I am trying new mechanic and thus, I need decent weaponry.

SInce GxBows are basically nonexistent (one from AdQ, one from new pack, one from ToEE, I decided to craft an alchemical one (that crafting from LoB most of you propably already forgotten).

What combination do you think is the best?

I would guess:
1. all martial,
2. Flametouched
3. T1 Earth
4. T2 Air or Water (Water is more dmg, but Air gives dex)
5. T3 who gives an Uurlock....

any other ideas?

Notice that going tier 3 will raise the weapon ML to 20

Heroic ToEE crossbow is level 7
GS is level 12
ADQ crossbow (storm) is level is level 12
Archon's trial crossbow is level 13

Even if you create an iconic how do you grind a 5 levels without any of the above?

Anyway..for tier 1 I'd probably chose earth or fire
http://ddowiki.com/page/Alchemical_Crafting

Earth has earthgrab too while fire has seeker 10. Water may seems nice but is basically like earth without earthgrab.

You could try making a T1, a T2 and a T3 but it takes 3 Xbows and lots of materials

EDIT
Now that I think of it, fire would be better since GXBows are slow so it translates to a small percentage of seeing earthgrab proc. Seeker 10 MAY be a better choice

Well, water is in theory better since it could proc even when you roll a 5 and still get the effect.

Tier 2 I would go Earth for 3 reasons:

1 - As stated in the guide the ability score increase is alchemical so in theory it will stack with every other bonus (when I hover with mouse over it it clearly states ENHANCEMENT tough) and a +2 constitution is always very appreciated

2 - Unlike the other elements it gives a blast bonus so it is always active and will proc on every single hit with added bonus of getting stronger based on the weapon multiplier (on this im not sure if  class enhancement will count). The other elemental abilities have a fixed chance to proc.

3 - Disintegration. Need anything else? The downside is that is procs around 2% of the time against the usual 6% of other effects.

Keep in mind that acid today seems to work on everything. Tier 2 would be a good slot for water too but you would lose the constitution bonus. Up to you.

Tier 3 is practically a stronger tier 2 bonus. Acid works against most of the monsters but you may want to take a side element just in case. Not really necessary tough.

If you plan to run Amrath  at level (the level 19 chain) DO NOT take fire.

Guess that's it pretty much. Im sure the others will have better tips than mine 

EDIT
The setup: Water, Earth, Earth will get you trough most content without too much trouble except for the druid chain where you face the swamp thingies. IIRC they are immune to acid. I usually keep the druid chain for first completion bonus on EE since it gives the worst heroic exp I've ever seen

Vic wrote on Aug 8^th, 2015 at 2:29pm:


Fire-earth-fire is the combination with the highest dps.

For lvl 18, just do fire-earth.

Unless you're doing devils, in which case the above points make sense. And, yes, the ability bonus stacks. Twf people used to use alchemical in their offhand but it's not powerful enough anymore except in its lvl range.

Ok, seems like I carry this alchemical till lvl 26, then swap it for ToEE Gxbow.

slinger is not iirc GxBow but heavy repeater


and concerning the effort to get decent alchemical is imho quite easier to get decent cormyrean one for ml 20 or 24 (esp if one have some xtra challenge stuff stashed)

otherwise while leveling I was pretty fine w just GC gxBow, later combined w slinger and doublecross, in epics eslinger and edoublecross, switching to tf heavy repeater and tf gxbow later

slinger is heavy repeater tho uses model of great xbow so it can easily mislead people.

and yep its useful one - beating silver,good n blunt DR, plus weaken undead makes it quite good weapon for MoD

how do you have the mats, do you solo lob or something??

no one runs those raids...

klajsdhd wrote on Aug 9^th, 2015 at 10:19am:


I solo LoB on en usually but I helped guildies getting at least one type of each ingredient while dooplaooza edict was still in act. Im confident you can figure everything else by yourself

Gringo wrote on Aug 9^th, 2015 at 10:27am:



Btw, za jakyho ses serveru kolego? Bydlime ve stejnym meste... nejaka sance ze jsi na Cannithu?

Vic wrote on Aug 9^th, 2015 at 2:50pm:


sorry, jsem na Argu

If you are playing it on a pure mechanic not the pally/mechs your best choice for a GxB would hands down be a Radiance II greensteel. 

Your crits will blind every mob no matter what, and then the scaled sneak attack damage will kick in. With Improved precise shot it is the mechanic's AOE attack.

The no-save, no-timer, blindness will let a level 13 mechanic do 15D6 of sneak attack damage scaled by 33 ranged power almost at will with proper crit feats, and fortitude defeating gear.

You don't even need to grab the damage abilities on any of the greensteel tiers, instead grab +6 int, +1 excep int & +30% hamp. Use flaming/good/ice/etc.. ammo with fletching and you just freed up three slots for gear.

Once you equip that there is no point in unequipping it until your at least 20th, and only then if you rolled a really good Cormyian GxB, I run mine until lev 23.

Vic wrote on Aug 9^th, 2015 at 2:53pm:

well, i m looking mostly for imp paralyzing, lifestealing and such not pure dps.