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White Lancer · 03-23-2005, 02:01 AM

If you mean just for bows, then the archer. Archer's can get granmastery in most ranged weapons, so fighters get nothing over them in that department, also, archers get +1 to hit and damage for every 3 levels, with missile weapons only. They also get a very nice stealth score, and on my current archer (level 9) i have 102% stealth. Because they cannot wear metal armor, i find myself using my archer as my scout, sometimes even clearing areas just with him and his bow.

However, Archers are usually poor tanks, best to think of them as mages with more hitpoints. Fighters clearly win in the tanking department, able to wear heavy armor, instead of just the light stuff.

Also, it could just be me, but i seem to notice that my party members generally hit at around the 5-10 damage mark with their ranged weapons, but my archer consistantly hits for high teens, low twenties.

03-23-2005, 02:01 AM	#2
White Lancer Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: August 30, 2002 Location: Australia Age: 40 Posts: 628	If you mean just for bows, then the archer. Archer's can get granmastery in most ranged weapons, so fighters get nothing over them in that department, also, archers get +1 to hit and damage for every 3 levels, with missile weapons only. They also get a very nice stealth score, and on my current archer (level 9) i have 102% stealth. Because they cannot wear metal armor, i find myself using my archer as my scout, sometimes even clearing areas just with him and his bow. However, Archers are usually poor tanks, best to think of them as mages with more hitpoints. Fighters clearly win in the tanking department, able to wear heavy armor, instead of just the light stuff. Also, it could just be me, but i seem to notice that my party members generally hit at around the 5-10 damage mark with their ranged weapons, but my archer consistantly hits for high teens, low twenties. __________________ It deons\'t mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, it olny mtaetrs taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be croecrt. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it. The huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.