The harp is a lie.

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Originally Posted by PikachuLink

No dude....no that is a harp those arrows would be way to short......to even shoot.... its a harp on top of a bow get over it bards confirmed

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lawlz and that abortion on the top of the bow can be played like a harp?

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Originally Posted by CptnGamble

lawlz and that abortion on the top of the bow can be played like a harp?

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The cover image featured on Connect-On consists of job concept art. The weapons each job is wielding are things we are planning to implement into the game. In regards to which job is what and what they equip, we'll leave that up to you and your imaginations for the time being.

It seems like the weapon that drew the most attention was the bow... I can tell you that it is in fact a bow that transforms.

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From what Bayhone said, I think so yes.

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Originally Posted by CptnGamble

lawlz and that abortion on the top of the bow can be played like a harp?

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yeah shoot your bow you need a buff you play a quick tune on top of your bow.....harps dont need a million strings and theres enough string to atleast play 5 notes and some of the best songs writtn hardly use alot of chords

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Originally Posted by CptnGamble

lawlz and that abortion on the top of the bow can be played like a harp?

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A harp?
Probably not.
A lyre? Maybe.

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Originally Posted by Ferth

Most of that post is pretty accurate, EXCEPT your allegation of Bows not being as effective as Crossbows in close range.

The bow in the hands of a trained archer is devastating, at hand-to-hand fighting both weapons are largely useless but real crossbows take an inordinate amount of time to reload... longer than single firing muskets even.

The only benefit crossbows had over long bows was that you didn't need to spend most of your life training to use one.

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I never said the archers weren't good with bows at close range just the crossbows are better at that range, being easier to aim and fired faster because repeating crossbows could be fired damn fast.

I'll concede that the style of crossbow that I was thinking of is far different from the one you were thinking of. But an archer trained extensively in the long bow can still fire at a pretty fair rate, and one would hope with at least decent accuracy.

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The cover image featured on Connect-On consists of job concept art. The weapons each job is wielding are things we are planning to implement into the game. In regards to which job is what and what they equip, we'll leave that up to you and your imaginations for the time being.

It seems like the weapon that drew the most attention was the bow... I can tell you that it is in fact a bow that transforms.

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i just wanted to re-quote this just to make sure it really sinks in to everyone.

if it is a bow that transforms, and the mysterious shape looks very much like a LYRE, on to of whatever other evidence it might be Bard..... id say its most likely a bow with a shape reminiscent of a Lyre/Harp which is intended to keep the bows aesthetic cohesive to its other form. which in turn makes it useless while in bow form-its just for looks.

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Originally Posted by Dreadnought

i just wanted to re-quote this just to make sure it really sinks in to everyone.

if it is a bow that transforms, and the mysterious shape looks very much like a LYRE, on to of whatever other evidence it might be Bard..... id say its most likely a bow with a shape reminiscent of a Lyre/Harp which is intended to keep the bows aesthetic cohesive to its other form. which in turn makes it useless while in bow form-its just for looks.

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Which would be fine... except it looks retarded.

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Originally Posted by Zetonegi

I never said the archers weren't good with bows at close range just the crossbows are better at that range, being easier to aim and fired faster because repeating crossbows could be fired damn fast.

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That's a misconception Cross bows are actually slower, due to load times, and have a longer range than a standard short bow.

By transform, I'd assume that they mean in the same way the pickaxe transforms.

I mean there's a huge honking hinge that attaches the lower half of the bow to the instrument. How the device locks into position without coupling under the strain of the string, is a complete mystery, but I'm going to go ahead and say it's magic.