Bundle of Vlos'Khaliiz Bolts

[PanamonCreel]

While all the ammunations now have bundles , the Vlos'Khaliiz Bolts don't, so it makes it problematic to enhance with essences and go on, so a bundle is needed

[Heroic Spirit]

The bundled ammo tops at +3 damage. If bolts that had 2d8 Acid+ 4 Piercing could also gain the benefits of a stable template, then that would be pretty absurd. Archers are already plenty strong.

[PanamonCreel]

I Disagree for 3 reasons ( and i'm not an archer so i've no interest in this matter, just noticed yesterday in game that this kind of bolts has no bundle)

1 : this are top of the line bolts, and requires a BKG, Assassin, or ranger drow smith to craft (that excludes 99% of the smiths) making them not common
2 : Damask Bolt with the stable template ( enchant essence and go on ) are quite better then this in damage making them totally useless ( so there is totally no reason to craft em)
3: : This are bolts for crossobw and not bow, that right now is quite different, because just fiew people on the shard use crossbow while it can't benefit from rapid shot, and they are basically a drow-type weapon ( how much people with crossbow have you see atound in the last months ? 2-3 on the entire shard ? All are using bow ) , and moreover, they are not bolts for the repeatin crossbow, making them occasional use item , and still i don't think that classes using crossbow right now are that strong.

What i mean is that while this bolts are in game, with no bundle, they can be deleted because is totally senseless craft them without a bundle (as i bet you didn't see em around). Right now they are weaker then the damask with stable template and you can just craft 99 at time waisting reagents even if there are many restrictions icrafting em and in use

[Flower Power]

Last time the math was done, crossbows actually averaged out to be more powerful than bows in the hands of a dedicated crossbowman build - it's just that all that power is pushed off to the late game, because they suck Snuggybear until you get the Ashwood Repeater.

Heroic Spirit is 100% correct that these would be obscene and absolutely broken if they were turned into bundles; ontop of the massive amount of damage a template adds to anything, there would just be no comparison between them and anything else.

[PanamonCreel]

Last time the math was done, crossbows actually averaged out to be more powerful than bows in the hands of a dedicated crossbowman build - it's just that all that power is pushed off to the late game, because they suck Snuggybear until you get the Ashwood Repeater.

Heroic Spirit is 100% correct that these would be obscene and absolutely broken if they were turned into bundles; ontop of the massive amount of damage a template adds to anything, there would just be no comparison between them and anything else.

So what's the point of that kind of bolts they do less damage of damask with template, they need more materials (because you craft 99) , and they need a dedicated smith.

A damask bolt with template does 3+1d6+1d6+4+4 damage, that bolts do +4+2d8. What is the meaning of the difficoult requirements to craft and allinament/race restriction to use ? What is the meaning of that bolts at all XD ?

It takes more sense rebalancing them and create a budle dedicated. Maybe add something like +1d6 instad of 2d8. But now they are totally useless ( or not ? )