Is the Bard 200 weapon worth getting

Hey guys I am in a tight spot I currently have the 190 hive bow which has pretty decent stats and I can't decide if the stat boosts from the 200 bow it's worth getting because it's stats are terrible in terms of what it gives you. any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

+2 Weapon Damage
+9 DEX
+32 DET
-83 CRIT
+64 SkillSpeed (roughly -0.02 GCD)

... I would take it.

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Originally Posted by Arkenne

+2 Weapon Damage
+9 DEX
+32 DET
-83 CRIT
+64 SkillSpeed (roughly -0.02 GCD)

... I would take it.

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Plus, can be upgraded to 210 weapon. Gordian Longbow

No harm in having both, even :v

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Originally Posted by ChameleonMS

Plus, can be upgraded to 210 weapon. Gordian Longbow

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Uh... I don't think you understand how the upgrade works.

- Sav Alexander (AS4)

You loose a huge amount of crit that's for sure. Not certain if the +2 damage is a huge change, have any perhaps done tests?
Curious myself as i was just going to go for Hive over the other weapon.

+2 wep damage is worth about 20 mainstat (dex)

I went with it for now until Relic comes out in 3.1. Did not have Hive weapon yet and so the upgrade from my iLv180 was well worth it.

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Originally Posted by ChameleonMS

Plus, can be upgraded to 210 weapon. Gordian Longbow

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thats Alex savage 4 drop (or 8 books )

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...m/ac618c06963/

thats the upgrade

OP buy it ! is worth it if u main bard!

The secondaries of the esoterics weapon may not appear to be attractive compared to the Hive Bow, however it has more weapon damage and dexterity. It is worth getting.

Weapon damage and dexterity outweigh every other stat pretty heavily. I would definitely recommend upgrading.

I did the math based on Dervy's? stat weights post on reddit and it was like a 26 dex total differnce between the two so it was pretty significant. Definitely get the ESO bow.