# Greatbow balance

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/greatbow-balance/17474>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [November 13, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/greatbow-balance/17474 "2018-11-13T21:59:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tamior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tamior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tamior)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/greatbow-balance/17474/19 "2018-11-14T11:55:17Z")

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> [@Bows, Crossbows and Their Balance](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bows-crossbows-and-their-balance/17067/194):
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> Maybe, but probably not. The greatbow will remain the top-end for bow damage and is pretty reasonable by most accounts.

Do you want me to provide video evidence of a character one-shotting stuff with that thing or what?  
I mean, It’s just a fact-of-life that thing one-shots Z’s. It’s not just my opinion, it’s simply how things work.

> [@Bows, Crossbows and Their Balance](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bows-crossbows-and-their-balance/17067/194):
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> Nope, normal play is starting with 8 in all stats. Starting with 18 strength is quite rare, and you’re specifically doing that to get to the greatbow, so it’s not normal play.

Something “rare” can still be “normal” if it’s available to all profession and starting scenarios.  
I mean, being a mechanical engineer IRL is pretty rare. Does that means it’s not a normal thing for a person to be?

> [@Bows, Crossbows and Their Balance](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bows-crossbows-and-their-balance/17067/194):
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> The damage scaling is constant and already exists, just there will be more in the middle range.

The damage scaling that exists is 0.5 points of damage per point of str.

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