Is it normal that bow damage is so instable?

I have 45 bow and my crit damage (CRIT IX) can have a variation from 200 dmg to 900+ and i think that's crazy, and I see all around people with 35 bow critting for 800 sometimes, it is weird..

Bow damage depends on AF and Absorb of your opponent. So, while can crit an assassin for 800 dmg, you rarly see that when you try to hit, e.g. an armsmen.

I mean i am critting other stealthers, and specially, (always same char) for so different dmg.

I hit Tauro today with crit for 200 (he was hidden) and round later i critted for 800

ilcensore wrote:I mean i am critting other stealthers, and specially, (always same char) for so different dmg.

I hit Tauro today with crit for 200 (he was hidden) and round later i critted for 800

You sure it didn't switch to a regular shot since he was moving (or was he not moving?)?

if u start by critshot, and then push rapid fire BEFORE ur shot go, it transform ur dmg like if it was a rapid fire

Never done a thing like that ori, and as far as i know if a target is in stealth doesn't care if moving a bit or not moving, titia was saying me the same thing today.

maybe you just use wrong arrows

200 was never ever critshot, maybe you mixed something up.....finally, there is nothing out there you can make more damage like a fresh shadowblade (and youre right, while stealthed it doesnt matter if moving or not)




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Artefact wrote:maybe you just use wrong arrows

nope mate is not about that

ilcensore wrote:

Artefact wrote:maybe you just use wrong arrows

nope mate is not about that

Bow damage is very out of wack. For starters you can still Crit on a Critshot, not to mention as you said sometimes you shoot someone for 300 then the next arrow is 500 or more. And critshots vary wildly. It's very odd.

u push crit after u push push push very often bow...u switch to a standard shot...so do not spam the button

But was Crit dmg on live really as high as it is here? I play an inf here and even with mp armor, absorb, af buff and dd charge I often dont reach the archer alive who critted me with his mos4/5 out of stealth. I played a hybrid Ranger on a live classic server and I dont remember doing any comparable dmg. Makes me lvling a sniper hunter btw

Actually, most people who played sniper/hybrid ranger (or ranged stealthers) on live usually say that bow damage is less here on Uthgard then it was on live. I played a ranger spec'd the exact same on Iseult from classic threw ToA and it was almost a nightly occurence to 1 or 2 shot a person. It has happened on this server for me, but only about 3-4 times total in about 1 year and 8 months on playing on this server. Also realise that ranger on classic was equal to scout as being the worst stealthers on DAOC. If we didnt almost kill you with the bow we were dead once you got to us. Here we have alot more mele ability. I think its good that we dont have the bow damage we did on live because if we had the bow damage we had on live plus the mele skills here to back it up, the ranger and/or hunter would be unbeatable. I would say that if you could go back in time and play true classic live you would see that the average bow shot on crits and normal shots were probably 10% more damage if not more.

Also, to the OP of the thread: I think what has happened when you see the 200 range of dmg on a crit shot is you are attacking a person w/ bubble and you are getting less dmg from penetrating arrow OR you are attacking somebody from a higher armor table that has a 150 value albalative charge on them. Either one will make a decent crit shot look like a decent normal shot.