Please give us some good options for bow users. At the very least, a dual-augment Epic bow that (also) doesn't suck. I find myself more often using my crafted Holy/Bludgeoning/Vampiric/dual red/purple slotted bow than any sentient bow because they out perform them even with 5-6 filigrees.

Good bows are sorely lacking in this game and CC dual augmented bows are generally better than ANY named (sentient) bow. +20d6 damage (2X4d6 enhancement and 2X6d6 augments (which are still more powerful than their crated versions)) vs Epic/Named bows that add almost nothing that can't be found on numerous item that an Archer would already have or would have crafted. It seems like all the dual-augmented bows that accept sentience are red/colorless (worthless).

If High lv (maybe even Max-400) crafters could add sentience to a weapon (there are already many things outpaced, at lv, by augments), people may actually turn to crafting rather than the grind.

My mains usually have 3-5 named/set items (rarely is one of them a Bow) and the rest are crafted.

Another option would be to bring back the "Flexible" shards which would allow you to put things like Vamp on gloves and the like.


Instead of re-working existing crafting options, it seems like they just keep adding new ones and abandoning the old ones (which required more actual investment). Hmmm....achievement vs dumb-luck/grinding???