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11/11/2023 7:13:43 PM
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How should bows be tuned?
Hello Guardians, lately many people have been calling for bows to be nerfed due to their high burst damage output as well as the constant peek shooting being annoying to play against. I am curious as to what peoples opinions are as to how they should he tuned?
If we look into it, the reason why bows have to peek shoot to begin with is due to their slow TTK, being at roughly 1.14s after the first shot. Currently their is a drawtime and reload speed cap at 540ms and 500ms respectively (nocking delay is 100ms and doesnt change). What if we reduce the drawtime and reload speed caps to be 440ms and 300ms respectively. This would bring the TTK to 0.84s, bringing it in line with other weapons and allowing bows to roam out in the open more confidently (Of course this will allow them to be more easily gunned down too).
In response to this change, they could reduce the precision and body shot damage such that you need 2HS or 1HS/2 BS for a kill. Aim assistance would also need to be reduced a bit to rely on better aim to achieve the proper TTK. What are your thought or opinions?
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If you change the limits on drawtime and reload speed [b]you risk losing the complete identity of bows[/b].. they are not guns and they have a wonderful feel as a totally different weapon to try. You can try testing out a new bow style.. on one bow.. so you can control it and pull it.. thats how you release things in an established PVP setting. The only problems in bows is primarily, as usual, in exotics... (you know the gimmicks you made for PVE that should not be in every PVP mode) potentially hot swap is worth looking into... but [b]legendary bows feel like the right balance of challenge to use and challenge to avoid[/b].
