Magic bow / arrows? [Archive]

Donruss

07-10-2015, 02:33 AM

I shot my raincaller at a willow wisp just to pull it... it landed! 14 dmg. This was a suprise to me because I have been fletching non-magic arrows.

Does just the bow or just the arrow have to be magic to hit magic creatures? Not both?

kaev

07-10-2015, 02:38 AM

I haven't tested, so I don't know if magic arrows will hit with a non-magic bow. But yeah, magic arrows are pretty pointless, as is the Trueshot Longbow (except as a step in the Raincaller quest.) Can't even remember if that is the classic mechanic, but tbh it feels pretty classic, lotta shortcuts in that classic code.

Celedor

07-10-2015, 02:00 PM

I shot at a mummy yesterday. Despite the mummy being invulnerable to kicks with my non-magic boots, my non-magic bow and my non-magic arrows did damage to it.

Not sure what this means. Maybe normal bow and arrows hit hit-by-magic-only mobs. Or maybe I've misunderstood the invulnerable-to-my-kicks thing.

ezri

07-10-2015, 02:17 PM

Celedor - sounds like a bug to me #NerfRangers ;)

williestargell

07-10-2015, 02:45 PM

only one or the other needs to be magic. Magic Bow + normal arrows = hit and vice versa. (I think)

Xealias

07-11-2015, 12:18 PM

only one or the other needs to be magic. Magic Bow + normal arrows = hit and vice versa. (I think)

In classic you required magic arrows to hit magic creatures, the bow didn't matter since the bow wasn't hitting anything.

Here neither needs to be magic, longbow + arrow will hit magic creatures.

webrunner5

07-12-2015, 12:27 PM

Celedor - sounds like a bug to me #NerfRangers ;)

Oh Boy, that is just what Rangers need on here lol. :D :eek:

Celedor

07-13-2015, 01:27 PM

In classic you required magic arrows to hit magic creatures, the bow didn't matter since the bow wasn't hitting anything.

Here neither needs to be magic, longbow + arrow will hit magic creatures.

Well, that's one needed "error" in our favor, albeit one of limited value.

Qtip

07-13-2015, 01:51 PM

maskedmelon

07-13-2015, 02:33 PM

Every ranger is now looking for you...

One would hope this would not take long... As rangers....

Kinvalar

07-13-2015, 03:21 PM

One would hope this would not take long... As rangers....

But they'd have to fix player tracking first

Qtip

07-13-2015, 03:59 PM

But they'd have to fix player tracking first
LOL

Donruss

07-13-2015, 04:42 PM

The tracking jokes are funny.

I thought it might be a bug.. but figured no way it would be me that discovered this. Not with all the classic purists running around.

Hopefully, rangers get this fixed only after haste items start effecting bow delay. It was not my intent to further gimp rangers, I love mine.