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From: dobro@ulowell.UUCP (Chet Dobro)
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Subject: Re: Fighting with arrows
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Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 00:46:48 EST
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> I've been playing rogue 3.6 and 5.2 and am still having some trouble figuring
> out the subtleties of the weapons. Specifically, I seem to get fairly good
> results by simply throwing arrows without actually wielding the bow or crossbow.
> This strikes me as a good technique as I don't have to waste a turn switching
> to my mace or whatever if the arrows fail to stop the monster. Is there any
> advantage to wielding the bow while shooting?

As silly as this may sound, it is usually better *not* to use a bow when
throwing arrows. Crossbows are about even. Of course, if you have a magic
bow or crossbow, by all means use that.

This comment comes from much experience playing and trying to throw arrows,
bot with and without use of bows. Granted, from a game mechanics point of
view I must be wrong, but I have markedly better hit-ratio w/o the bow!


							Gryphon