![]() Also the speed of the attacks won't be the same. Now build any alternative with slings and I assure you that you won't be able to dish out as much damage. Now picture what an elven archer with 5 slots into shortbows and 19 DEX would be capable of doing with said weapon. Also the DemiLeech needs to be hit with a +4 weapon which would rule out the Tasheron's bow, but can still be hit with the Gensen. So for those two a bow is clearly a better choice.Īlso The Tansheron's and the Gensen short bows can fire +3 and +4 arrows respectively on their own, which means at least in SoA, they would be capable to hit just about anything other than foes that are immune to piercing damage, namely Golems. A mage is likely to have a higher DEX than STR, Nalia certainly has more DEX than STR, so does Imoen. Slings can't be had with more than 2 prof slots by the game's most devastating archer class, the aptly named "Archer," which can have up to 5 slots into any bows or crossbows, but only two in slings.įurther more, if slings get a STR bonus, bows get a dexterity bonus, so how is one bonus better than the other? Clearly, to who this bonuses would benefit depends on the stats chosen by the player when he/she rolled the toon. Your fundamental point of slings being better than other missile weapons is flawed at best. The reason is because from some angles you point stands, but from some others it doesn't. The thing is that you are neither right, nor wrong. What he is trying to tell you is that AC doesnt mean crap later on when everyone has so low THAC0 that they will most likely always hit you and its null&void to try and dodge anything, late game is all about ironskin/stoneskin/Mirror Image/Blur and soaking damage instead of trying to dodge it. Some tradeoffs get made at the middle levels to achieve that. Once you get to ToB you get +4 bullets (but no +4 arrows or bolts) and since you have more money than you know what to do with, why not stack both? Like I said, I play for ToB. Since I steal all of the +2 sling bullets that I can get my hands on, ammo is free so you really only need to worry about those that can only be hit by +3 or greater weapons. I'm sorry, but since when does a shield bonus to AC not matter? All AC bonuses matter and I'd rather have the AC bonus and the STR damage bonus from a sling than use a bow or crossbow unless I'm firing specialty ammuntion like arrows/bolts of biting. Plus, they're both available much sooner than +3 Arrows/Bolts/Bullets become available. Axe and Sling mixed together: It can be used by Mages with Bucklers and it gains STR boost. Sling's own enchantment affects THACO and damage, but not the "what can it hurt" aspect: Therefore even Sling of Everard doesn't put a dent on Elementals or Vampires if you're loaded with regular or +1 ammo.īoomerang dagger +2 & Firetooth dagger +3 (yes, it shares the same name as that crossbow you mentioned) are kinda like T. ![]() Some folks have done calculations pointing out that out of all ranged characters, high STR Kensai with Throwing Axes yields most damage per round. STR bonus does apply to slings and all throwing weapons (there used to be bug which prevented throwing axes/hammers getting STR bonus), throwing weapons have the advantage of having higher enchantments sooner available. ![]() ![]() Originally posted by ÄmJii:Shield AC bonus doesn't matter at all, trust me. ![]()
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