(Off-topic: Hello everybody, I’m the RS gold exact same Just Someone from earlier, the one who did . I’ve come out of inactivity. Nice to be back at Sal’s) From what I gather, ranged has changed radically for p2p at the time that I was inactive. However, I’m f2p, and things haven’t really changed – it is still bow and arrow, or that pathetic peashooter known as the crossbow. With the release of dungeoneering, the most powerful weapon I could get is your sighted maple longbow. I had thought that it would be, but I conversed with a member who stated that”longbow fails” period. I think that the topic merits further evaluation.
Here is the information I gathered so much: Shortbows fire somewhat less than twice as quickly as longbows, and I’m pretty sure are on quick. Ranged stat bonuses are somewhat insignificant to max hit for range – only range lvl and metal on the arrow matters. Watching a person with lvl 60 range, iron arrows, even sighted maple longbow, did not produce damage which was spectacular by any way I comprehend. I believe I just about kept up with him, lvl 53 range, steel arrows, walnut shortbow. The counterargument is, high ranged stat bonuses = higher average harm, which may translate into faster kills as time passes.
And seriously, here is a point of theory: why a scimi (or even a rune sword, for that matter) defeats the battleaxe is that it can hit twice in the time a battleaxe hits once. Assuming someone hits max 150 with a b’axe, the scimi can strike 2×130 or even 2×100 in the same amount of time and beat the damage. This stage is much more powerful in the shortbow-longbow question, since the longbow does not even strike harder than the shortbow. The dice are more important than ever – if a shortbow strikes for at least 50 percent of their max hit every moment, the longbow can not match it even scoring max strikes on every shot.
So to recap, the slowness of the longbow is a grave concern – does the ranged attack bonus warrant the cheap OSRS gold investment (of tokens that could be spent on an arcane blast necklace) along with the forfeit of rapidity? Pardon the huge words, and thanks beforehand.
