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Butterfingers · 01-29-2003, 01:27 PM

Well Anomen with 20ish or so str (DUHM) and the Sling of Seeking is a terror.

What amazes me is the actual crossbow damage though. Something is WRONG. The numbers don't add up. I have had a few criticals of upwards of 50ish damage or so. My Archer was good at disrupting mages. My Dwarven Crossbowman is good at making mages EXPLODE! What is it with the "chunky death" animation and crossbows? In Slaver ambushes, the usual unit mage never even manages to get off a spell hardly, just a big SPLAT and scattering of body bits. My Archer was almost God on the battlefield. One or two shots could cripple something badly enough for the melee units to finish it off quickly. My Dwarven Crossbowman IS God. Minsc and Jay barely have time to close the gap. By the time they get there, there is nothing left to fight usually. If Stumpy Stonenose drinks an Oil of Speed or is Hasted somehow, sheesh. Gross OVERKILL. Armed with a few Bolts of Biting, some Bolts of Lightning, and a few +1 bolts along with regular bolts, I can lay a serious smackdown on most anything in my path. The fire damage from the HCoS makes short work of mages even if they manage to get a stoneskin up.

Either somehow, the damage listed is wrong, or, something weird with rolling the damage numbers, something is not quite what it seems to be damage wise. Perhaps crossbows are bugged somehow? There is no way I should be doing this sort of damage. There is something peculiar about it.

01-29-2003, 01:27 PM	#4
Butterfingers Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: November 30, 2002 Location: Five Flagons Inn Posts: 633	Well Anomen with 20ish or so str (DUHM) and the Sling of Seeking is a terror. What amazes me is the actual crossbow damage though. Something is WRONG. The numbers don't add up. I have had a few criticals of upwards of 50ish damage or so. My Archer was good at disrupting mages. My Dwarven Crossbowman is good at making mages EXPLODE! What is it with the "chunky death" animation and crossbows? In Slaver ambushes, the usual unit mage never even manages to get off a spell hardly, just a big SPLAT and scattering of body bits. My Archer was almost God on the battlefield. One or two shots could cripple something badly enough for the melee units to finish it off quickly. My Dwarven Crossbowman IS God. Minsc and Jay barely have time to close the gap. By the time they get there, there is nothing left to fight usually. If Stumpy Stonenose drinks an Oil of Speed or is Hasted somehow, sheesh. Gross OVERKILL. Armed with a few Bolts of Biting, some Bolts of Lightning, and a few +1 bolts along with regular bolts, I can lay a serious smackdown on most anything in my path. The fire damage from the HCoS makes short work of mages even if they manage to get a stoneskin up. Either somehow, the damage listed is wrong, or, something weird with rolling the damage numbers, something is not quite what it seems to be damage wise. Perhaps crossbows are bugged somehow? There is no way I should be doing this sort of damage. There is something peculiar about it.