Azuarc wrote:
Unless they changed Thori'dal yet again without me being aware of it, it's not actually that impressive. It doesn't use an ammo or a quiver, which means it has those components of our damage built into it. Once you consider that it actually has LESS printed DPS than a Bristleblitz with KoT ammo, and the 15% haste is just our quiver bonus, it doesn't look so impressive.
Then again, there's nothing that says it doesn't use ammo and quiver bonuses, so I'm looking forward to hearing otherwise from somebody who has one.
1) The Dps of the bow is 162. That's equivalent to 109 list dps, which is higher then the Bristleblitz
2) The reason there is a haste bonus is because you don't use a quiver, no they won't stack, it says they won't stack right on the weapon.
3) Arrows only add dps to your auto shot damage, whereas weapon damage adds to the steady shot damage. This means that even if the equivalent dps for auto was the same as a bt bow your steady damage will receive a HUGE buff. This bow is a massive upgrade, and I'm honestly really surprised to hear otherwise coming from you. even at 148 dps (2.4 ptr number guesses) it was a really big upgrade. (and equal to bristleblitz for autoshot dps)
This bow would be better then any bow in the game even if it was at 122 dps. That would put your autoshot at 69 without the arrows, and your steady at 122. This would end up being essentially a 95 dps bow with no arrows, and great stats. Putting in the T6 set bonus and you could lower the listed dps even more and still maintain equivalence. The fact that it is way higher makes this a crazy bow.
I have mixed feelings about the speed, as it means BM hunters won't be able to use any haste gear with it, but I suppose it makes it very friendly to SV hunters trying to use BM rotations, so in the end it's all right.
What numbers were you using anyway? It's never been
less then the bristlebritz dps. At worst it was equal for autoshot.
Edited, May 30th 2008 3:05pm by Xsarus