Scout with Bow Dilemma help me decide

[Evail Frog]

Okay here is my dilemma
Bow 1. Poison Spreader of the Gambler (Green)
339-631 ~485 +762 to Dexterity

Bow 2. Poison Spreader of the Gambler (Red)
287-683 ~485 +774 to Dexterity

Bow 3 in the store for 187000+1 mushroom Poison Spreader of the Gambler (Green)
328-652 ~490 +752 to Dexterity

I am not sure what bow would be my best to go with all the time or which bow I should keep in reserve for dungeons or raids. or if it is better to just sell one but which one should I sell.

I know the low hit and high hit spread is probably the greater bow because of the higher Dex bonus ( and that is good but the low hit on it bothers me a little) but how do the other 2 bows compare.

That one in the store has a 490 hit with a min of 328 so how does it compare to the -485 with the minimum 339 with greater dex bonus ?

How does the damage calculation work into all this with the one at 485 and the other at 490 does that bit really mean that much of a difference ? How would I go & calculate that in the future? if I again have this sort of choice.

So what should I do here I have 3 excellent bows to choose from. all are excellent choices, but what one should I select to go with?

Consider this I normally only find a good replacement bow once or twice a month. I do not buy mushrooms & I have a 30% mount good for 28 more Days and only 1 mushroom left. I still have 45% thirst left to finish as well.

So what is a Frog to do in this situation ?

[demonwarrior]

attack same person with different bows (that is what i do in s2 when i don't which sword to choose for myself)

or

i keep 1 random weapon and keep it until new good weapon pop up in the store

Edited: if you only have 1 don't waste on weapon. There are always new weapon every day.
Buy 30% mount.

[Vizari]

1: http://sf.kalais.net/english/weapon.html
Calculate your weapon damage and compare it to another weapon. This tool will tell you your low damage, your high damage, your average damage, and which of the bows has the best damage.

2: You note down the colours why? Colours are completely random and have nothing at all to do with the stats. Nor does the type of bow matter.

[Jengas]

but colors could mean a 0.01% exp bonus increase...

[Leander]

You can also attack a dungeon monster several times with bow 1, then with bow 2...and see which of the two weapons is the best.

Keeping both bows is not that bad either. There isn't always the "best" weapon in general as your opponents vary (if they are warriors, scouts or mages).

The damage calculator Vizari posted comes in handy, too.

[Evail Frog]

The website here http://sf.kalais.net/english/weapon-scout.html

It is telling me that my best bow to go with out of all three
328-652 -490 +752 Problem is it costs a mushroom where as the other 2 are free. I think I would rather use that mushroom to get another 14 days on the mount instead.

The next best bow Is as the majority of my guild told me and what i finally decided to go with is Bow 1 339-631 -485 +762

I noted the Colours cause I like green & I am not a fan of the way the red looks

And I will go with Leanders suggestion of keeping them both and switch out as needed there may be a time I will need a larger dexterity than a greater over all percentage of damage.

[Charista]

I assume the stat bonus on all three is Dex.

Bow 2 is the superior for killing dungeons. While it can have inferior damage when it rolls poorly, it can roll higher than Bow 1, so has a chance of killing things Bow 1 cannot.

I cannot tell you if Bow 3 is better, because I don't know your Dex without the bow. You're giving up 22 Dex for +1% base damage, so if your Dex is 2200 or less, you're better with Bow 2.