Making Gil?

[Mikita]

The Lieutenant-rank bow should be superior to the Giantsgall bow, unless you manage a crazy meld. Just another option.

Oh yes. I forgot about those!

They are quite nice too, especially if you go with the full set of GC gear to get the bonus. Non-meldable and require quite a few guild tokens (especially if you aren't already up to Second Lieutenant)... but nice.

Decisions! Decisions! ^^;

[rockman0]

Okay. ^^;

I love my Sarnga and use it whenever possible, but during more difficult fights the party really needs the Bard songs so I need to use a different bow for those fights.

Artemis relic bow aside, Garuda's Spine is probably the best but you can't buy those since they are untradable. Next best for Bard is probably a the Giantsgall bow which you can buy or get as a drop from Skirmish. The nice thing about the Giantsgall bow is that it is meldable, unlike the Garuda and Ifrit bows.

Alesones's Songbow does nice damage... unless you miss due to the accuracy handicap. ^^;

Anyway, there are a lot of bows to choose from and the Archer/Bard forum would be better place to discuss that with more knowledgeable players who pay attention to stats and numbers.

In the meantime, good luck with the mining and material farming!

thanks for all of the great advice. feeling much more confident now. I still want the Sarnga bow, but I'll focus on something else for now.

making gil is kind of a pain, took me almost 2 hours just to sorts out retainers inventory, then need to check out of all that mess what could sell the best, check price, put them on the market... the system is just not good

well, here's to a better system in 2.0 :d