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[Undertaker]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stitchface @ Feb 4 2007, 10:16 PM) [snapback]277997[/snapback]</div>

Hey, does anybody else think that ranged weapons are almost entirely useless? Not that I've really tried to use them, but it seems that there's no place where the bad guys are so far away that they can't reach you quickly, and then you'll have to faff about changing weapons. Plus loads of them have their own ranged weapons, so you either want to close the distance or wait around a corner for them to come. And finally.. if you really want to get them from a distance, spells will do it. That's my case and I'm sticking to it.

Also, is there are a list anywhere of the weapons in the game and how good they are? My inventory's always half full of weapons just because I never know if I'll have an urgent need for an axe called 'emasculator' or something. And what is the deal with that Orc boss's axe early in the game? It sells for more than most weapons, but doesn't seem to do that good in a fight...
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Well, one of the problems with ranged weapons is that good ones don't appear until late in the game. Early on, the bow you can buy from Buck is quite nice (it would be comparable with a weapon of 20 might). But for your characters, it appears to be very difficult to hit targets. Also, there doesn't appear to be benefit for characters with big strength (Conrad, Michael) and the damage appears to be less than it should be, as well. This was probably meant to balance things out, but now they are indeed a bit obsolete.

However, the damage of a good crossbow or arbalest can still be quite impressive. Also, keep in mind that most ranged attacks of monsters are laughable as well (with just a few exceptions), so there's no harm in going in a ranged fight with them if you can't take the heat.

About that axe, it was meant to have an effect that instantly kills enemies 10% (not sure about exact chance) of each time you damage a monster with it, but it doesn't appear to work or it was removed from the weapon, probably the latter. Check out this site if you want information about weapons. I can't seem to load the tabels anymore though, but maybe you can: http://www.angelfire.com/darkside/la...re/1stats.html

Good luck!