Cheefoo Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Which would be the better choice? Chaotic crossbow with royal bolts and a shield (perhaps eagle eye kite)? Or Karil's crossbow with bolt racks? I know CCB is higher tier, so higher accuracy and higher bolt damage, but is the 2h damage bonus of Karil's crossbow enough to make up for that? I was also considering getting a royal crossbow. The repair is essentially "free" right? But there's no way I'm getting an offhand CCB, until they buff dual wield range at least. Does the shield defence from CCB+EEKS make it preferable over a royal crossbow, anyway? One more thing... how much does the speed matter on ranged weapons? I know it's practically pointless for melee, as long as you're constantly using abilities, and magic's attack speed matters a bit more, because you can get autocasts in between abilities, but I don't have much experience with ranged in EoC. [spoiler=I LOVE MY STATION] 01001001001001110110110100100000010101000111011101100101011011000111011001100101001000000110000101101110011001000010000001110111011010000110000101110100001000000110100101110011001000000111010001101000011010010111001100111111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vezon Dash Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Royal Crossbow is worth the pricetag. It is essentially free repairs like you said, and it fires cheap but powerful shots. If you are ability spamming, you should have a higher dps with a 2h ranged weapon than dual-wielding. Unless you are bossing, you really have no need for a shiled + crossbow combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheefoo Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Got my royal crossbow fired and I "accidentally" killed her while doing so. Ahh well, I appreciate this first journal. Interesting lore. Turns out the dragonkin are egg rapists. Who knew. 1 [spoiler=I LOVE MY STATION] 01001001001001110110110100100000010101000111011101100101011011000111011001100101001000000110000101101110011001000010000001110111011010000110000101110100001000000110100101110011001000000111010001101000011010010111001100111111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenw Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 As far as I can discern, Royal Crossbow no longer degrades, I have been using it for a while myself and it never degraded a single % 6,924th to 30 hunting, 13,394th to 30 summoning, 52,993rd to 30 DivinationKiln Record (Post-EoC): W 25 - L 0, 14 Uncut Onyx, 8 Jad hits received (Best record: Two in the same kiln)Obby set renewed post update #2: 0QBD drops: 21 crossbow parts, 3 Visages, 1 Kites, 2 KitsMax Port Score [2205] Achieved: 27th April 2013 (World 2nd) Farmyard Rampage ranking: 12th, 50,000 Kills. Dragon Pickaxe Drops: 1 (Times after I first entered Battlefield: 2h) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crupu Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Why make such a debate ? Easy choice for me : double x-bow when I don't need food (easy Slayer tasks), and x-bow + shield when I want to use Defensive abilities (like for some bosses) "I've read this before.." ~ You mah stuffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vezon Dash Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Why make such a debate ? Easy choice for me : double x-bow when I don't need food (easy Slayer tasks), and x-bow + shield when I want to use Defensive abilities (like for some bosses) Because dual CCB is out of the question. Dual rune crossbows is a joke, and Karil's is inferior and more expensive in the long run compared to Royal Crossbow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crupu Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Well okay, Dual x-bow or Karil 2h, same deal :PI just point out that it depends on the fight, and choice is easily made for me between Shield or No shield. (I still hesitate when PKing though, i have tried Range/shield combos with Vengeance as well, but haven't got something working yet) "I've read this before.." ~ You mah stuffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerendil Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 royal is the #1 range weapon, dual x-bows are NOT as good because abilities only take in your mainhand weapon, not your offhand weapon, so royal/zaryte are better than dual ccbows... not sure about karils, but doesn't quite make sense to use a lower tier weapon than royal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheefoo Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 royal is the #1 range weapon, dual x-bows are NOT as good because abilities only take in your mainhand weapon, not your offhand weapon, so royal/zaryte are better than dual ccbows... not sure about karils, but doesn't quite make sense to use a lower tier weapon than royal. It was more of a question between a single CCB vs. Karil's twohander. But I just decided to get a royal crossbow, as I just realized how cheap they were. [spoiler=I LOVE MY STATION] 01001001001001110110110100100000010101000111011101100101011011000111011001100101001000000110000101101110011001000010000001110111011010000110000101110100001000000110100101110011001000000111010001101000011010010111001100111111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vezon Dash Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 The ammo is also cheaper seeing as it can be retrieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huge Ego Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Royal crossbow is sooo much better than dual chaotic crossbows, you may think that just cause you get 2 shots out of the dual chaotic crossbows but try out royal first :P and the royal doesnt degrade in EoC unless they fixed that? last i heard it stays at 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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