Best ranged weapon in SoA when ToB is installed.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Thu Nov 22, 2001 5:06 am

i'm soloing a fighter/mage/thief, and was wondering what ranged weopon to use.
Should i go for long/short bows or go for crossbows and use the fire..... (crossbow sold above watcher's keep)

rajwarrior · Post by **rajwarrior** » Thu Nov 22, 2001 5:23 am

My personal favorite has always been long bows. There are some powerful magic bows out there and a variety of arrows to choose from depending on the situation.

Musashi Miyamoto · Post by **Musashi Miyamoto** » Thu Nov 22, 2001 2:09 pm

Shortbow all the way there are some useful shortbow like tarshque, that product i think +3 magic arrow then geshen, don't forget crossbow the fire one has +4 arrows

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Thu Nov 22, 2001 2:43 pm

If you go for style then longbows are the way to go. If you don't care much for style then shortbow and/or crossbow is the way to go. Shortbows, Tansheron and Gesen shoot their own arrows, plus 3 and plus 4 respectively. Equip regular arrows or a quiver of plenty for extra damage.
Firetooth shoot +4 or +5 bolts depending on whether you have upgraded it or not. Use bolts of biting or case of plenty for maximum damage.
I have had criticals doing 60 damage with firetooth.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Thu Nov 22, 2001 4:00 pm

Dous the gessen bow equipt with arrows +1 dous extra damage or just thje arrow damage?

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Thu Nov 22, 2001 11:50 pm

If you have thac0 0 with Gesen normally you will have thac0 -1 if you equip +1 arrows with it, -2 if you equip +2 arrows etc.
Gesen normally do 2-8 electrical and two piercing, with +1 arrows it does 2-8 electrical two piercing + 2-7 from the arrow.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Fri Nov 23, 2001 3:24 am

Damn always thought that if i equiped arrows on gessen (or any other unlimited ammo weapons) it was the arrow that counted the tac0. So i should be able to hit kangaxx with gessen equipt with +1 arrows?

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Fri Nov 23, 2001 6:19 am

Originally posted by Stilgar:
<STRONG>Damn always thought that if i equiped arrows on gessen (or any other unlimited ammo weapons) it was the arrow that counted the tac0. So i should be able to hit kangaxx with gessen equipt with +1 arrows?</STRONG>

It is the arrow that count. So always observe the battletext. I use arrows when the monsters I am fighting can be hurt by the(of course) for the extra damage.
In ToB you can find +3 arrows though.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Fri Nov 23, 2001 6:24 am

But gessen without arrows can hit kangaxx,
am i right? wile gessen with arrows +1 has a better Tac0 can't hit him cause he they only count as +1, is this right?

Sabre · Post by **Sabre** » Fri Nov 23, 2001 4:53 pm

No, if you equip the Gesen Bow with arrows, then there are two components that are counted separately. Firstly you have the bow's magic arrows - these are counted as +4 enchantment therefore they can hit Kangaxx; secondly there's the arrow you equipped, these are only counted as +1 enchantment, so they will not do any extra damage to Kangaxx.

The best range weapon would probably be the Firetooth +5 (crossbow) - this gives you +7 to THAC0, and the bolts it shoot are counted as +5, doing 1D8+5 piercing damage and 2 fire damage. Also you can equip bolts with it and get even more bonus for THAC0 and damage - of course the highest enchantment on the bolts are only +3.

[ 11-23-2001: Message edited by: Sabre ]