Spirit Bow Doesn't Activate Explosive Enchant and Seems Overall Weaker Post-Update
The spirit bow used to deal decent damage to mobs (akin to most other bows at maximum strength shot), and the projectiles also would proc the explosive enchant normally, making some shots explode as the enchant implies. However, after the pale garden update (most recent major update), the spirit bow not only ignores the explosion when the explosive enchant is procced, but also seems much weaker than any other bow variant, even if power 5 is present on the bow.
I have noticed a significant DPS difference between a legendary bow and a spirit bow with identical enchant setup (power 5 and explosive 4 as primary enchants in this test). Even with half of the shots missed on the legendary bow, the damage from that bow and its explosions greatly beats out the spirit bow shots.
I have no idea if something changed with how the bow handles the spirit bow shots, since those use a unique projectile model and may not registering as an arrow when shot— this may make it ignore some enchants from bows like power or explosive. This is just a guess, but in its current state the spirit bow isn’t worth using due to the poor DPS and lack of enchant compatibility with the bow shots.
As someone who has used and loved the spirit bow since joining the server, I’m hoping this can get looked into so the bow is viable again. Even if the explosive enchant can work properly with the bow again, that would help its damage output substantially.
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