Bow or Blade?

JustAGuy · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 166 **Location:**

I am a lvl 32 pure str fire bow with bow mastery 32 and blade mastery 25.
I like bow it trains fast and people say its gonna own at 90 cap.
But i also like blade because its good in pvp which im going to need for doing jobs and i like the skills. Im thinking of going dual build bow/blade but that will take a lot of sp and i hate sp farming. So do you think i should stick with bow or go blade or get both and farm over 300k sp.

EDIT the Both option in the poll wont show up so if u think i should go both bow and blade post here.

MrFudge · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 5731 **Location:** None

you cant go dual if you are thinking of 90

JustAGuy · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 166 **Location:**

bump i need more votes

Rainigul · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 4490 **Location:**

Blade, it's more fun.

I made a bow guy, and it doesn't stand up to how much fun blade is.

This is basic stats of everything:

PvE:
Blade levels up super fast for first 24/25 levels.
Bow levels up super fast for the first 32 levels.
Blade levels at a medium/slow speed for levels 29-50.
Bow levels up medium speed for levels 32-45.
Blade levels up at medium (occationally slow) speed for levels 51+
Bow levels us INSANELY SLOW for levels 46+

PvP:
Blade does medium/bad for the first 28 levels
Blade does medium for levels 29-41
Blade does quite decent for levels 4x-5x
Blade does AMAZING for levels 5x-early 7x
(Exact levels for the last 2 cannot really be stated)
Bow does medium throughout it's whole life, though supposedly can own at 90 cap.

You can do dual, but blade is best package I'd say. I used to love bows, but they start to level up REALLY slowly later.

ciddy · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 864 **Location:**

bow will be one of the best build at lvl 90 cap with the new skills. the knockback and stun will be so annoying -_-

bowers are also good in killing uniques who knows you might be the first people to kill satyan

flashflas · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 10

bow fast in low lvl's and blade 2 but when u become blade in hight lvl like 40 it's gonna faster i have blade and i was think that it's very slow but it's goona fast to kill ana in pvp blade is the good as u have shield it's make block blade is evry thing

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JustAGuy · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 166 **Location:**

JustAGuy · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 166 **Location:**

cin · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2007 1:05 am

blade.

Da_Realest · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2435 **Location:**

Rainigul wrote:

Bow levels us INSANELY SLOW for levels 46+

I don't know what you were doing but I 2 shot mobs 1 level lower than me. Anti devil then arrow combo. 2 or 2 and a half zerk orbs to kill a giant. Thats killing as fast a pure int sword considering I have a farther range than them.

If you plan on playing until the 90 cap then I suggest you stay bow.

Rainigul · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 4490 **Location:**

Da_Realest wrote:

Rainigul wrote:

Bow levels us INSANELY SLOW for levels 46+

I don't know what you were doing but I 2 shot mobs 1 level lower than me. Anti devil then arrow combo. 2 or 2 and a half zerk orbs to kill a giant. Thats killing as fast a pure int sword considering I have a farther range than them.

If you plan on playing until the 90 cap then I suggest you stay bow.

Did you have like a +7 bow or something?
Plus, you're assuming your anti devil crits.
If it doesn't, then you have to add explosion arrow or whatever.

Bow levels slowly later, at least in all of my experiences.
Blade seems to level slow, but not really... Although glaive clearly beats it in leveling.

Da_Realest · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2435 **Location:**

Rainigul wrote:

Da_Realest wrote:

Rainigul wrote:

Bow levels us INSANELY SLOW for levels 46+

I don't know what you were doing but I 2 shot mobs 1 level lower than me. Anti devil then arrow combo. 2 or 2 and a half zerk orbs to kill a giant. Thats killing as fast a pure int sword considering I have a farther range than them.

If you plan on playing until the 90 cap then I suggest you stay bow.

Did you have like a +7 bow or something?
Plus, you're assuming your anti devil crits.
If it doesn't, then you have to add explosion arrow or whatever.

Bow levels slowly later, at least in all of my experiences.
Blade seems to level slow, but not really... Although glaive clearly beats it in leveling.

+3 bow, 7 level gap... I don't necessarily need a critical to 2 hit a enemy but it helps. I can just target the next mob and autumn wind will finish it off.

alZen · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 657 **Location:**

once u done bow, u will find other pure str builds boring because bowers have got range and kill fast, especially if u choose your mobs wisely to train on.

no one's doing bow now cuz of the current skill imbalance ... ice immunity and no damage effects like stun, KD, KB ...

for pve ... bow is really fun.

bumcykcyk · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 10

Bow is way better than blade / glaive
the range + good usage of phantom and your speed makes combined withtactics makes u able to kill everyone

Fizle_NL · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 64 **Location:** Holland

Maybe you can make a new character,and use the money of your current character do give it to the new, then youve got a great start, i would do that, keep the bow ch. and make a new blade ch!=)

MrFudge · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 5731 **Location:** None

bow lvls up fast, i dno what that person was talking about.

especially after lvl 49 when you get the last book of antidevil..

crit 30 increase =O

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