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<blockquote data-quote="Imban" data-source="post: 4139865" data-attributes="member: 29206">We know from Races &amp; Classes that the Fighter isn't intended to be a ranged combat guy any more. None of his powers would function with a bow, and Strength is the governing attribute for his attacks while Dexterity is the governing attribute for bow attacks, so it'd be pretty bad.We know from the sneak preview that Rogues aren't capable of sneak attacking with bows, and if that and the preview powers are any hint, none of their powers work with bows either. Additionally, they're less likely to be proficient in the use of a bow. They are likely to have the Dexterity needed, and as such fairly capable of basic attacks with a bow if they are proficient, but the rest of the odds are stacked against them to the degree that it'd likely be a waste of their time to try.We have a pretty good idea that Paladins are not going to suddenly become ranged combat guys, both because it's never been one of their themes, and because the Paladin Smites article clearly showed that all Smites require melee weapons.I will assume that you don't need me to cover why Clerics, Wizards, and Warlocks are unlikely to be the best choice for someone who wants to play an archer.This leaves the Ranger, the only guy whose actual class abilities and powers work at all if you're using a bow, and possibly the only class to default to being proficient with a bow. (Fighters might be, and admittedly all Eladrin/Elves may be automatically.)EDIT: Oh. I totally forgot about Warlords in my initial post, given that we've gotten very little information on them. A quick look at the one little bit of crunch we do have for them, however, reveals exactly what one might expect - all three previewed powers are melee-weapon-only.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imban, post: 4139865, member: 29206"] We know from Races & Classes that the Fighter isn't intended to be a ranged combat guy any more. None of his powers would function with a bow, and Strength is the governing attribute for his attacks while Dexterity is the governing attribute for bow attacks, so it'd be pretty bad. We know from the sneak preview that Rogues aren't capable of sneak attacking with bows, and if that and the preview powers are any hint, none of their powers work with bows either. Additionally, they're less likely to be proficient in the use of a bow. They are likely to have the Dexterity needed, and as such fairly capable of basic attacks with a bow if they are proficient, but the rest of the odds are stacked against them to the degree that it'd likely be a waste of their time to try. We have a pretty good idea that Paladins are not going to suddenly become ranged combat guys, both because it's never been one of their themes, and because the Paladin Smites article clearly showed that all Smites require melee weapons. I will assume that you don't need me to cover why Clerics, Wizards, and Warlocks are unlikely to be the best choice for someone who wants to play an archer. This leaves the Ranger, the only guy whose actual class abilities and powers work at all if you're using a bow, and possibly the only class to default to being proficient with a bow. (Fighters [b]might[/b] be, and admittedly all Eladrin/Elves may be automatically.) EDIT: Oh. I totally forgot about Warlords in my initial post, given that we've gotten very little information on them. A quick look at the one little bit of crunch we do have for them, however, reveals exactly what one might expect - all three previewed powers are melee-weapon-only. [/QUOTE]

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