Blade or Bow

[vacsux]

hi, i dont know which to choose
-i prefer blade over glaive, cuz both melee, and i wantto tank better while being melee/close range.
-i prefer bow over glaive, cuz both almost same dmg, but bow has longrange which i prefer.
-but now blade or bow?

can you tell me things about blade and bow, cons ans pros.
which do you like and why?

[Puma60]

Ive been Blade and Bow at lvl 75+, and imo i think Bow is better. Sure when i was blade, almost nothing could kill me, however i couldn't kill either. Bows are a lot more fun, however the 250 arrow stacks can be a pain sometimes, always clogging up my inventory.

[xKingpinx]

well puma now that the new skills that came out...bladers with +5 blade and up arent all that bad... i mean it takes so long to kill them and they have bleed, division, impotent, etc...and also 2 knockdowns. (only counting the two higher ones) and like 4 stabs... and maybe a crit or 2 maybe 3 if your lucky..so bladers arent all that...yet the only builds i have played in this game were warlock cleric and bowman...so i really wanna try a bowman out..

[Mefra]

Ive been Blade and Bow at lvl 75+, and imo i think Bow is better. Sure when i was blade, almost nothing could kill me, however i couldn't kill either. Bows are a lot more fun, however the 250 arrow stacks can be a pain sometimes, always clogging up my inventory.

Hmm...I didn't had them at a high lvl yet, but I have to agree that a bow is more fun. And that's basicly cause a blader does really low damage which gets annoying. The only reason I quited my bow was because of the massive amount of arrows you'll need (right now I'm xbow, which uses about half the bolts...but on the other hand...bow skills are more fun).

[KayaNemo]

I would prefer a pure str blade based on cap 80 skills so far.

An Archer will be easier to kill than a Blader.

Archer with an ordinary crit 6 bow can do triple crits, but IMO the damage without crit really doesnt hurts, it only starts hurting alot when it keeps criting.

However a blader with the new lightning chain dont rely on crits to kill anymore. Having Division alone is enough to amplify the ordinary damage output. Its disable skill - KD + Stab hurts alot and render the target unable to do anything. Just imagine a crit comes when the target is under division status, do you think the target will survive any longer than 3 mins?

Meanwhile, in terms of grinding, naturally the archer will gain an advantage over bladers. It really depends on why you're playing this game to begin with. To have fun or start a virtual life? I prefer more time spent on pvping than grinding and trying to earn a billion bucks online.