My compound bow keeps missing its target. (in General)


PimpChallenge July 1 2005 1:57 PM EDT

I have 800st and 800archery and i still miss with it. do i need to increase my dx or what?

chernobyl July 1 2005 1:57 PM EDT

Yes. Your opponent's DX is too high for you to hit him.

Also - Archery is most effective at 25% of ST, not 100% =)

AdminShade July 1 2005 2:01 PM EDT

1: yes you need to increase DX.

all hit chance is based on DX and the +'es of your weapons.

2: 800 archery with 800 ST is too much. your archery should have been 200....

Chargerz-Back July 1 2005 2:03 PM EDT

you should also move that katana to your archer.

Nameless evil July 1 2005 5:12 PM EDT

Archery only grants more rounds and extra damage (up to 40 %) but has nothing to do with chance of hitting.

From skills and spells description page: "Archery has reduced effect when its level is low relative to ST"

I think with 800 ST, 900 for Archery will be the best, but 810 archery still can give you 1.0 effectiveness.

bartjan July 1 2005 5:21 PM EDT

For 800ST, 200 archery is best.

Without a melee weapon, your minions is ineffective in melee rounds, as both the DX and the to-hit are reduced then.

Chocolate Thunder July 1 2005 5:38 PM EDT

Without HP or AS, his minion likely isn't making into melee rounds for weapons to matter :)

Undertow July 1 2005 5:46 PM EDT

Adrian, I don't mean to pick on you, but that's exactly what I mean when I say you should play more before giving advice.

900 archery for 800 strength is absurd. 200, as has already been said.

Nameless evil July 1 2005 6:35 PM EDT

That's what I like from this forum....
But that what I got from some external forum.
Ooops, just read wiki, now I know I was wrong, sorry for that.

Gokhan July 1 2005 6:40 PM EDT

I think the first three things to do are; moving the tank all the way back, and giving him the katana, Mages don't use melee weapons, unassign the scythe...

PimpChallenge July 1 2005 10:21 PM EDT

thanks for all the replys. time for some testing.

smallpau1 - Go Blues [Lower My Fees] July 1 2005 11:53 PM EDT

You didn't have to retire that guy, you could of just untrained or just trained more STR to fill the 1/4 for archery

[SoV] Shiv [/me Forge Stuff :D] July 3 2005 3:55 AM EDT

lol a good lesson for the newbies, though PC wont be here to implement, just saw that he was banned :O, oh well, yay!
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