Bow Plus Plus

I'm gonna make this as simple as I can, but go easy on me if I miss anything.   This mod is mostly just me messing around with files to see what does and doesn't work.  It was partly inspired by certain other Bow-enhancing mods that are now redundant since the game updated... and so in turn this mod may also become redundant in future (almost certainly)...

What does it do?

#1. Reduces the Spread on various shots, especially the Power Shots. They can basically all hit monsters from medium range now.

#2. Increases several parameters of Arc-shots, including their max range, slight boost to the AoE and increases the drop-speed.

#3. Increases the strength of Coatings to various degrees.  Power Coatings now do 1. 5x damage.  Close Range coatings do 1. 6x but the critical range has been reduced a little.  Pierce Coatings proc up to twice as many times at closer intervals, in theory to bring them in line with the alternatives. Pierce Coatings have had their attributes changed but it doesn't seem to work for them. All Status Coatings are boosted somewhat (Para & Sleep x1. 5, Poison, Blast & Exhaust x2).

#4. Slightly speeds up the charge times for manually charging shots, which may or may not interfere with the Focus skill (not sure).

#5. Increases the i-Frames for the perfect dodge. Basically double the boost for each level of the Evasion skill.  Plus increases the stamina / trick-shot-gauge recovery for perfect dodges.

What it does NOT do...

It doesn't change Dragon Piercer in any manner not directly related to Coatings.

It doesn't change the motion values of any attacks

It doesn't change the number of Coatings you can use since that would interfere with Bandolier / Tetrad Shot.  There are other lua-based mods if you want to tamper with that.

It no longer changes the number of focus / arc shot arrows, since that kept crashing the game.

Requirements

Get REFramework and FluffyModManager like everything else on this site.

Installation

Assuming you've got REFramework installed and Loose File Loading turned on, just drag the zip file into FluffyModManager and switch it on there.

Compatibility Issues

Won't be compatible with any other mod that changes the General Parameters for Bows.  Lua script stuff should be fine though, if anyone makes any of those in future.

Extra Disclaimers

If you use this online there is a fair chance that someone will notice your increased damage output (especially with the coating boosts), report you, and get you banned.   If you use it in Arena Challenges, you're very naughty and should be ashamed of yourself.   You're better off sticking to offline... but if you do get banned for using it online, my mod wasn't responsible and I never knew you.