GT: Bows Vs. Rifles

[zanotam]

Which are better for GT's do you think?

[Rizen]

I believe there was a very long discussion in my ranger topic in my sig. Browse around a bit and you may find a few interesting comments from both sides.

[Syanaide]

Comparison in 9*'s from psupedia:
Numbers in order are stats: PP -> ATP -> ATA

Bow-
Ulteri Yohmei A -- -- 1238 595 300

Phantom GRM A -- 1263 541 188

Bow seems to be superior in every way, no? Around 30 PP less, 50 ATP higher, and a whole lot more accurate.

[Mio]

also a whole lot slower

[Reiichi]

Rifles shoot faster. If you want to apply SE like a ranger should then go rifle. Rifles allow more mobility with stop and go movement without sacrificing slow startup firing speed. Rifles regen faster. Phantom rifles can be paired with the phantom line for additional damage.

Bows have more ata and can bypass the defense on monsters. Bows also have higher elemental damage mods.

Answer: Phantom Set.

[imfanboy]

And also, bows ignore armor - for a guntecher, that's pretty important because it means that with my Alteric (6) I'm doing barely less than several fortegunner buddies who have phantomline/phantom combos.

AND bow bullets level up easily 3x faster - maybe even more. Getting my fire bow bullet to 21 was the work of a weekend - for my gunner buddies, getting a fire bullet up to 21 is the work of WEEKS. <_< Since 21+ is the magic number for Status Effect 4, that makes getting guns up that high vitally important for burning the big guys, shocking them, freezing them, virusing them....

[Ledin]

• BOW: Higher ATA, higher elemental damage, ignores defense (will be even more useful in S2 missions; also means you can shoot De Ragan anywhere except tail and do full damage), PA levels much faster.
  
  RIFLE: Faster firing rate (equates faster SE application -- which would be the main reason why you would use a stationary weapon as a Guntecher anyway), bigger range.

Also keep in mind that there will be a Death Shot bullet for rifles (which seems to be a lot more useful than the ultimate bow bullet). But you'd probably use 6* Yohmei rifles to spam that one anyway.

Phantom Set however is not the best choice for Guntechers. You lose out on the head slot which you can use to boost your Resta, Phantom Line has horrible defensive stats by itself, and Alteric +10 is way better than a Phantom even with the bonus from the set -- not to mention Hanmateric, once A-grinder boards are released.

Both have advantages, as the posters before me pointed out. In the end it's a matter of personal opinion and style.

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Ledin on 2007-01-30 17:41 ]</font>

[CelestialBlade]

Bows aren't a whole lot slower if you get the timing right. I don't think you can really pass up the obscene range and armor penetration you get with those.

[Randomness]

Yeah, there is a sweet spot on bows where they get a decent fire rate, and the armor piercing, high %, high acc, are all really nice. I suppose in the end you're probably best off with both, depending on the situation.

[Kimil]

Just buy both!