Here are a few tests with Bow learning at secondary rate, each test was performed with 0/34 in Bows in adult armadillos and reset by filling a favor orb.
Relevant stats:
Bows: 856 Ranks
Strength: 50
Agility: 99
Discipline: 99
Intelligence: 70
Wisdom: 70
Buffs:
See the Wind at 90 mana
Hands of Lirissa for Dual loading
Test 1: Dual loaded full aim on each shot, after each death 3 arranges were done and 1 skin totaling 8 seconds of additional roundtime were performed. Over 10 deaths 1 minute and 20 seconds of additional RT was performed from skinning.
Items Used - Nisha short bow, broad-barbed arrows from Mer'kresh.
Start Time/End Time/Total time to lock:
4:35:28/4:43:42/8 minutes 14 seconds with skinning/6 minutes 54 seconds without skinning.
Test 2: Single loaded full aim on each shot, after each death 3 arranges were done and 1 skin totaling 8 seconds of additional roundtime were performed. Over 10 deaths 1 minute and 20 seconds of additional RT was performed from skinning.
Items Used - Nisha short bow, broad-barbed arrows from Mer'kresh.
Start Time/End Time/Total time to lock:
4:47:03/5:01:12/14 minutes and 9 seconds with skinning/12 minutes 49 seconds without skinning.
Test 3: Dual loaded full aim on each shot, after each death 3 arranges were done and 1 skin totaling 8 seconds of additional roundtime were performed. Over 10 deaths 1 minute and 20 seconds of additional RT was performed from skinning.
Items Used - Nisha short bow, capped basilisk arrows.
Start Time/End Time/Total time to lock:
5:04:55/5:12:25/7 minutes and 30 seconds with skinning/6 minutes 10 seconds without skinning.
TLDR
Test 1 - Locked Bows at 856 ranks in 6 minutes 54 seconds using dual load broad-barbed arrows and a Nisha short bow.
Test 2 - Locked Bows at 856 ranks in 12 minutes 49 seconds using single load broad-barbed arrows and a Nisha short bow.
Test 3 - Locked bows at 856 ranks in 6 minutes 10 seconds using dual load capped basilisk arrows and a Nisha short bow.
