Bow

General
A Two-Handed ranged weapon that causes piercing damage, there are a variety of bows in Guild Wars. The Ranger's Marksmanship attribute improves the damage of and is generally a requirement for this weapon type. Skills from this attribute can only be performed when equipping a bow.

Bow Classes
In general, there are five different classes of bows. Flight time and arc size directly affects the accuracy of the bow, whereas refire rate directly affects the DPS of the bow. Additionally, arc size also affects the pathing of the arrow -- some obstacles might obstruct a bow with small arc size, but a bow with large arc size may be able to get through.

1 Range is approximated in the radius of the aggro circle measured on approximately flat ground. 2Flight Time is for a target at Shortbow range distance.
 * Being at a higher elevation than your target increases the range your arrows can go, and at a lower elevation your range is shortened.

Max damage range of a bow is always 15~28, regardless of bow class.

Tyrian
The following table lists bow types for each bow class:

Additionally, the Ascalon Bow is a special type of bow whose class depends on where it is acquired from.

Canthan
It is currently unknown what type the following Factions bows are.
 * Amber Bow -- Likely a Flatbow, as Urgoz's Flatbow uses this skin.
 * Jade Bow -- Shoots pretty much as a Longbow

Upgrades and Modifiers
The weapon upgrades for the bow are Bow String (prefix) and Bow Grip (suffix).