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I propose a new craftable bow: the longbow. Has the speed of a regular bow, but dmg of a crossbow or heavy crossbow. Craftable only with 100 woodworking skill, and maybe needs something special to craft like has to be made from reaper heartwood or something. Good idea? Bad idea? Indifferent?


Cel

I think it'd be too overpowered. Each of the current archery items has some drawbacks. This bow would definately have a higher speed to damage (or is it damage to speed?) ratio, even with the higher requirements to craft it. This is the way I see it...

Bow: High Speed, Low Damage (3+1)
Crossbow: Medium Speed, Medium Damage (2+2)
Heavy Crossbow: Low Speed, High Damage. (1+3)
Proposed Longbow: High Speed, Medium Damage (3+2)

Low = 1, Medium = 2, High = 3

It would simply be a better bow and make all the other bows obsolete. Within a week, every single bow and crossbow on the shard would be gathering dust in a bankbox (with the possible exception of some silver or destruction bows, maybe, at least until people find longbow versions of them.)

Good point. But, I have a possible solution! hehe What if each shot taken with it sucked your stamina? Might off-set people using only longbows. Also, make it NON-mana-stoneable (is that even a WORD? lol) That way, it'd be simply like a faster crossbow, but with no magical properties. Dunno, I was just mulling over a few things I thought might be fun... heh. Feel free to kick me now.

Cel

Stamina-draining things wouldnt really work because people can either eat to regenerate faster or drink a refresh potion.

And then there's the issue of having melee weapons that don't take down stamina, from a reality point of view - at least in my opinion, anyway.

-M

Drocket wrote:It would simply be a better bow and make all the other bows obsolete. Within a week, every single bow and crossbow on the shard would be gathering dust in a bankbox (with the possible exception of some silver or destruction bows, maybe, at least until people find longbow versions of them.)

Hmmm how about if it wears out fast and only certain tradesmen can repair it. And it takes reaper heartwoods to repair it. Its not like reaper heartwoods are a lead pipe cinch to stock up on. maybe ent heartwoods and reaper heartwoods and dead wood all as requirements? If its hard enough to make and keep in repair it should offset it being more powerful. Maybe even require a special potion on a regular basis. The more things to keep it working at peak efficiency the nore it promotes craftsmen.