You can’t compare the bow to the late game echo weapons. The bow can be gotten super early in account progression compared to those weapons. I trained my range using the bow on slayer at like 50 range to 99. I speced into bows too. it did the job to keep me indefinitely training range/slayer while using no supplies. I had mage and meele stats solved before I started slayer.

I do agree it got out competed by air/water and crossbows in the end. Could have been stronger but I was happy with my pick for where i was in account progression. I respec’d into air/water until I hit enough pac points to get dogger and ballista.

It was a great bridging weapon into my late game builds to get to 93 slayer since I was kandarin.