View source for Post:Weapon Choices - 04/30/2015 - 21:43

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|a=DR-KODIUS
|t=Re: Weapon Choices
|d=04/30/2015 09:43 PM CDT
|n=734
|f=The Moon Mages \ Combat for Moon Mages
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|p=I'd caution that it is completely impossible to draw any conclusions from less than 100 - 1000 samples... you could "roll a 1" 20 times in a row or "roll a 20" just as many. 

IIRC {{PRel|Crossbow skill|Crossbows}} technically have no balance... and so inherently penalize your OF. Though I'd have to run a bunch of tests myself to see how it stacks up to the "shield penalty". Just something to consider too. This will probably change with Tinkered crossbows because it annoys me. 

And even if you were technically missing 10% more with the bow versus the crossbow, keep in mind the bow has a shorter load time and therefore a bit higher potential DPS before factoring in the misses... 

Keep in mind the bow use for PvP differs from the bow use for PvE... Repeaters and Shortbows tend to be popular for the quicker fire times. But in PvE you have all day so people may prefer slower varieties.
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