[MHXX] brave bow has different charging speed, power shot speed and more changes

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testing are done with a stopwatch over repeated tries that all match the same result.

By default, without Focus a normal bow of other style needs about 2-2.1 second from pressing X/R to reaching lv3

Focus and Acc. Rain HA reduce the charging speed by about 20%, to about 1.7 sec

Bushido Bow is just like that.

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Brave Bow:

  • Normal Mode: when charging with character standing still, you have 1 layer of built-in Focus (~1.7 sec)

  • Normal Mode: when charging with character moving, you have 1 layer of built-in Distraction (~2.5 sec)

  • Brave Mode: when charging with character standing still, you have 2 layer of built-in Focus (~1.4 sec)

  • Brave Mode: when charging with character moving, you have 1 layer of built-in Focus (~1.7 sec)

Above is without Focus and without Acc. Rain.

  • When Acc. Rain is activated, it will stack with all above, potentially 3 layers of "Focus" (all multiplied)

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Power Shot, Rapid Power Shot (double power shot) timing:

  • Bushido Bow, from releasing an arrow to firing a power shot by pressing A: 0.9 sec

  • Brave Bow, from releasing an arrow to firing a power shot by pressing A: 0.7 sec

  • Brave Bow, from releasing an arrow, do a power shot, to firing a rapid power shot: 1.7 sec

  • Brave Bow's input lag from firing a rapid power shot, to being able to evade: ~0.7 sec, one that is shorter than Bushido power shot's input lag

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...get Focus, fire up acc. rain, and look at that 4 layers of Focus?? if p3 team can just bring back the MVs of pierce bow, who need pierce bowgun anymore?

Joke aside, while brave looks like it will have some powerful usage, I wouldn't recommend comparing it with bushido yet. it's impossible to precisely judge how brave will fare on what monster until we have had good amount of experience with XX-specific(lol) G rank AIs, skills and bow stats, as arc type will likely have impacts on brave bow in normal mode.

As for coating usage between brave and adept other than a cooperative monster, the player needs to git gud

Posted Feb 21, 2017, 6:59 PM UTC · edited

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