat damage, to make w/p weapons so valuable. that's why I wouldn't pay that kind of scratch for them.

w/p are almost worthless in the Necropolis, and I havent ventured into the new content, but I'm failry confident 50% of the mobs in there, rednames and all, are going to be immune to stat damage as well.

Vs. live stat-damage possible opponents, w/p will rule, but DDO has so many differing mobs with so many resistances, it's not worth it to spend 400-800k plat for a w/p weapon.

but other people will do it, so more power to them.

QFT. In new content even the stuff succeptable to W/P have high DR. i.e. Demons etc. Alot of red names in the quests too. Alot of stuff has alot of con too if im not incorrect. So we usually used 1 shot kill spells, or DPS.