Damage compare - Wave Bow :: Artimis Atma

[T1M0N]

No it(s doesn't .Weapon damage for dps is more important.
Even if you got some crits,it doesn't mean you will crit a lot more it's still a % of luck.So weapon damage >>>>everything.Stats matter when they're the same lvl.Only exeption would be MAY BE the SCH.

[MrSigy]

normal wave bow is even better than animus. skill speed yuck.

[givemeraptors]

No it(s doesn't .Weapon damage for dps is more important.
Even if you got some crits,it doesn't mean you will crit a lot more it's still a % of luck.So weapon damage >>>>everything.Stats matter when they're the same lvl.Only exeption would be MAY BE the SCH.

Ummm, what? If you have more crit, yes you will crit more. Sure there's not a big difference between 5% and 10%, but Bard gets a lot of tools for increasing their crit rate. They have the-- for all intents and purposes permanent-- straight shot buff + internal release every minute.

Bloodletter recast is 15s. That means your DoTs will tick 4 times in a chance to reset the CD (if they tick 5 it's already back up so w/e). If your average crit is hanging around 20% that's 4 chances of 20% meaning a total chance ~60% (I believe, someone correct me if my math is wrong) that your timer resets early.

It's basically a trade-off between long sustained damage and periods of burst, but giving that BRD is a burst class, I would prioritize the inconsistent, but potentially higher output over the somewhat lower sustained one. Really though, it would probably just be best to test it but I don't have the time or the weapon. I really doubt it matters much in the end though, gear stats in FFXIV are pretty stale, most builds with similar ilvl produce almost equivalent DPS etc.

[Hakmatic]

No it(s doesn't .Weapon damage for dps is more important.
Even if you got some crits,it doesn't mean you will crit a lot more it's still a % of luck.So weapon damage >>>>everything.Stats matter when they're the same lvl.Only exeption would be MAY BE the SCH.

Guess you dont understand bard very much .

[Maero]

Hands down Tidal Wave bow and your chances of getting it at least for many of us would be better then that of atma
i agree very much with givemeraptors

[NyssaElf]

So does that mean our relic ( even with the customizable stats) will always suck cause of that one point?

[LunarEmerald]

normal wave bow is even better than animus. skill speed yuck.

No, 2 extra weapon damage is far more important.

[LunarEmerald]

Hands down Tidal Wave bow and your chances of getting it at least for many of us would be better then that of atma
i agree very much with givemeraptors

No, your chance of getting a tidal wave weapon is far worse.

[Ooshima]

It's pretty simple.

Tidal Bow > Artemis Animus > Wave Bow > Artemis Atma.

However, Artemis Animus will be upgraded in 2.25 and 2.3 and beyond because it's a job weapon. And it's easier to get compared to Tidal Bow. So yeah, never bothered with Levi weapon.

End of story.

[Taban]

No, 2 extra weapon damage is far more important.

Just wanted to second this. Weapon damage >>>>> anything else