Bow or xBow?

bows r faster there aim is higher and they seem to have hight crit%

[Ownage]

Yeah... my build is:

25 SPR/Rest STR > so from what Rin said, I guess Bow is best. :S

I haz got godly bow though, so yayz

[Enraya]

Yeah, I have the tendency to get better xbows than bows, so it kind of matters what you get xD

I've found all my weapons except for my lvl 20 xbow, and both my lvl 3x and 4x xbows are enhanced o-o; So yeah, it's pretty obvious I would prefer them over my bows, LOL.

@ Ralath
Yeah, the speed of xbows are hardly noticeable if you use skills o-o;

@ Ownage
I'm a 25 SPR rest STR archer, but I work well with an xbow. I'm used to much more damage, so if I'm soloing harkans I might get hit for alot, but I'll get hit once every 5 monsters approximately because I can do enough damage before the monster hits me (and when it does, harkans miss a lot LOL).

If you're going to be AoEing, go xbow. Higher crit, and when you're not spamming multishot/poison you're doing one of your single target skills so the bow speed doesn't even come into play.

[Ownage]

tyvm lightning

[Sero]

From level 31~49 I was an xbow user.

Now I prefer bows, faster, more dmg if it is +9ed, or if it has lotsa STR, and will give the archer less or 0% misses if that archer has nothing on DEX.

Xbows are better in: Dmg and Crit rate.

Other than that, Bows look cooler.

[Vasu]

Well, xBows will always out-DPS a bow (talking about NPC stuff here) except if you're pure STR. Look at it this way. When you enhance a bow, the dmg added is proportionate to the base dmg. BUT when you add STR, the dmg added is an absolute value, not a %. As you gain levels, slowly, the effect of STR kicks in, and bows start out-DPSing xBows. So I'll say lvls 20-40 xBows, and for the lvl 40 weapon and above, start using bows if you're pure STR or 25 SPR remaining STR.

[Ownage]

Nice comments guys! Tyvm

[viasta]

Bow, if you are Str build or Str:END build of Archer, you fire faster at a higher dmg rate.
So yeah, i say Bow, unless you always get super crazy elite xbow

[Enraya]

Boss hunts, it should be pretty obvious that bow > xbow
Like vasu said, NPC xbows > bows in terms of damage up until a certain amount of time, when the bow speed finally kicks in. In AoE's and short fights, I see no point in using a bow. I'm going to be spamming skills anyways, so the speed doesn't really matter. In bosses, your skills take a while to cool down, so bows will be better than xbows (NPC) when it reaches a certain time. KQ bosses are good examples of this~ o:

Besides for looks, I've never really used a bow. Kinda pointless IMO, because once I finish spamming skills in my order, the mob's going to be dead anyways so I never get to fire many regular shots.

[Vasu]

It also depends on your playing style. If, like Enraya, you're going to be spamming skills, the xBow's your weapon, because 1. your speed won't matter, 2. your skills will have a higher base dmg.
If, like me, you want to conserve SP and rely on DPS, then the bow is your weapon.