It is nice to have range weapons; especially if you think you are within range and aren't, it defaults to thrown or bow so you don't read (out of range). I have used bows with Lily, my ranger/samuri/ninja. She shoots pretty rapidly now that she is up to level 6 and there are some nifty arrows. I have found my first trigger bow at Skull Castle so I can use some of those Crossbows + 1. I also just like to imagine the thought of an archer, but most of the time I use her fire spells. Knives are so heavy and I am not sure the damage makes them worth toting around. I usually keep the plus one or special version of thrown on hand and fire bomb, poison bombs, miner's bombs are pretty cool. My Paladin is kinda stuck there until I get all the spells in Spirit (I want him for blessing) so he doesn't have a lot of OFFENSIVE spells. I wish I had given him thrown weapons at the beginning as sometimes he doesn't seem to have much to do during long range combat. Mostly, I like to fit the ranged weapon to the imagined personality of my character. I feel a bit of satisfaction when I hear the "twang" of the bow as Lily shoots. Snargol wielding those vicious throwing axes. Talon blowing things up with bombs. Mussy with her shurikens and occasional bomb. I would like to imagine her whipping out knives but they just plain weigh too much. OK, so I have a vivid imagination.
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