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EndlessDreams wrote on 2011-07-08 04:04
Quote from Kaeporo;503790:
Arbalists are crossbowmen. The arbalest is a crossbow. You can special upgrade either crossbow.
There are a few reasons why people rarely use crossbows.
1. They have lackluster range: Normal crossbows/arbalests, 1500; Upgraded crossbows, 1700; spirit crossbows, 1800.
2. Crossbows lack min/max damage (though this is somewhat mitagated by their improved critical, it's pretty easy to get 90/130% critical with enchants.
3. The campfire bonus (+50% damage) requires the player equips arrows, not bolts.
The real challenge of obtaining the new title is mastering support shot, a skill which most people have left untouched.
Crossbow also have horrible aim rate compared to bows.
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Froglord wrote on 2011-07-08 04:06
About the ability to synth with fixed dyes to make different fixed dyes, would it be possible that this would open up the chance to make fixed metal colored dyes?
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Ryoko wrote on 2011-07-08 04:38
Quote from Froglord;504221:
About the ability to synth with fixed dyes to make different fixed dyes, would it be possible that this would open up the chance to make fixed metal colored dyes?
I'd wish that it'd be able to. But it's good to be able to save all those puke dyes up.
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Iyasenu wrote on 2011-07-08 04:47
That Sniper title is really sexy...
I wonder what the Requirements would be for a Mage title...
Or what it'd do...
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Chromatic wrote on 2011-07-08 05:36
Quote from EndlessDreams;504220:
Crossbow also have horrible aim rate compared to bows.
this and signed esb with max artisan can beat xbows lol
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Zeo wrote on 2011-07-08 16:39
Fixed dye colors can be changed through synthesis with special formulas (...save those ugly fix dyes?).
Formula is 2 Fixed Dyes + 1 Garbage Herb + 1 Unkown Ore
Hmm... I wonder if the color outcome is random or you could pick what color you want.
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Ryoko wrote on 2011-07-08 22:15
Quote from Zeo;504638:
Fixed dye colors can be changed through synthesis with special formulas (...save those ugly fix dyes?).
Formula is 2 Fixed Dyes + 1 Garbage Herb + 1 Unkown Ore
Hmm... I wonder if the color outcome is random or you could pick what color you want.
It would be a major ouch if it follows the laws of physics and mixes the two shades together to something. Such as red and yellow will actually make an orange fixed dye.
If we could pick the colors, then I'm pretty sure that would defeat the purpose of regular Dye Ampoules.
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Chromatic wrote on 2011-07-09 00:42
Quote from Ryoko;504988:
It would be a major ouch if it follows the laws of physics and mixes the two shades together to something. Such as red and yellow will actually make an orange fixed dye.
If we could pick the colors, then I'm pretty sure that would defeat the purpose of regular Dye Ampoules.
and since when anything follows the law of physics on mabi?
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Ryoko wrote on 2011-07-09 03:49
Quote from Chromatic;505165:
and since when anything follows the law of physics on mabi?
Never.
More likely to be random than anything else.
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Aubog007 wrote on 2011-07-09 03:58
Quote from Chromatic;504318:
this and signed esb with max artisan can beat xbows lol
you are forgetting the difference between bow and xbow mastery.
Crossbows will never be beaten in crit currently.
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Chromatic wrote on 2011-07-09 07:52
Quote from Aubog007;505523:
you are forgetting the difference between bow and xbow mastery.
Crossbows will never be beaten in crit currently.
i rather sacrifice 20% crit for 20 dmg
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Aliyah wrote on 2011-07-09 09:25
Quote from Chromatic;505737:
i rather sacrifice 20% crit for 20 dmg
Arbalests are for the times you need epic crit
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ikotomi wrote on 2011-07-09 15:48
Quote from Aliyah;505769:
Arbalests are for the times you need epic crit
Crash shots are for the time you need epic crit.
Honestly...the only things you can crit with crossbows that you can't crit with bows are things with 60 prot or higher, like King Ghosts. Crossbows are terrible against those. And you'll probably do more damage by just going for max damage and ignoring crit all together, since you're trading easily around 80 damage for 30 crit (best case scenario, probably closer to 25).
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Cide wrote on 2011-07-09 15:58
anything a crossbow is good for, a wing bow is better, basically.
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Kaeporo wrote on 2011-07-09 16:46
The reason I brought up crossbows was because the playstyle of Human rangers has shifted from primarily utilizing Arrow Revolver to focusing more on Magnum Shot and Crash Shot. The crossbow was more popular back then because we lacked other options and the ability to run with Arrow Revolver was pretty useful. If DevCat increases the usefulness of Arrow Revolver, people may want that improved mobility.