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Swingline · Jan 17, 2012, 04:58 PM // 16:58

Id still go with +5 armor. Elemental damage is throughout the game more than you think. For example the Charr Warriors in EoTN use Conjure Flame so you know they are gonna deal fire damage with their attacks.

However, defensive wise it sounds like you got yourself covered with a ST prot rit and the DS + LR combo. Once you and your heroes become good enough at this game you will soon realize that you can sacrifice optimization to gear/skill your character the way you want to. Rune your Ranger with w/e you want, equip w/e bow grip you want, etc etc.

Splinter Barrage · Jan 18, 2012, 01:00 AM // 01:00

Yeah . . . in the end, "It's up to you, dear player!"

There've been some great insights in this thread though; I know I've learned a lot since I started reading it a few months ago. And I think it's good the topic exists, since even if there is no single perfect bow, and reaching consensus as to the subset of most-semi-perfect bows is impossible, the effort is anything but fruitless.

Thanks again for the constructive comments, everyone. And sorry if I sounded pretentious before.

"Wait, don't go. . . ." --Val Kilmer as Iceman (you guys are dangerous)

(I'm curious, what does the OP think now, anyway?)

velimirius · Jan 31, 2012, 11:27 PM // 23:27

found very helpful info here, thx to all who participated in this debate