Are rare bows ever worth it? And at what cost?

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Bergtau wrote:

Accuracy isn't everything. Your DPS will go up if your damage is gigantically higher with a bit of a loss in accuracy. Also, Projectile Weakness exists.

Also, screw all of you trying to "balance" Lioneye's. ARPGs are less about strict balance and more about killing shit, which is why Diablo II, considered by many to be the best ARPG, has never had super good game balance.

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BuDiu wrote:

actually the top rolled rare bows will always beat lionseye.

you can get up to 468 dps from a rare bow.

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tikitaki wrote:

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Bergtau wrote:

Accuracy isn't everything. Your DPS will go up if your damage is gigantically higher with a bit of a loss in accuracy. Also, Projectile Weakness exists.

Also, screw all of you trying to "balance" Lioneye's. ARPGs are less about strict balance and more about killing shit, which is why Diablo II, considered by many to be the best ARPG, has never had super good game balance.

first of all...10 - 15% loss in accuracy is not small. that's not "A BIT" of damage. That takes a 400 dps bow right down to 340 dps.

except diablo 2 didnt have a currency system specifically based around mostly altering and changing magic/rare items...

the closest thing that came to d2 currency was high runes, and those were directly used to create the best items in the game.

so comparing it to diablo 2 seems a bit silly.

i am kind of offended that the economy is filling up with cheap lioneyes that crush rare bows

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BuDiu wrote:

actually the top rolled rare bows will always beat lionseye.

you can get up to 468 dps from a rare bow.

That's nice. Do you intend to go RT to fix your accuracy? If so, lioneye auto-wins because they're critting and you aren't (not to mention it costs two passives to do this)

If you do intend to go accuracy, how are you going to get it all? How many potentially useful offensive/defensive affixes have to now go into fixing your accuracy?

And most importantly..was it worth it? XD

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BuDiu wrote:

5% crit with lions eye will 100% of the time LOSE to an etra 130 dps from your weapon.

now if you play a physical build with crit, you are doing it wrong already anyway because LA beats all physical builds anyway.

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tikitaki wrote:

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BuDiu wrote:

5% crit with lions eye will 100% of the time LOSE to an etra 130 dps from your weapon.

now if you play a physical build with crit, you are doing it wrong already anyway because LA beats all physical builds anyway.

1) It's not 5%. Gear can increase your crit chance, and so can passives that are close to other useful passives.

2) Crit works just fine with Lightning Arrow.

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tikitaki wrote:

first of all...10 - 15% loss in accuracy is not small. that's not "A BIT" of damage. That takes a 400 dps bow right down to 340 dps.

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diablo 2 didnt have a currency system specifically based around mostly altering and changing magic/rare items...

the closest thing that came to d2 currency was high runes, and those were directly used to create the best items in the game.

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BuDiu wrote:

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tikitaki wrote:

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BuDiu wrote:

5% crit with lions eye will 100% of the time LOSE to an etra 130 dps from your weapon.

now if you play a physical build with crit, you are doing it wrong already anyway because LA beats all physical builds anyway.

1) It's not 5%. Gear can increase your crit chance, and so can passives that are close to other useful passives.

2) Crit works just fine with Lightning Arrow.

it is 5% lol

GEAR? WHAT GEAR? 36% from your neck maybe? That puts you at what? 6.5%? big deal not even close to 130 + dps from weapon

crit works fine with any skill why did you even say it works just fine with lightin arrow?

the point you clearly missed is the amount of crit you get with lionseye.

If you waste passives on crit nodes with a lightin arrow build you clearly have a shitty build lol