Bow damage formula?

[Goregasmic]

For those of you who haven't seen on the bug forums:

Originally Posted by nilbog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm feeling pretty good with the local code now. Still needs more testing, but here is a summary of changes being tested so far.

-Archery damage no longer receives a damage bonus from mainhand weapon delay
-Archery damage scales with Dexterity instead of Strength
-Rangers can critically hit with archery at level 12 [Aug1999]
-Rogues can critically hit with throwing weapons at level 12 [Aug1999]
-Archery and throwing weapon hits display "X was hit by non-melee for Y points of damage" followed by "You hit X for Y points of damage"

Trueshot
[!Jan2001]
-All bows act as 45 damage bows while Trueshot is active
[Jan2001]
-Uses actual bow damage
-Added delay-based damage bonus (slower bows receive larger damage bonuses)

Expected Impact
-Rangers with high Dexterity will deal more damage with bows
-[Jan2001] Trueshot Discipline used with slow, high-delay bows will be more powerful


From the posted logs, damage seems close. With a fully raid buffed BIS ranger, it is possible (not likely) to achieve ~1000-1200 damage crits with Trueshot. Any additional logs would still be helpful.

And I just noticed when Trueshot fades, it says 'The natural energy fades from your bow.', but according to the logs it should say 'You lose the concentration to remain in your fighting discipline.' I'll see about changing that.

So bow hierarchy might change. If it is like 2 handers, ratio will probably be a better indicator of where they place and arrow consumption will be more relevant than ever. That would be a nice QOL change.

RIP earthshaker.

Dex becoming primary bow stat will be interesting. Most of your damage usually come from melee so str will remain relevant and seeing rangers have a lot of proc weapons dex was never a bad stat to look for. I don't think most people will shift to dex as bow dmg will remain marginal but it kind of cements its usefulness. Seems like the ceiling would be going up on low delay bows too. The people who like to bow rot might want to look into a dex gear set.