Dino Bow vs Alacrity

[Khurse]

Hey All

Going to try a Ranger build (of some type) to see how the new AOE arrows work.

Endgame though (for the moment) I don't have access to Chaosbow or Aerania (250 runes from being able to grab it, but I never see the Raid anymore)

So my choices for the toon ( racial + class completionist, only 68 Reaper points but has everything else maxed I think- if it matters) are Sapphire Sting, Twisted Willow, or build a Dino Bow.
Just curious which is probably better- mostly for soloing R5 stuff at most.

I'm a trusting sort so I don't need a huge math analysis, Just not sure if 20% alacrity and expanded crit range makes up for lower base damage on ESS, or if LTW with it's Elasticity would be better, or if I should just build a dino bow with something. (Regular dino bow, not Attuned)

Thanks!

 

[nix]

Test alacrity carefully - in my experience it's ineffective

 

[EinarMal]

I think you end up capped in attack speed in various ways.

 

[Yamani]

I think you end up capped in attack speed in various ways.

Bows don't have a hard cap anymore. It's just they have a slower base speed now made up by haste boost and manyshot attacks.

 

[Khurse]

Guessing from the replies, none of them really stand out .

Thanks!

 

[FixBows]

You can add alacrity to a Dino Bow via Fragment of Extraplanar Shadow. If you are up for the grind, the Dino set is still best in my opinion even after update 69 loot. I do not see anything higher in terms of scores from update 69 sun/moon. Still 9% doubleshot, 5% insightful DS, etc... So, it is just gear tetris if you want something besides what the sets and items offer from previous loot (ie dino and a 2pc set combination).