So before the update Gastraphetes had more dmg then all the non ilvl guns and indeed traditionally with the exception of the low delay ones xbows generally had more base dmg then guns that was offset by the higher base dmg on bullets vs bolts and then a little. But now the old guns are all higher base dmg than Gastraphetes and the difference between bolt and bullet dmg is even higher. To put this in numbers:
Pre soa highest bullet (adaman) with Annihilator was 203 base dmg combined.
Now with anni and highest dmg bullet (Achiyalabopa) the combined dmg is 358 a 76% dmg increase which is about what most melee weapons are at.
Pre soa highest bolt (adaman) with Gastraphetes was 161 base dmg combined.
Now with Gastraphetes and highest dmg bolt (Achiyalabopa) the combined dmg is 217 only 34% dmg increase which is much lower than other empyrean relic mythic weapons.
For a random melee comparison liberator went from 162 to to 263 a 62% increase and you will find similar with others.
Heck even the Illapa another xbow with the exact same delay 42 more base dmg.
Also might add that the other ranged mythic weapon went from 64 to 119 which is much higher than I would've expected (other guns gained alot less) but is what I would've expected Gastraphetes. In fact Gastraphetes new dmg is what I would expect Death Penalty's to be
So with all that I'm wondering is this really how it's supposed to be? Is this intended or some kind of error because it's a huge difference in how much dmg has increased between weapons. Are we just not supposed to use xbows at all anymore?
Also why doesn't Gastraphetes level 3 aftermath apply to weaponskills when it does for melee weapons? Is that intended or a bug? It's bad enough that the am3 is vastly inferior to that melee weapons on regular hits but to not even apply to ws seems really off.
I really want to make a mythic and rng is my favorite job but right now bolts and Gastraphetes seem broken and a losing pick and kinda want to know wether it's really meant to be this bad and I should pick another weapon or it is going to be fixed and maybe make it