R50 Archers

[Jet]

Crabbow +3 (+15% to affected stats rounded)
Att: 146
Acc: 190
Critical: 135

Verdant Bow (stats as stated)
Att:128
Acc: 182
Crit: 121

Not really even a comparison between the high tier HQ Crab bow and the Dungeon Drop, crab bow just owns it.

I disagree. Verdant delay is 3.5, Crab delay is 4.0. That means the DoT is basically the same between Verdant and Crab +3. Acc would be better on Crab, but wouldn't you get more TP with the Verdant?

[Keftenk]

Assuming you aren't resetting the AA.

[Jabo]

I disagree. Verdant delay is 3.5, Crab delay is 4.0. That means the DoT is basically the same between Verdant and Crab +3. Acc would be better on Crab, but wouldn't you get more TP with the Verdant?

The damage is based on the delay.
Your attack value is in fact a damage over time value, not a raw damage output.
Otherwise my Gladiator would be a DPS God with 2,4s Delay and 160+ attack weapons.

BTT:
Crab Bow +3 > Crab Bow +2 > Uldah/Verdant > Crab Bow +1

Or you think that 20 HP is more important than 15acc

[Zdenka]

Lots of the time you aren't even using Light Shot on cool down due to popping other abilities (Second Wind, Invigorate, or whatnot)

Multishot and Trifucate benefit a lot more from higher ATK bows too.

[tachikoma]

As someone who has tested the ul dah and crab +3/2/1 the order is:

crab+3>crab+2>ul dah > verdant > crab+1

The hard math pretty much sums it up:
Crab bow +3
Att: 146 (127-base)
Acc: 190 (165-base)
Critical: 135 (117-base)

Crab bow +2
Att: 140 (127-base)
Acc: 182 (165-base)
Critical: 129 (117-base)

Ul'dahn Longbow
Att: 141
Acc: 166
Critical: 128

Verdant Bow
Att:128
Acc: 182
Crit: 121