I have been thinking, (not a good sign), and I realized that there are three Runescape trees that aren't used for very many things. Teak, Mahogany, and Arctic Pine. Now I did some internet research and found a type of bow called the "recurve". A recurve is essentially a longbow with the tips of the limbs curving away from the archer, allowing a greater amount of accuracy then longbows, shortbows, or composite bows. This bow was used during the Middle Ages which is the time period set for Runescape. My proposal is to use these three trees to make recurve bows. If anyone has realized it, the bow choices for higher levels isn't very big, and I think that with the addition of recurves, rangers can have more options and become more flexible. So, I'm thinking:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teak Recurve- 50 Range

 

 

 

Mahogany Recurve- 60 Range

 

 

 

Arctic Recurve- 70 Range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tell me what you think!!!!!

Nice little bit of research there. I'm not sure about the materials though, because Teak and Mahogany are hard woods.

Seercull is a recurve bow.

if you remember, we bent mahogany, i think, to make bongos for the cold war quest.

i think this is a fairly solid idea.the bows may give a LITTLE bit of defence bonus (due to extra hardness(get yer head outta the gutter! :P )), as well as increasing (as if they got 3, 4, & 5 more levels in range than they do, respectively) the max damage of the arrow they have.and though they may be harder to bend than other bows, that dont make it impossible.the only 2 problems are what are the stats of the bows, and will it throw the triangle even more out of whack than it is now?(imo mages are signifigantly weaker than the other classes, eslecially on f2p (im a meleer btw, so updates for them can turn bad on me in wild, i just want a challenge).

Recurve bows are an in interesting idea, but what aspects of Teak, Mahogany, and Arctic Pine make them more suitable for that kind of bow than for any other kind?

along with this, wouldn't there have to be some level of risk, like the bow snapping/breaking, and hurting you, then you have to pay to get it repaired, or you could repair it yourself, if you were a high enough fletching level?

Nice idea, but be honest with me - have you been watching the History Channel tonight? They had an episode or two about the middle/dark ages - one of which prominently featured the recurve bow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not to take away from your suggestion if you were - I was just wondering.

yes make a bow with a ranged lvl of 96!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yeah pretty good additions to ranging equipment....

umm.... wut the heck is the artic pine...? :-k

arctic pine is from teh freem isle quest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

no i did not watch the history channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i think they should be able to break when making but not once made

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and its just that the trees are used fro something and we've got enough longs and shorts

This seems to be a pretty good idea... F2P or P2P only (most likely P2P alone), this would be a good addition. I'll give my support.

i guess ill support

how about..... we just mkae a quest were you get a boomerang or we get a slingshot and pellets

i support

thanks for the support guys

If you promise to make some graphics/pics for this, I will support

Put some graphics w/ it, and then I'll support \

its not a bad idea, but it seems like mahogony is better for tables then bows.

i stink with graphics so sorry about that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

im glad to see that people like ym idea though

how about a bow shield, like a bow with a "shield" on the top, i'll draw one later if i get round to it

im surprised to see this is still alive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the shield thing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

porbably make a vmab with a little round dshield attached to it