are fire/light oils bugged in some way?

[aethelhelm]

my 2 main use bows are a 2nd age 60 xbow and a 3rd age normal 60 bow - both are at max dps and both have ancient dwarf damage, dps is similar on each, the bow 2.4 speed and the xbow 2.3

with no oil applied, the xbow is really fast, especially when using swift bow. the bow feels considerably slower, but because it has good % bonuses for focus and induction shots it generally delivers around the same damage as the xbow. the xbow will generally drop a mob a step or two earlier.

however, if i apply oils, and i've always been a light oil fan for the miss chance bonuses, the xbow speed seems to be considerably affected, very noticeably when using swift bow. the damage output tends to stay the same on the xbow with both oils, but the damage on the normal bow definitely rises. i've tested both on a few runs in the library of steel instance where the mobs are consistent in type and lvl and it seems that oils can add about 10% damage to a normal bow and also feel a bit quicker, whereas they slow an xbow and dont affect the damage

Seems a bit puzzling, and i wondered if any others had spotted this anomaly and knew if it was a recognised bug or not?

[Noerenn]

I haven't noticed myself... weird

[Scappydog]

The xbow animation certainly changes when you add an oil. I did read somewhere that the animation was bugged and it displays the correct animation when you apply the oil.

Without oil you get 3 arrows flying one after the other. With oil you get a distinct pause between them.

[Doctorfun]

Yes, I remember reading somewhere on this forum that the animation for x-bows with oil was bugged and it actually lengthened the firing cycle as a result, thus lowering the damage output.

But I can't verify this myself, since I personally never liked X-bows, purely for lore reasons, since my hunter is an elf.

[Nimilanor]

Seems its reversed for the bow then...
with oil shoots faster.. without oil shoots slower..

xbow..
shoots faster without oil.. and slower with oil.
Seems hunters are slightly bugged in this regard..
Though its not such a big deal i suppose..

[Scatha the Worm]

This is a known issue since beta, hope it gets fixed by book 7.

[aethelhelm]

yes, it is a bit odd and glad it wasnt just me going mad - wasnt a huge xbow fan but when a 2nd age dropped for me, i thought i'd hang onto it! but why, oh why, have the devs given all the lvl60 weapons the most ridiculous look - the xbow looks like a stealth bomber wrapped in gold paper, and the lvl60 maces are that odd cricket bat with a spiky ball on the end combo - even some of the vendor trash you pick up looks so much better!

[Scappydog]

but why, oh why, have the devs given all the lvl60 weapons the most ridiculous look - the xbow looks like a stealth bomber wrapped in gold paper, and the lvl60 maces are that odd cricket bat with a spiky ball on the end combo - even some of the vendor trash you pick up looks so much better!

Because I suspect people want to run around with these huge, flashy, impractical looking implements to make them look cool. ( or the Devs think thats we want ).

Most of the xbows I've seen look like something out of the Klingon spaceship reject program and a lot of the bows look like you could never actually pull them. A little more realism with weapon look across the board would go down well with me.