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It really depends if you have the grandmastery match installed or not.
If not, then the Tuigan bow is definately the best way to maximise yout archer bonuses.
If you do have the grandmastery patch installed, and since you are powergaming, I would suggest dumping all your points into longbow and taking the extra +2 damage per shot that Longarm offers over Tuigan. This would be more beneficial that the extra +0.5 attacks per round that Tuigan offers once you pass level 13. Of course, you'd need the belt of Hill Giant Strength to pull that one off so it is quite an expensive route to take.
As for your melee weapon choice - definately take the 2 handed weapon route. You could give dual wielding a go but it is a royal pain in the butt constantly swapping your equipment around when a critter gets close to you (if only the quick slots from NWN existed in BG2... [img]smile.gif[/img] ). Single weapon would grant you +2 AC bonus, but your AC is likely to blow hard anyway, so a more effective route would be the 2 handed weapon style. Better damage (from both the weapon and the proficiency), quicker hitting and improved critical make this a worthwhile archer choice.
If you have ToB installed, you could haul yourself over to Watchers Keep and find a couple of nice little Archer items on the first level without having to engage anything too tricky [img]smile.gif[/img] .
Tasherons bow will only then have the advantage of hitting as +3, with the rather massive disadvantage of potentially 13-14 less damage per round
[ 07-29-2005, 05:34 AM: Message edited by: Zink Whistlefly ]
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