Thread: Bow Question in burglars

I have noticed a bow sign in the Chartres dialogue but and I got a bow from a quest how do I use it?

sorry but still a noob in the game :S and I have to discover more
many thanks

Burglars can't use bows. Sell it.

ok what is the most suitable Weapon form a distance?

Burglars are basically 100% melee -- they don't have distance. You could use throwing daggers or axes, but there isn't really any benefit to doing so.

At L14 you'll get a skill called Addle, which works well as a ranged skill to pull a mob if you're not able to get into melee range. Otherwise, there's the Stoop for a Stone racial trait for Hobbits, if you happen to be one, and Enrage, a L38 skill. Nothing that does significant damage, though.

Yeah, thrown axes are mainly there to make the soon-to-be-dead but annoyingly-far-away trashmobs come your way.

You´re a Burg, you´re supposed to cloak and sneak up on stuff anyway. And Burgle them for good measure.

Stoop for stone is pretty useless IMHO, much too small a range compared to thrown weaponry.

I would love it if we got one skill (like the guards and champs get) as a range attack to use with our axes. (give it a bleed?..yeah, another one, lol )

Thanks for the information

Originally Posted by Cloudie-wan

Burglars are basically 100% melee -- they don't have distance. You could use throwing daggers or axes, but there isn't really any benefit to doing so.

Daggers remove corruptions.

At higher levels, Traited Enrage makes ranged mobs come to you and fight melee. Very useful for fighting in exactly the spot that you want to ... away from wandering mobs and close quarters pulls. If you're soloing, it's also useful as a throw-away trick -- you use it to pull tricky mobs and then Startling Twist them the moment they're near you.

Also at higher levels, if you really feel you need a ranged skill to put damage on a boss with proximity damage, you can run at least four yellow Mischief Maker traits to reduce the cool-down on Counter Defense to nearly nothing. Get a legendary item with trick range maxed out and go to town. Two of your yellow MM traits will max out your Reveal Weakness and Counter Defense, so everyone else will be taking advantage, as well. It's a thought, but I still think traiting for Gambler and running in to apply high-damage bleeds before retreating is better.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Flatfoot789

Yeah, thrown axes are mainly there to make the soon-to-be-dead but annoyingly-far-away trashmobs come your way.

You´re a Burg, you´re supposed to cloak and sneak up on stuff anyway. And Burgle them for good measure.

Stoop for stone is pretty useless IMHO, much too small a range compared to thrown weaponry.

Stoop for a Stone can be used on the move though, while thrown weapons root you, if I recall correctly. Also, Stoop for a Stone mezzes on a crit. I generally move alot on my Mischief-Gambler burg, so throwing while running is good for me