Longbow dps, how bad is it?

I love the longbow but I hear its bad for fractals and strikes. How much of a DPS loss is it to use compared a scepter?

I'm pretty sure it's because Scepter is more fast and less clunky than Longbow.Speaking solely about numbers, it isn't bad, it's just that better ranged options exists and other people will want you to use these.

You can technically bench within 90% of golem benchmark of scepter, but your burst is considerably lower which will translate to less damage in fractals. The rotation is also heavily greatsword dependent which is important because people who want to use LB for the looks/feel/theme tend to camp LB which will result in significant damage loss.

Longbow is not very good over all scepter beats it in all areas

Longbow dps, how bad is it?To the point that he got it's own category of "bad": It's Guardian's longbow bad!Below average sustained damage, low burst and cluncky skills, however it's a ranged weapon so it can be in the "Necromancer's main-hand dagger bad" category.

It's a utility -heavy weapon, which made it passable for PvP for the time (pre-nerfs). In PvE that's always made LB a bad choice for DPS, naturally.