2008-07-02, 06:39 PM
A few things to consider:
1. While sins absolutely have to use stars, bowmen dont absolutely have to use arrows. Soul star "consumes" stars in the process while soul arrow doesnt, meaning that archers dont have to carry arrows if they dont want to while sins HAVE to carry stars. There's a best of both worlds. Would you really want 20 sets of arrows that can be recharged clogging up your use inventory, meaning you cant hold useful stuff like more pots, ciders, etc? You tell me.
2. Claws add significantly less attack than bows do. Garniers have 10 attacks while war bows have 25 (Incidently, Garnier + Subis = 25 attack as well ;O). The purpose of stars is to "make up" the attack difference between normal weapons and claws whereas the purpose of arrows is merely to act as a projectile. At the same time, because sins have less attack, leading to a more AP based formula, they do A LOT more damage with an apple than archers would but that's a totally different issue.
3. It doesnt matter anyways as soul arrow DOES NOT stack with attack arrows. Beyond getting dispeled and having Soul Arrow run out for whatever reason, there is absolutely no reason why an archer who has soul arrow wouldnt be using it. I remember having too many steel plates 2 years ago and making 12000 steel arrows. Half a year later, I still had 5k left and that's after giving away a good 3-4k to friends (Where did I use them? Dispel at sharks/pap, pressing the wrong button in fm, etc.). You dont use enough arrows to have a need to recharge them anyways.
1. While sins absolutely have to use stars, bowmen dont absolutely have to use arrows. Soul star "consumes" stars in the process while soul arrow doesnt, meaning that archers dont have to carry arrows if they dont want to while sins HAVE to carry stars. There's a best of both worlds. Would you really want 20 sets of arrows that can be recharged clogging up your use inventory, meaning you cant hold useful stuff like more pots, ciders, etc? You tell me.
2. Claws add significantly less attack than bows do. Garniers have 10 attacks while war bows have 25 (Incidently, Garnier + Subis = 25 attack as well ;O). The purpose of stars is to "make up" the attack difference between normal weapons and claws whereas the purpose of arrows is merely to act as a projectile. At the same time, because sins have less attack, leading to a more AP based formula, they do A LOT more damage with an apple than archers would but that's a totally different issue.
3. It doesnt matter anyways as soul arrow DOES NOT stack with attack arrows. Beyond getting dispeled and having Soul Arrow run out for whatever reason, there is absolutely no reason why an archer who has soul arrow wouldnt be using it. I remember having too many steel plates 2 years ago and making 12000 steel arrows. Half a year later, I still had 5k left and that's after giving away a good 3-4k to friends (Where did I use them? Dispel at sharks/pap, pressing the wrong button in fm, etc.). You dont use enough arrows to have a need to recharge them anyways.