Shamaya is correct; when you are landing bolts on THF, you do not care about damage. You care about getting out as many bolts as you can in a short space of time. Ziska's has +racc and lower delay to this end.
If you are in a DD situation as THF, Fire Bomblet or Bomb Core are more effective overall than boosting damage by 4 Base Damage worth every 50~60 seconds.
I'll disagree on this being the best xbow for thf. Ziska's has an edge with lower delay and more acc, making it better for survivability in solo, and better overall in DPS situations, more reliably landing bolts more often being superior to AGI mods and ranged attacks, since boosting TA isn't amazing, and we don't normally care about the damage done from our bolts; just that they land. This bow seems more a thf/rng or overall ranged-dps oriented piece.
I don't know where you are getting your ideas, Hott, but you are off the mark. The ONLY thing you are close to being informed about is the potency of certain additional effects (i.e. amount of HP drained) is related to the level difference of the mob. However, additional effects are also dependent on other factors(not dependent on playerSTR&mobVIT or playerRAttk&mobDef, those are used to calculate physical damage):
-Elemental attribute of the additional effect in relation to element of the mob (e.g. bloody bolt HP drain, dark-based, will have a reduced or fully resisted effect vs. bats, a dark-based mob; acid bolts, wind-based, will rarely if ever process their defense down effect vs. colibri, a wind-based mob)
-The current day
-Certain attributes of the player vs. mob, dependent on ammo (e.g. Bloody bolt HP drain also seems associated with player vs. mob INT; Holy bolt Light dmg dependent on MND, I know THF can't use)
**This is not the best choice for THFs relying on bolts.**
ok both this and Ziska's are good xbows its situational this1 is for range dd Ziska's is for bloddy bolt spam / speed pulls. that being said for range dd you could probly do better w/ a gun
Agreeing with Draken here. This indeed is the best crossbow in the game for every THF, along with the occasional WAR who likes to land acids. The AGI mod is the best you'll get in this slot; juxtaposed with a very low delay, comparable to ziska's, and the immense ranged attack value(not to mention, its the highest DMG crossbow available for THF) makes this the only option for any THF that is perfection-oriented in terms of gear. Shamaya, keep in mind that the base DMG on your weapon is increased by .5 for each point of AGI used in your trick attack setup(the same goes for DEX and sneak attack). If you aren't stacking dex and agi on your thf when using yours JAs, you are a horrible THF and should seriously consider quitting the job. This, of course, holds true in the case of a THF being considered any sort of DD, especially if the THF is intelligently trying to stack their AGI to its maximum potential.
WOW!!! Been hesitant of commenting on this for a long time now. But cant stand nub cakes running their mouths. First of all, were all talking about THFs, so $tfu about Obow. Second of all, any THF who is not a nub cake, knows that when it comes to landing bolts, the additional effect is calculated through STR-mobs VIT and Range Attack-mobs Def. I dont care how much range acc you have because it dont mean ***or you might as well get some C.L.R. cause i'd say your shooting rusty bolts. That or maybe you should try something other then easy prey.
