SaltyMonkey Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Harpoon vs Crossbow In which circumstances would you use a harpoon launcher over a high damage crossbow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcreif Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 19 minutes ago, SaltyMonkey said: Harpoon vs Crossbow In which circumstances would you use a harpoon launcher over a high damage crossbow? Good question. I've never made one let alone used one so I'd be curious as well. Can harpoons be used to knock something out or only for killing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngrySaltire Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Honestly cant think of any scenario. Apparantly the range is greater on the harpoon launcher but I wouldnt think that would be worth it over high quality crossbows 4 minutes ago, Melcreif said: Good question. I've never made one let alone used one so I'd be curious as well. Can harpoons be used to knock something out or only for killing? Both. You can craft spear bolts and tranq spear bolts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcreif Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 8 minutes ago, AngrySaltire said: Honestly cant think of any scenario. Apparantly the range is greater on the harpoon launcher but I wouldnt think that would be worth it over high quality crossbows Both. You can craft spear bolts and tranq spear bolts. Ok good to know. So using Dododex you can actually customize your crossbow and compare it to the harpoon gun. Primitive Crossbow takes about 190 tranqs vs a 150 Mosa while it's 100 tranqs in a harpoon gun. If you customize your crossbow in the app it'll tell you exactly how many arrows you'd need with that exact crossbow and there you'll have your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yekrucifixion187 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Think the only reason might be for an angler fish since their torpor ratio is so high compared to their hp but to be honest, if they can't live through being ko'd by a crossbow, they aren't a fish I want to use so really nothing. I was so excited for the harpoon gun when it was introduced. I had killed too many Anglers with my 173 jm crossbow but once I got my 230+ crossbows, it was shelved forever and never made once the new servers opened. Maybe if they ever introduce quality harpoon bp's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngrySaltire Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 18 minutes ago, yekrucifixion187 said: if they can't live through being ko'd by a crossbow, they aren't a fish I want to use so really nothing. But silca pearl farming ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyMonkey Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 Quality harpoon launchers exist in the game, just not in any loot tables that I’m aware of, and even then it is still outclassed by a high damage crossbow so seems almost pointless when most sea creatures have a large pool of health. Seems more of a gimmick than a functional tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1nk Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, SaltyMonkey said: Quality harpoon launchers exist in the game, just not in any loot tables that I’m aware of, and even then it is still outclassed by a high damage crossbow so seems almost pointless when most sea creatures have a large pool of health. Seems more of a gimmick than a functional tool. Pretty much Mr Jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowgirl Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Definitely for anglers. I killed a few high lvl anglers trying with an xbow (even waiting 10 seconds between shots, and testing with different grade xbows) finally managed to get one with the harpoon gun but it does take forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycan187u Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Great for underwater pvp packs a punch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkMartin Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 The best is the primitive 100% dmg bow. Change my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1nk Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 26 minutes ago, MarkMartin said: The best is the primitive 100% dmg bow. Change my mind. No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDonn Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 On 5/16/2019 at 1:40 PM, SaltyMonkey said: Quality harpoon launchers exist in the game, just not in any loot tables that I’m aware of, and even then it is still outclassed by a high damage crossbow so seems almost pointless when most sea creatures have a large pool of health. Seems more of a gimmick than a functional tool. Pretty much. If blueprints existed, it would be great and very worth it: It deals pretty awesome amounts of torpor. Even primitive ones can KO a 150 Angler in 30 hits, and deal a bit over 1K damage to it which would almost certainly never kill over KOing. A Crossbow at 195 is roughly the same amount of torpor delivery, but at ~2x the damage (about 2030 damage to the same Angler at level 150). High risk of killing them... But you just have to knock it out, which is very possible for any wild Angler found over ~18 points in HP (2070 HP @ 18 pts, would be REALLLY close but doable). If it lives with 5 HP, you can easily finish the tame (which thanks to wild predation's non-existence in the ocean, you are good). So, for 90% or more of cases, yeah. Pretty much spot-on, more of a gimmick than a useful tool. A 250% harpoon putting down 150 Anglers with 12 shots would be great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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