***RAWR!!: A Comprehensive Analysis of Strength Sets: AO3 to Humania***

[CrimsonTider]

I know they work, but just not well. You can't use them when you are at a distance (which is where you are when you are using a bow), and if you are up close, then there is no advantage to having the bow.

I have all 5 non-crafted weapon sets, 1H scimitar/bongo, 2h scimitar, spear, shanks and bow. The STR gear is Humanian & Humanity (depending on which weapon) and the DEX gear is Tiki. I've compared all of these, and without a doubt (it's not even close), I can cause by far the most damage wi
th the shanks whether I am farming low level mobs or boss, or whether I am fighting Tiki God or the Humania mobs. The only
reason I usually don't use the shanks is because the armor and dodge is too low and I get killed a lot.

And now we are getting to where I wanted to go: bears becoming less like bears and more like "bird-wannabes". You mention not being able to use your skills when equipping a bow, this should only occur if you're NOT tanking. I maybe wrong but if the Humania bows are like all other xbows in PL, they have a range of 12-13m. Bears have one attack (beckon) which reach this distace. This leads to why we see more and more bears auto-attacking vs. "getting bloodied up."

Bears are misinformed on the facts of dps and even less informed on what their role is. I am not calling you out, this is a general observation. To many, bows = distance.

@Jay - Thank you for picking up the dirty work. I have a question: Isn't crit a percentage or "luck" stat like dodge? I mention this because I have cleared maps before with one or two crits. Then turned around and crit evrything on the next map. I understand where you are coming from but, unlike you and I and other more respected bears, it is another "stat" bears look at when deciding gear. If the majority of bow bears auto mobs and bosses (which most do), then the extra crit for skill damage is null. Make sense?

No matter the discussion, it does prove that once again either strength gear needs a revamp or attribute points do. As said before, only bears use other sets to maximize their skills. If a mage or bird equip sets outside of their class, their skill damage suffers greatly.