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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IceBear" data-source="post: 521616" data-attributes="member: 1118">BTW - I understand the rant about how archers really worked in the real world, but in D&D the one melee fighter is probably equivalent to many real world fighters and thus we're back to the teamwork thing.  The melee fighter(s) is keeping the enemy away from the archer so he can be effective - like in your rant.Anyway, I agree that archer probably isn't as glorious and honorable as compared to melee combat, and I think my players feel the same way.  They might use missle weapons at the beginning of combat, but they pretty much switch to melee within a couple of rounds as I think they don't get as much satisifaction out of defeating their enemies unless it's hand to hand.And as I've been saying for awhile - D&D is a game.  If a player (or a few) aren't enjoying the game then it's up to the DM to provide that enjoyment.  Some people enjoy being the meat shield that helps defend the party while someone else gets the kill.  Others need to kill the monsters to have fun.  If the DM has to pull some drastic measures in order to make everyone happy, then that's what (s)he needs to do.IceBear</blockquote>