RNG Ammo

[noodles355]

Gnarled Horn would be better than Stout Arm.

[Catsby]

A ranged crit increases your pdif by 25%. Sidewinder's FTP mod is ~40% higher than Arching Arrow's. So without "crit. dmg.+" arching arrow is inferior to sidewinder. Do crit dmg atmas make up the difference?

Doesn't dead aim add a bit more too? You can regularly break 4k with Arching Arrow/Heavy Shot.

edit: on topic, rng needs easier access to ammo and more ammo variation.

[Raksha]

Doesn't dead aim add a bit more too? You can regularly break 4k with Arching Arrow/Heavy Shot.

edit: on topic, rng needs easier access to ammo and more ammo variation.

People are saying Dead Aim doesn't apply to WSes.

[Alkalinehoe]

Meh, I averaged about 3.5k on most exp mobs in abyssea with Sidewinder, and I had bad/decent gear at that time. So AA vs Sidewinder is pretty moot when Jishnu's outdoes both considerably.

[noodles355]

Insert argument about what to use *whilst* you are farming your Empyrean bow, as you can't just buy it form NPC.

[Catsby]

Insert argument about what to use *whilst* you are farming your Empyrean bow, as you can't just buy it form NPC.

Condor +2.

[Raksha]

Insert argument about what to use *whilst* you are farming your Empyrean bow, as you can't just buy it form NPC.

Some job besides RNG.

[noodles355]

To be honest, the time spent uprading a different TotM Bow as a placeholder untill you get Gandiva is time not getting Gandiva. Should probably just pick up a Siege Bow or something.
Although the question was about what WS to use untill Gandiva, not what bow to use.

[noodles355]

Good news. Managed to get a response out of camate in the Cor topic:

We already put in a request to the dev. team regarding ammunition-related concerns. However, instead of holding up the release on these posts, we chose to proceed with them and update with further details after the fact.

Dunno about you guys, but just hearing that the issue has been raised and not completely ignored makes me feel substantially better.

[esoR]

To be honest, the time spent uprading a different TotM Bow as a placeholder untill you get Gandiva is time not getting Gandiva. Should probably just pick up a Siege Bow or something.
Although the question was about what WS to use untill Gandiva, not what bow to use.

gah! be careful with such information! suggest vision bow, not siege! lol, we are lvl 90.. siege should be tossed on sight!