Tibithia Σ
Plantera
Sorry, I meant to say that the "category" of bows is overrated. There's only a few bows that people really use and remember, the rest are just random pre-Hardmode craftables.Eventide. Tsunami. Phantasm. Stake Launcher. Daedalus stormbow. Would you call these overrated? Heck no. They are one of the best ranged weapons at its tier! Sure, there are a lot of useless filter bows, but these just excels above everyone else. In my opinion, bows only start to get good once plantera is down. They are really cool bows too! They have their strong points in progression, just like guns.
Plus, you do mention that they only really get fun once Plantera is down. Do guns have the same problem?
Also, I didn't realize the Stake Launcher is counted as a bow. The Terraria Wiki doesn't seem to.