Nesse

Ive heard that the summoned ammo from DT bows has been changed on test. Can anyone confirm this? And if so, what has it been changed to?

Thanks.

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Drodin

Brega said they made it 15% hit bonus instead of -5%. Not quite what I was hoping but much better.

Also tenders were bumped to 20 or 25 I forgot. Field point would still arguably be the best available.

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Nesse

Thanks Drodin, +15 is definately better then -5. I believe we had this overall discussion about the summoned ammo v/s handcrafted when they made the first arrow changes. Visually speaking, handcrafted looked like it would out perform the summoned, but I think after it went live it was confirmed that it did not. Any chance thats the case here as well?

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Drodin

I dont remember exactly, but I do recall some doubt about the DT ammo back then. I think it was more about the broadhead having a higher damage number over the field point and their hit %.

15% hit bonus is what I was saying would be a minimum in my feedbacks, trying to at least meet em in the middle somewhere. -5% was retarded and probably an oversight but I wanted to make sure they realized it. I still think the stuff obtained on a raid should be at least on par with the best crafted ammo to just benefit from the plat relief if nothing else. That's what we get to find out when this goes live.

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Lesca

As I think someone pointed out in another thread, the summoned DT ammo got lumped together with the summoned makeshift arrows. And while the makeshift ought to be crap, the DT shouldn't...

Kuian

Anyone have a pic of it? I heard that Tenderwood were 20 and DT was 15 in terms of accuracy, but wanted to see the other stats of the DT.

Prince of Pwnage

I think you're wrong, and here's why: where the field point have a higher hit rate, their dmg is about half? of the DT ammo. I still think the dt ammo will be the best (even at 15% hit) other than tenderwood. Of course I would like to see that dt ammo move up, but i find it highly unlikely that they will up it anymore.

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Crychtonn - Bylar

15% for DT and 20% for Tender aren't to bad. I'd prefer to see Tender at 25% to make it stand out more against DT or have a noticable damage difference though. Sorry but for only a 5% increase I think just using DT ammo and using seeds for Tender poison would give better results.

And they better do serious testing on these changes. Because if handcrafted fieldpoint ends up being the best ammo someone down at SOE needs to get slapped up side the head.

Nesse

I'd have to agree with you on the +25 for tenderwoods. With only a +5 over DT Summoned, it hardly seems worth wasting a seed on.

As for handcrafted being better.. I have my doubts. If for not other reason, the 10 level difference between the two. We all know that tier has an impact on the ammo as well, and if you dont believe that you can look at the ammo that comes out of DFC. Statisticly it looked pretty damn sweet, but actual play proved they didnt hit as hard as higher level ammo did.

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