Rifleman Archive

Hello. I just got my bowcaster, im wondering what everyones specs are for bowcasters and if they find them useful and how? Thanks. Im on corellia and any hints on which creatures are easy kills for big xp would be helpful aswell.Thanks again.

Tankswarroo

I grinded on scout traps for a long time to get myself to novice weaponsmith just so I would be able to build a better bowcaster. This gave me one experiment point to spend, which I put into damage. I don't have the stats on hand, but my 'caster is slightly less damaging than a heavily experimented DLT20a, and has a speed around 7.3 or so I believe. I'll get the exact numbers in a few mins, but in general I think that a master weaponsmith wookiee using decent resources and experimenting fully will make very nice bowcasters. At this point, I use mine on occasion for the heck of it, and try to have it equipped when I am running around town...

My Bowcaster stats:
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Condition: 104
Damage: 88-164
Wound Chance: 15.96
Ideal/Max Range: 45/64
Range Mods: 30/8/-80
Speed: 7.6
HAM Costs: 49/48/61

Again, this was with only 1 experiment point, and some very low quality doonium iron and quadranium steel (all I had available). A "real" weaponsmith could experiment on damage and HAM costs, and make a pretty fine weapon, IMO.

Have fun!

Oh yeah, forgot to specifically mention the condition being low. As I understand it, this currently effects Bowcasters and another rifle (SG82?). Some people consider it to be a bug, I am not sure whether it is or not. It is a bit of a pain, but I have used mine a fair bit and the condition is only down to 73/104 (avoiding overcharge shot of course). Will be nice to get some further information on this in the future.

thats really interesting because the person who constructed my bowcaster has made about six or seven of them, and mine has 104/104 condition....or so i thought, ill check again today