Ranged Attacks and Melee

[Kaledor]

Our group is still mentally converting over from 3.X and the question of firing into melee came up in the last session:

4th ed seems to no longer apply a penalty to shooting into a melee. The old game gave the obvious -4 (to avoid hitting your friends) and possibly cover from the different melee combatants.

Now, we can't find a rule for a penalty - so, fire away.
AND your allies don't even provide cover to the baddy in melee - so, fire even more


Are we correct in the assumption?
It's just hard for our party's archer to break his 3.5 habits

 

[Jhulae]

Yep. That's how it works.

 

[Kordeth]

Remember, though, that your enemies provide cover to their allies.

 

[TheNovaLord]

...and the baddies can shoot back just as easy