Hagbane bow needs adjustment after Patch 1.05

[mookanana]

@Kiryu

The hagsbane is actually worse for monsters

no, it is a bow made for monster killing.

it also removes hyperdensity hordes, it’s also a stormvermin patrol stunlocker/killer, special killer and stunner.

@Kiryu

Hagsbane is straight up useless right now on Legend. It is out performed by the longbow in every scenario

nope. the longbow cannot compare to the burst dps of a hagbane on bosses, and it cannot kill/cc a large pack of infantry mixed with heavy mobs. sure, a longbow can 1 shot headshot a stormvermin, but when 4 SVs are charging you, the longbow can’t do much vs hagbane can just chain CC/kill them.

i made a huge post about the hagbane playstyle somewhere, i’ll try to find the link.

you are pretty much comparing a sniper rifle to a grenade launcher.

edit: link

Hagbane short bow

i just wanted to stop by and say that you are not the only person who understands how powerful this bow is. it’s hard to defend something you know how to use well vs others who don’t. It’s very much like the many arguments that ‘elf is the weakest char’, it’s highly subjective to player skill. i swear by this bow, on all difficulty levels, but i do agree, the ammo is so low that only the waystalker can properly benefit from it well enough through her ammo management skills. the heavy attack D…