Storm Bow vs +5 Longbow of Speed


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Post Friday, 16th March 2018, 18:41

Storm Bow vs +5 Longbow of Speed

One was a nice gift from the Elves, the other a gift from Oka.

the +8 Storm Bow

and

the +5 longbow of Dullness [speed, rPois MR+ Str -5 Int +5]

I am playing as a Centaur, and I have 27 bows, 27 fighting, 20 STR, 15 INT, 12 DEX (with Dullness equipped). I have no intention of using or learning spells. rPois is already covered, but MR is nice.

Which one does more damage?
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Post Friday, 16th March 2018, 19:33

Re: Storm Bow vs +5 Longbow of Speed

Good god damn, those bows. I mean, they both own so it doesn't matter from the "how do I win" point of view.

My guesses are that Storm Bow is better against non-rElec monsters and Dullness is better against the rest (but maybe Speed on every shot is always better against elec on 1/3 of them, maybe it depends on AC too?) but I suspect we'd need fsim to find the actual answer.
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Post Friday, 16th March 2018, 21:05

Re: Storm Bow vs +5 Longbow of Speed

It went well viewtopic.php?f=12&t=25209&p=327125#p327125 :D

In the end, I used Dullness. The reason is simple, Zot is full of Dragons and Draconians with different resistances, and I think that one bow to catch them all was the best thing to go with.

I was surprised at how hard to hit Sojobo and Spriggan Air Mages were. Do they have some special resistance to arrows? Or was I just rolling badly?
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Post Friday, 16th March 2018, 21:17

Re: Storm Bow vs +5 Longbow of Speed

Shtopit wrote:I was surprised at how hard to hit Sojobo and Spriggan Air Mages were. Do they have some special resistance to arrows?

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