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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Danceofmasks" data-source="post: 4603525" data-attributes="member: 70765">Ah, thread necromancy. Love it.IMO, archery > fighting with 2 weapons. By an enormous amount. Does not mean taking archery style ... any ranger can use a ranged weapon.Beastmaster or 2WF, weapon/power choice is a thing for stats to determine. Being focused on archery = being able to buy 20 Dex ... any class that uses Dex for attack & damage is busted. 'cos it's also AC, Ref, Init, and a bunch of awesome skills. If teamed with a Fighter, Shielding Swordmage, or any other defender that's built for this tactic, archers can happily flank & shoot, for CA and prime shot.Remember that their AC is maxed, the enemy is getting a penalty, and if done with some coordination (e.g. ready to attack when the Fighter does), the archer is shooting during someone else's turn ... so has access to all their funky interrupts."You crit me with your OA? Sorry, but I'm 10' away! After providing my buddy with the flank!" The superior weapons in AV makes rangers in general sillier. Twin shots with D12s are hilarious. Or not.I've looked into an archer using a superior crossbow, and their hitroll is pretty darn scary. Edit:Example is flawed slightly.Readying to shoot during Fighter's turn = no combat challenge swipe.</blockquote>