wereform + ranged weapon, bug or feature?

[mantrid_drone]

I read about an odd idea that I just tested, now I'm curious if this is a bug or a feature. When you turn into a werewolf/werebear, your druid uses his claws but with the weapon stats. IE You have a sword that does 100 damage, your claws do 100 damage plus any bonuses.

The odd thing, is that this seems to work with ranged weapons. Specifically, I read about doing this with a buriza crossbow. It does big damage, has 80 ias, and it will become a melee weapon in wereform.

Combining this with fury had some interesting (really fast attack, nice damage, freeze target) results in single player. My question is, is this intended behavior?

Edit: The speed is even more ridiculous with a shael, also note you are not charged any bolts for using the bow in this way.

[electricblue]

intended, and they become range 1

read some guides, also
like mine

[mepersoner]

...and note that it does use bolts if you use "attack" instead of fury. Or at least it did in 1.09. :)

[royalesse]

FYI... to hit the next fury breakpoint you need another 13 IAS in the weapon so you should prolly socket it and stick in a 40/15, or a shael

[TheDragoon]

I'd call it a feature, not a bug. It doesn't really hurt things and it's not THAT big a deal. It is pretty weird, though.

-TheDragoon

[~Kazama Fury~]

...and note that it does use bolts if you use "attack" instead of fury. Or at least it did in 1.09. :)
what.... it never used up any bolts for every attack you did. you only needed to equip any amount of bolts to be able to equip the buriza. like you cant use a bow without the arrows, etc. once ur able to equip the buriza or whatever bow/xbox, in werewolf, attacks dont cost any stack at all.

well i guess someone can correct me if i am wrong, but ive been always leveling my druids with buriza, the same one, the same bolts and i think after so many attacks in cow levels, i would have alteast been forced to get new ones if that was the case.

[the1spoon]

You're rite Kazama. You never use up bolts, even w/ your normal attack. I use the same setup on my MF WW, and I never run out of ammo.