moe

Apr 1 2006, 12:30 AM | Post #1

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Which hits higher? Firing off both wearing the same equipment (range armor) but using a mage bow for the bronze arrows.

Again...bronze arrows or iron knives, which hits higher? Note, i know that the dam iron knives are thrown faster.

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stuart

Apr 1 2006, 03:05 AM | Post #2

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Bronze arrows will possibly hit higher, but iron knives are much faster. So possibly in the time you fire off one arrow, you could have thrown two knives doing as much or more damage compared to the arrow.

I would personally take knives because they are one handed so you can wear something like zammy book to get that extra range attack bonus, they dont take much to make, just the iron bars and they are much faster than arrows.

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Mysticallity

Apr 1 2006, 08:39 AM | Post #3

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- Using Magic bows gives about 60% more attack bonus than Iron knives. (assuming you have the best equipment)

- Iron bars cost 200gp each. You can only get 5 knives per bar. Each knife would cost 40gp. Bronze arrows cost 6gp each at maximum, in NPC stores.

To quote RuneWeb's guide:

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They do more damage than darts of the same metal but less than their equivalent arrows.

If you're looking for fast experience and don't mind the cost, use Iron knives. You're going to need a monster that will be susceptible to knives though.

If you're more interested in accuracy, damage and don't mind the speed, use Bronze arrows.

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Vic

Apr 1 2006, 02:14 PM | Post #4

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Knives aren't that expensive anymore. Most people don't appreciate the value of how much it is to get/make them, so iron usually tend to go at 30 ea, at least for me they do

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moe

Apr 1 2006, 05:55 PM | Post #5

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alright, thx, yeah, I knew that the irons fired off faster and I kinda figured bronze fired hit higher, but just wanted to confirm it

thats all i needed (if a mod wants to close i got no problem with that)

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Baakalor

Apr 3 2006, 01:31 AM | Post #6

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Some good information is being discussed here so while you may have gotten the answer you were looking for, some others may still find this thread useful.

What was said about using the mage bow brings up an interesting question: When JAGeX wrote that bit about knives doing more damage than darts but less than their equivalent arrows, did they consider the effect the different bows provide?

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Twilight Ray

Apr 3 2006, 02:01 AM | Post #7

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QUOTE(Baakalor @ Apr 2 2006, 08:31 PM)

Some good information is being discussed here so while you may have gotten the answer you were looking for, some others may still find this thread useful.

What was said about using the mage bow brings up an interesting question: When JAGeX wrote that bit about knives doing more damage than darts but less than their equivalent arrows, did they consider the effect the different bows provide?

As far as I know, bows have no effect on how hard you hit, just how often you hit.

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Baakalor

Apr 3 2006, 03:36 AM | Post #8

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QUOTE(Twilight Ray @ Apr 2 2006, 07:01 PM)

As far as I know, bows have no effect on how hard you hit, just how often you hit.

Yeah, I didn't exactly make that clear but what I meant was the frequency affecting the overall total of damage. For instance, a mage short shooting bronze arrows should be faster killing an NPC than iron knives would be. That is what I was asking about.

This post has been edited by Baakalor: Apr 3 2006, 03:37 AM

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Twilight Ray

Apr 3 2006, 01:36 PM | Post #9

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QUOTE(Baakalor @ Apr 2 2006, 10:36 PM)

Yeah, I didn't exactly make that clear but what I meant was the frequency affecting the overall total of damage. For instance, a mage short shooting bronze arrows should be faster killing an NPC than iron knives would be. That is what I was asking about.

Oh. Well, it all depends on your level and what you're shooting. For example, at level 60 ranged, using knives on ogres would probably be faster than a msb, but you'd hardly hit a blue dragon. At my level, knives are faster on pretty much everything, because except for things that are 200+, I can hit with knives.

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Axis Of Evil

Apr 3 2006, 09:39 PM | Post #10

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I'd just do both for like an hour of training, see which gave you more xp, and stick with that.

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site

Apr 4 2006, 03:06 AM | Post #11

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I'd say 8 with bronze arrows

and 7 with knives


but i'd use knives

cheaper and fastter xp

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Twilight Ray

Apr 4 2006, 01:36 PM | Post #12

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QUOTE(site @ Apr 3 2006, 10:06 PM)

I'd say 8 with bronze arrows

and 7 with knives
but i'd use knives

cheaper and fastter xp

Actually, it should be 8 with both. Way I always understood it was..

Bronze:

Arrow=8
Knife=7
Dart=6

Iron:

Arrow=9
Knife=8
Dart=7

etc.

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