Longbow of the Stormcaller  

 

Gain some real knowledge, go make sure you know what you are talking about, then come back and you can post.

This has a better ratio than an Obsidianwood Compound Bow (36/33), only slightly less range, a wider range of stats and resists and more HP, plus has more AC. Considering how much being able to sell my EP bow would buy me in the bazaar and the fact that this is more DPS an an EP bow, I'll take it.

Yes, Featherwood is fast, but that's only an advantage on headshot and short fights, plus the FW proc breaks root if you root for HS. Yes, the Stonewood does impressive hits during Trueshot, but that doesn't translate to more damage, because you're hitting less often.

The only thing this bow is missing, IMO, is the 5% archery mod, but I'd still roll on it. I'd take this or TZ's bow to replace any EP bow any day, and go spend the 30K from my EP bow on a sweet augment or piece of gear.

There's been some very intense studying of procs on the Steel Warriors board. The parses indicate that a faster weapon does not proc more frequently than a slower delay weapon. It appears that you have a chance to proc every so many seconds with the proc taking place on the next attack, not a chance to proc each attck.

forgot to add that rangers can tank with good gear, i personally know the top 3 ranger's on veeshan and all 3 would kick any other melee classes buttocks w/o using a bow or spells just straight up tank dat booty, 2 with 10k+ HP's and one with 11k HP's raid buffed. so you young rangers out there eat your weaties and start plowing for good gear.

and what exactly does this rant have to do with this item?

it depends on what system your guild is using for loot.

/random. if your guild is casting lots* for loots, you're in a guild that's way too noob to kill agnarr. so don't worry about it.

merit. if your guild is on a merit system (and if they're kiling agnarr, they probably are), then a ranger will get this bow. it will do more for the guild to award an am3/eq ranger this bow than any other class. if all the rangers present on the raid have this or better bows, then they'll hand it to another class - hopefully a person who deserves it.

dkp. if your guild is using any sort of dkp system, any of the five classes above stand an equal chance at getting this bow. i personally disagree with this theory. i suggest a 1.5 modifier to a ranger vying for a bow. the same for +aggro weapons for warriors and pokers for rogues.

-for a dkp bids system. 10 dkp on a ranger who wants this bow would be the equivalent of 15 dkp for anyone else. this way, it's easier for these classes to get the upgrades they need to help the guild. under a bids system, if one raid-devoted warrior really wants this item for his range slot, he can still get it before anyone else. but it'll cost him.

-for a dkp /random system. that is, you take a list of everyone who is willing to spend the dkp on a certain item, then use /random to determine the winner. if each candidate for a bow is using /random X Y, rangers should get a 1.2 modifier on their roll. on a /random 1 100, that means any ranger who gets more than 84 has cut off non-rangers from winning. but 84 is a pretty high roll.

-for a dkp alpha random system. an alpha roll is /random 1 X, where X is the number of people who want the item. each person is assigned a number based on their alphabetical placement in the list of people who want the item. if the roll turned up 1, Aaaaniden would win. if it turned up X, Zzzthorn would win. if rolling for a preferred class item, each member of the preferred class should have their name entered twice. if 20 people want to loot this bow and 5 are rangers, well.. i think it's crappy chart time. one to display the effects of double name entry for preferred class loot's preferred classes.
total #interested/#preferred loot class(PLC)/initial % loot chance/modified PLC %chance/modified non-PLC %chance

 
#i   #plc   %c   %plc   %nlc 
 4     1    25    40     15 
 4     2    25    33.3   16.6 
 8     2    12.5  20     10 
 8     4    12.5  16.6    8.3 
16     2     6.3  11.1    5.6 
16     4     6.3  10      5 
16     8     6.3   8.3    4.2 
20     2     5     9.1    4.5 
20     5     5     8      4 
20    10     5     6.6    3.3 
25     5     4     6.6    3.3 
25    10     4     5.7    2.9 
25    15     4     5      2.5 

hope that gives you a rough idea. 22 looters for the item is the ideal number. but since they're regularly 4-10, the double name bonus is overmuch. but .2 of a name in an alpha roll is kinda hard =P

sorry for the long post.

*casting lots. an ancient form of gambling/making decisions, fairly equivalent to rolling dice.

Edited, Mon Feb 3 04:03:11 2003

> now you tell me... did i do 2k more dmg than
> him or is my defense better than his?

Your damage shield did...

you say they are doing damage on par with melee? well, i have am3 and eq and i do about double a rogue's damage, so i second that idea to start doing archery aa's