04-29-2004, 03:03 PM
Actually, people have done the calculations, and the upgrade on the buriza doesn't make the weapon as bad as originally feared. While I don't have the numbers handy, as I've never bothered with buriza, the strength required to wield an upgraded buriza takes more than a few points away from your dexterity. If you're only pumping strength to use the upgraded buriza, that results in an almost negligable difference between a lower strength, exeptional buriza and a higher strength, elite version.
As for the poster's actual question, the answer is, of course, neither :P . Neither one is fast enough for a respectable bowazon to use.
That advice is somewhat personal opinion, of course. In reality, most would say buriza is too slow to be an effective strafe weapon. On the other hand, an amazon concentrating on guided, freezing, and particularly immolation arrow would likely find the crossbow more than sufficient.
gekko
As for the poster's actual question, the answer is, of course, neither :P . Neither one is fast enough for a respectable bowazon to use.
That advice is somewhat personal opinion, of course. In reality, most would say buriza is too slow to be an effective strafe weapon. On the other hand, an amazon concentrating on guided, freezing, and particularly immolation arrow would likely find the crossbow more than sufficient.
gekko
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