How good are the new bows?

[woodlin]

Are there any bows in the new expansion that perform better than the Stonewood compound bow?

[Ixiola]

Yes, they are much better, but the level requirement is also higher. This for example:

Druzzil's Composite Treant Laminated Compound Bow
MAGIC ITEM ATTUNEABLE
Slot: RANGE
Skill: Archery Atk Delay: 37
DMG: 47 AC: 25
Skill Mod: Archery +5%
STR: +18 DEX: +12 STA: +18 WIS: +10 INT: +10 AGI: +12 HP: +165 MANA: +165 ENDUR: +165
SV FIRE: +13 SV DISEASE: +10 SV COLD: +13 SV MAGIC: +20 SV POISON: +10
Attack: +20 Regeneration: +2 Mana Regeneration: +2
Recommended level of 70. Required level of 68.
WT: 3.0 Range: 250 Size: LARGE
Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD ROG
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 7
Slot 2, Type 4

Compared to:

Stonewood Compound Bow
MAGIC ITEM
Slot: RANGE
Skill: Archery Atk Delay: 37
DMG: 42 AC: 10
Skill Mod: Archery +5%
STR: +15 STA: +10 INT: +15 HP: +100 MANA: +100 ENDUR: +100
SV DISEASE: +35
Attack: +10 Regeneration: +2
Recommended level of 63. Required level of 61.
WT: 3.0 Range: 220 Size: LARGE
Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD ROG
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 4

[woodlin]

Nice Bow

Druzzil's is nice now I have to get myself to the point where I can fletch it.

[Bobaten]

Even the number 2 bow line is better than the Stonewood, and the requirements are a bit lower.

Composite Treant Laminated Compound Bow
MAGIC ITEM ATTUNEABLE
Slot: RANGE
Skill: Archery Atk Delay: 37
DMG: 44 AC: 25
Skill Mod: Archery +5%
STR: +15 DEX: +10 STA: +15 WIS: +5 INT: +5 AGI: +10 HP: +125 MANA: +125 ENDUR: +125
SV FIRE: +10 SV DISEASE: +5 SV COLD: +10 SV MAGIC: +15 SV POISON: +5
Attack: +20 Regeneration: +2 Mana Regeneration: +1
Recommended level of 65. Required level of 63.
WT: 3.0 Range: 250 Size: LARGE
Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD ROG
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 7
Slot 2, Type 4

What would be interesting to play with is some of the lesser Druzzil bows. The Druzzil's Composite Treant Laminated Bow (62 damage, 52 delay, other stats close to the Druzzil Compound bow) while lower dps than the compound is currently the highest damage bow available, and should give trueshot crits of over 3.4k without champion or might. I wonder if classes that just use bows to pull would prefer the big hits over the ratio.

[Ueauvan]

bigger hits pulling = more chance of being summoned = bad

dont let others pull m'kay. rangers/bards/monks/sks

[Bobaten]

I don't think that without innate double damage on stationary mobs or AM3 a non ranger could manage to get summoned on a pull even with a 62 damage bow.

[greenwood_d]

How good are the new bows? Druzzil's bow is better then the one that drops in RSS, and currently (I think) that is the best groupable bow in game. (groupable meaning =/= not a raid needed/high end group drop - like Feratha Bow)

[Bobaten]

I dropped my Bow of the Tempest (Time bow) for a Druzzil.