Suggestion about ammo limit (in General)


Shadowcat February 12 2005 7:44 AM EST

I apologize in advance if this has been brought up before but I ran into it for the first time tonight trying to add to my slayer arrow stockpile. I understand the reason behind the 14,999 ammo limit, but is there any way to have a separate limit for normal and seeker/slayer ammo?

As an archer I always try to grab slayer arrows when a good deal on them pops up in auctions, and I know it's not a big deal to keep my normal arrow supply lower to accommodate having more slayer ammo, but I don't think having a separate limit would cause any kind of an abuse since having the slayer/seeker ammo isn't a necessity for general strategies involving ranged weapons to be functional. If the potential hoarding of the slayer/seeker ammo would be a problem it wouldn't necessarily need to be an equivalent limit, even something like 5k would be helpful.

bartjan February 12 2005 8:57 AM EST

I don't understand how you can consider a limit of 14,999 'low'.
Assuming a very high DX and a decent + on the bow (+100 for example), you'll do up to 9 hits per battle. At 10BA per 10 minutes your 14,999 pile will last for 28 hours non-stop fighting. In reality it will last much longer.
Just visit the store a few times more often and don't buy all the arrows you see in there...

QBJohnnywas February 12 2005 12:21 PM EST

Sorry, just got to add to this - my main is an archer and I fight lots; I mean lots, and I don't get through 10,000 arrows in a couple of weeks. The limit on arrows is there to stop just the kind of hoarding you are talking about - so that other people have a chance to buy ammo as well.

Anubis February 14 2005 5:59 PM EST

I was fighting with a 4 Archer team and used a LOT of arrows, easily over 10,000 per week. To cut down on arrows I used good handweapons in melee too. That was a good team!
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