Stardusk78 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Looking at the difference in damage and the only slightly higher penetration of war bows: why use war bows over short bows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldurs_gate_2 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Looking at the difference in damage and the only slightly higher penetration of war bows: why use war bows over short bows? Essence Interrupter is a hunting bow and is considered maybe the one with the most dps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensign Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) See I'd look at it the other way around - looking at the only slightly lower damage of short bows and big difference in penetration, why use hunting bows? Hunting bows are for clearing unarmored trash. War bows for hitting targets with armor. An archer character really wants to have one of each equipped to swap between depending on the target. Edited January 4, 2019 by Ensign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psychovampiric Shield Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Because slightly higher penetration may translate into substantially more damage in certain situations. Furthemore, it has +2 pen modal that puts it ahead of all other ranged weapons except for the sceptre (which also has +2) in these situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eraflure Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) Having innate dual damage and high pen is very valuable in PotD, frostseeker has a useful and unique mechanic and is available right after port maje, and the other 2 war bows have very interesting enchantments. They both scale really well with crits, even after the nerfs. Hunting bows have a great modal for pure right click dps against enemies with lighter armor but struggle against high armor. The essence interrupter with its shock/pierce dual damage mostly ignores that penetration issue though. Edited January 4, 2019 by Eraflure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nssheepster Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 why use war bows over short bows? Frostseeker. That's the entire reason, for me at least. Frostseeker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaneglorious Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Veilpiercer can be pretty good on a Ranger. If you're tired of abusing OP things like Frostseeker + AS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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