Bow sockets

Lukas_Mandingo · Post by **Lukas_Mandingo** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:35 pm

what iam wondering is why bows cant use socket gems. it makes no sense, i believe all weapons should have an equal and fair usage of these precious gems and the bow should not have to deal with just 3 different rune stones...but this is just my opinion, of course

eclipse08 · Post by **eclipse08** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:20 am

Preach to the choir bub. It makes an arcane archer's job just that much harder. I know of only a few forge stones that affect bows effectively.

Post by **driller** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:14 am

It is a limitation of NWN1. You cannot put elemental damage on bows.

-driller

Lukas_Mandingo · Post by **Lukas_Mandingo** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:12 am

that stinks, to bad it cant be changed, *winks* *winks*.

KingAwsm · Post by **KingAwsm** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:07 am

Keep wishing Luke...

Elf of Silver · Post by **Elf of Silver** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:16 pm

Why do you need elemental damage on the bow anyway? You're not striking anyone/anything with it. What should be stronger are arrows.

Post by **driller** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:20 pm

Yep.

-driller

Elf of Silver wrote:Why do you need elemental damage on the bow anyway? You're not striking anyone/anything with it. What should be stronger are arrows.

viobane · Post by **viobane** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:22 pm

Not sure if it's possible or not, but it would be cool to be able to add the unlimited ammo option to a bow using a forge stone or something. Maybe a little bit of elemental damage at 1d10 or 1d12 would spike up the usefulness of forging bows.

Fenrip · Post by **Fenrip** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:27 pm

I'd like to see that. In mid levels, using a bow gets awfully expensive if it's not an ever shooter.

Elf of Silver · Post by **Elf of Silver** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:24 pm

The unlimited arrows that are available through the toolset are -horrible-! What would be very nice, would be to see a very rare drop bow that OnEquip spawns some killer arrows.

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:32 pm

It should be noted that what cannot be forged onto a ranged weapon can sometimes be forged onto some ammo. Though I would love to come across a stone that can forge onto a bow some Elemental Unlimited Ammo. If there isn't already such a stone in circulation that I have yet to discover.

eclipse08 · Post by **eclipse08** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:21 pm

Caesius wrote:It should be noted that what cannot be forged onto a ranged weapon can sometimes be forged onto some ammo. Though I would love to come across a stone that can forge onto a bow some Elemental Unlimited Ammo. If there isn't already such a stone in circulation that I have yet to discover.

Ask Murken about it some day, he'll tell you which stone gives unlimited ammo.

Caesius · Post by **Caesius** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:36 pm

Is it unlimited ammunition with bonus elemental damage? Or is it just an enhancement bonus?

Queen Naga II · Post by **Queen Naga II** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:47 am

Just unlimited +1 to +5 arrows, no elemental damage which is pretty useless if you happen to be a arane archer.

Lukas_Mandingo · Post by **Lukas_Mandingo** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:27 am

Elf of Silver wrote:Why do you need elemental damage on the bow anyway? You're not striking anyone/anything with it. What should be stronger are arrows.

i dont know about you but i kill monsters with my bow by hitting them in the head with it...but thats besides the point, the socket gem could give the bow magical powers that turns the arrows your using the elemental power the socket is.