Lvl 16 weapons

[ATI]

Indeed

[Uber_Hoser]

Currently I'm happy to see there is a lvl 16 greataxe, and if you'd like to know from where, then post here a request.(I don't want to spoil it for anyone)

Where ?

[AndrewCarr]

This isn't the kind of sacrifice that should happen to people that want ranged weapons. Honestly what are people worried about? Bows, technically, are supposed to be better than swords (did you see legolas vs. gimli's score in LotR). Have you ever wielded a Turkish bow from the 13th century design? hello! these things could rip your head off WITH armor on. I don't see why a sword is ultimately better than a bow, nor do I see why range chars should be punished for wanting to attack from afar. Its either not fair or just not finished, either way it needs rethinking.

Actually, Legolas lost by one kill i think in the book, and I'm not sure if they ever gave their final results to each other in the movie.

But anyway, longbows and heavy xbows seem to just be one handed weapons, wielded with two hands, which give the advantage of range. [Edit:] Which is fine imo.

The problem of course I think ati's outlined well, but I could swear one of the devs commented earlier that they use something that gets around the toolset, and so aren't limited by it(hint- where are the keen ranged weapons?)
Besides that, lvl16 arrows aren't hard to come by if you're a fletcher. The problem comes of course when you get lvl20 stuff. The bows still aren't anything amazing(i'd go for +5 ab - to get thru stoneskin, and take a hit to mighty, or maybe their massive crits) and to top it off, making 99 arrows is somehow equally challenging as making an epic type weapon. Which might make perfect logical sense, except that those 99 arrows(2d6 pierce, 1d6 slash) get used up in about a minute, making the 2d6 pierce(lvl16 arrows) the mainstay of people if they're lucky enough to have a high ranked fletching char.

So there's another problem.

Why can we use our ranged weapons effectively only 2% of the time we play(unless we play 1 minute every twelve hour time restriction period)


[Edit:] Grammar