R50 bows

[Isaaru]

That is true that arrows do more damage based on affinity, but I think at the moment it is barely noticable or very minimal because STR is not doing what it is supposed to. If STR is supposed to be anything like in XI it will increase the amount of damage you will do per hit for the given attack. In other words it will raise your cap give or take some damage and the attack will fill it in.

Right now because STR doesn't do much, if anything at all, there is a small range where the damage seems to hover around and not really go much over unless there is an ability buff. Though it does look like different arrows give a more consistently higher damage per hit, while the others are more inconsistent. So in some sense everyone here seems to be right.