Crossbow vs. Bow

[Elias]

The xbow does not deal 2 times the damage a bow does, because of base damage, on orcs I crit for like 950 with bow, with xbow I do like 1050. Not too much difference. It is all a matter of personal preference, neither is better then the other.

[Fr0Z3nWind]

diff build will go diff weapon
if ur a spr + str, go bow
spr + dex, go xbow
full str go bow
full spr i have no idea
full dex xbow
full int plz kill ur archer now

[Zwivix]

Lol why do people forget about the full end build?!

We tank archers need som love to ^^

Btw for full end use a xbow!

[DTOSensei]

This is something i found. Maybe can help.

Lastly, I will explain the option of using a crossbow or bow and maybe help you decide which best suit you. Answer my questions below and make your decision at level 20 when the time come for you.

Do you like to spam your skills when killing mobs or do you prefer to conserve your energy and just shoot at mobs using normal attacks?

If your answer is YES, I spammed my skills constantly be it solo or in party. I suggest you use a crossbow for the higher critical chance % and damage base of the weapon.
1.Reason being you hardly use the crossbow for normal attack.
2.You still get to enjoy the higher crit chance and base damage of the weapon when your skills hit the target.

If your answer is the latter, prefering to conserve energy/SP for long grinds with a party or just soloing. A regular bow will be a better option for you. You make up for damage by attacking faster simple as that. Not forgetting the fact that bow users get an extra bow skill compared to crossbow users. Thus making a bow user slightly on par with a crossbow user in term of DPS tho not the best.

Finally, i come to the last part of my guide. Answering why did i recommend potion and scroll making for the Archer class. Undeniably archers use hell lots of scrolls and potions when soloing no matter what build you are. So I am just trying to help you save up some money thats all folks. Welcome any feedback and hope this guide helps!

[Enraya]

LOL, that guide was actually the first thing I found xDD

xBow is good for spamming skills because skill speed is independant from the atk speed.
Bows are naturally fast and with aimed and power cast skill time it would be more of a hassle in my opinion to spam skills all the time.

[JuliannaD]

YOU KNOW WHAT... I totally think that bows are like WAY better than crossbows no matter how sophisticated (that word was hard 2 spell) you make your math seem. BOWS PWN CROSSBOWS

[secbro20]

My opinion is Crossbows>>>>>>Bows

The higher crit for an archer is great and the attack speed doesnt matter since most archers use skills alot. + it has higher base attack. Bows have faster attack rate but that doesn't matter for skills, which is what I mainly use. Crossbow>bow

[Enraya]

Yar, in a same situation w/ the same build etc., crossbows > bows, it's pretty obvious.

Dun forget the 25 SPR full END archers! We need some love here <3
If you go END, use a crossbow like Zwivix suggested.

[secbro20]

Yar, in a same situation w/ the same build etc., crossbows > bows, it's pretty obvious.

Dun forget the 25 SPR full END archers! We need some love here <3
If you go END, use a crossbow like Zwivix suggested.

Thats what i am..25 SPR and then full end. you dont need DEX. I dodge enough without added DEX Dont need STR with Crit either

[Enraya]

But for some reason, I regret going END .____.
I wanna go full SPR xDD

But I chose END because in about 2/3 of the parties I'm in, I'm the tank. I draw aggro even off the higher level fighters because I tend to spam skills as quickly as I can in the first few seconds xDD Always in a certain order too, lol.

But everyone keeps on telling me that I'm only adding END for the benefit of soloing at my level. So I'm wondering if I should start going full SPR.