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May 27 2022 02:21am
Playing hidra/orb soso and i switch from standard act2 merk with insight to rogue, mainly for mefisto farming. Now i want to make her a nice insight bow, but in which base?
GMB? Dimond? MB? Hidra?
EQ is trechery and tal helm with 15ias so 60 ias is there, since i cant find calculator for rogue and GMB, only reg bows cant compare...
Any thoughts?

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May 29 2022 08:45am
You can use Amazon bows on merc? :o
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May 30 2022 01:47pm
Quote (RaBBit3x @ 29 May 2022 16:45)
You can use Amazon bows on merc? :o


since 2.4...

quote:
"Act 1 - Rogue Archer
Can now use Amazon Bows
Can now gain + Amazon skill bonuses from gear"
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Quote (nois @ May 30 2022 03:47pm)
since 2.4...

quote:
"Act 1 - Rogue Archer
Can now use Amazon Bows
Can now gain + Amazon skill bonuses from gear"



Dang. Then I use one of those +3 GMB
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You can replace Amazon Bows with same speed non-Amazon Bows in calculator.
Grand Matron Bow (+10) -> Hydra/Crusader/Gothic/Large Siege/Long War/Long Battle Bow
Matriarchal Bow (-10) -> Great/Blade/Double/Razor/Composite/Hunter's Bow
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Quote (RaBBit3x @ 31 May 2022 03:46)
You can replace Amazon Bows with same speed non-Amazon Bows in calculator.
Grand Matron Bow (+10) -> Hydra/Crusader/Gothic/Large Siege/Long War/Long Battle Bow
Matriarchal Bow (-10) -> Great/Blade/Double/Razor/Composite/Hunter's Bow


thx, this is nice info

with GMB i get 11 frames with 60 ias ( trechery+15ias in helm ),
and with MB i get 9 frames same ias

anyways either one of these is nice
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May 31 2022 05:21am
but keep in mind that A1 mercs usually do more running than actual shooting, so ias is not that important...
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Quote (PiXi31415 @ 31 May 2022 13:21)
but keep in mind that A1 mercs usually do more running than actual shooting, so ias is not that important...


rogue does what i needed her for, farming mefisto with soso with no good gear. She stands by me, lol, and shoot mef from distance, and whats more important, dont die every run or gets mob triggered...
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Quote (nois @ 1 Jun 2022 10:44)
rogue does what i needed her for, farming mefisto with soso with no good gear. She stands by me, lol, and shoot mef from distance, and whats more important, dont die every run or gets mob triggered...
You can do that but honestly, meph runs are kind of overrated. the items you get are only worth a few fg and if u spend same time farming council you have good odds of getting hrs and gold for gambling

you see so many of these guys in the trade forum. they have a screen worth of items listed for 5-10 fg. and what will that get them? nothing, it wont add up to a jah or ber before the ladder is over lol



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