Talk:Candy Cane Bow

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I got the info that Candy Cane Bow is a shortbow from a forum post on either GWonline or guildwarsgugu, don't remember anymore. Haven't had chance to test it. -PanSola 21:51, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

See what you should have done is used my world famous kooky bow type flow chart Image:Bow_type_flow_chart.gif !!!! Your stats were correct too PanSola, I just verified it then. --Xasxas256 10:45, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

That flow chart is pretty neat. Thumbs up for it! ;)

Oh, and yes, the Candy Bow's range is damn small. I got one of them because I've always wanted a nice bow with no marksmanship requirement for my non-ranger characters, for luring. But damn, the range is lower than the agro range, so it is completely useless for luring. 4 Candy Shards wasted. >:( -- 10:53, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

The only use I could think of other than its looks, is that having damage of 15-15 makes it useful for comparing skills. E.g. Am I better off putting a couple of points into Beast Mastery and using Tiger's Fury or should I go with Hunter's Shot? You just have to watch for critical hits though, because they throw things out. I'm sure somebody has already mentioned this anyway. --Xasxas256 11:06, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I was hoping for a fun looking bow to pull with (my Warrior uses a longbow that he does 1-2 damage with to pull), but as soon as I discovered it was a shortbow I was sorely disappointed. — Lunarbunny 11:10, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know if these Candy Cane Weapons can accept mods?

No they do not.. Leastwise I tried adding a +20hp bowgrip and the game says that the items are incompatible.

They should be moddable... I mean, it's 15-15, how much game unbalancing can you really DO with a 20/20 Sundering Candy Cane Bow of Fortitude? x-D

The wintergreen ones will be inscribable, not sure about modable though — Skuld 08:07, 24 December 2006 (CST)

This bow is defintely not using long bow stat, its range is clearly within aggro circle somebody need to correct the information in this page.

[edit] Longbow or not?

Apparently this was never cleared up from last year. Is the Candy Cane Bow a Longbow, or a shortbow? Someone needs to test asap. 21:22, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

2 secs ill checkClouddyl 21:23, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Shortbow range. 70.238.153.189 21:24, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

its a longbow!--Clouddyl 21:30, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Its a longbow

But it acts as a Shortbow. --- -- (s)talkpage 21:33, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

perfect!--Clouddyl 21:34, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Are you sure? I checked and it worked the same as my long bow (Range and fire rate).--81.103.41.86 21:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I just completed a test, my answer is Longbow. (Talk • Contribs) 21:37, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Im gonna test this for myself --Clouddyl 21:39, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I always found the Isle of the Nameless test quite reliable. But I am willing to rv if more people find Lognbow than shortbow... I suck :P --- -- (s)talkpage 21:41, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Ive heard people say its a shortbow before, mabay there are two diffrent versions, one for each wintersday O_o. Best way to check is equip a longbow and attack at max range, then switch to this and see if he moves closer.--81.103.41.86 21:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Mine is from 2005, for those interested... --- -- (s)talkpage 21:45, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

im gonna test as soon as my guild leader gets out of vlox, his is last year i think--Clouddyl 21:46, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Here's a picture of my range testing. I think you'll note that my character didn't have to move to fire the candycane bow from the same range as the longbow, but was forced forward when I switched to a shortbow. (Talk • Contribs) 21:49, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

You are all wrong, isle of nameless test shows its recurve bow range!--Clouddyl 21:50, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Tested my 2006 Candy Cane Bow last year, it was a shortbow. Tested the exact same bow this year, and it's a longbow. Anyone have a clue as to when these got changed? Randvek 21:53, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

My 2005 is a recurve, after one another test... So, Ruricu, of when is your CC bow? --- -- (s)talkpage 21:54, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

2005 as well. Perhaps we should meet up in-game for more testing? (Talk • Contribs) 21:57, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

This, is, stupid... Is it random what type it is or smthing? --- -- (s)talkpage 21:58, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Confirmed as Longbow. (Talk • Contribs) 22:07, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

2005 recurve 2006 short 2007long, k?--Clouddyl 22:16, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

My 2005 ended up as a Long last test, where Ruricu was present too. --- -- (s)talkpage 22:36, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Random bowtype maybe?--Clouddyl 23:25, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I think it more likely that there were just errors in testing methods. (Talk • Contribs) 00:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)