Perception....Unimportant for archers?

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  1. Dark Elf

    Dark Elf Administrator Staff Member

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    Dark Elf, Feb 24, 2002
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    First of all...
    Saluatations for me! I've just completed the game, my lv 50 half-ogre destroyed that Kerghan without a blink. Virgil and Perriman just stood there and did nothing while my arcane axe bashed upon the bastard! HAHA!

    Oh, I got a little carried away there, he. Well, anyway, my next character is an elf. I choose troll offspring as background as I don't want followers. I've spent my points this way

    Str 13 Int 9
    Con 10 Wip 9
    Dex 15 Per 9
    Bea 5 Cha 4

    Bow, Dodge, Melee: 2 0n each
    Shield of protection

    I shall pump up dex, str and con and turn him into a magnificent archer, and probably give him a few spells, maybe pump up haggle too. But my question is - is perception at all required for archers? If not, I seem to have wasted a cp...
     
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    LostSoul, Feb 24, 2002
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    perception influences ranged attacks I think, so it would be a good thing for archers.

    Troll offspring for an elf .. interesting ..
     
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  3. Dark Elf

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    Dark Elf, Feb 25, 2002
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    ...but perception doesn't add to the bow skill. Perception seems to be extremely valuable for gunslingers but not at all important for archers, am I right or not?
     
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    kcwong, Feb 25, 2002
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    Right - unless Perception affects range modifiers.
     
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    Which I think is the case
     
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  6. DarkUnderlord

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    So there you go....
     
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    Quote from character creation:

    Perception - The character's ability to notice things, helps greatly in all forms of ranged combat.
     
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  8. Vlad the Imposter

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    Vlad the Imposter, Feb 26, 2002
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    It is also good that you ran up your Dex. With a good Dex and the bow that you get from the elf shopkeeper in Quintarra (for the mithral ore)you can fire an insane amount of arrows in a round.
     
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    And for throwers....??? somebody told me that dex isn't important for throwing skill??
    Is this true?? If is then i'm in deep shit!
     
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    gamenut, Feb 27, 2002
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    One word to answer your question: IMPORTANT.
     
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