Snaggles PM'ed me with a similar question about archery, but more specifically about BFG. I'll post my initial findings reply here:
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I did some initial research and a bit of testing. According to the EQEMU code, an archery attack uses the same function as a regular melee attack for the damage calculation. There is a switch case for archery to use DEX instead of STR, but idk if that applies to P99. The only thing I don't know is if p99 uses STR, DEX, or neither in the damage calculation.
This is probably why bows in the range slot still get the main hand damage bonus from whatever is in your primary hand, because it is using the same function for damage as melee calculations. My SK is indeed getting the 110 damage bonus from using a weighted axe on blue.
I looked at this video:
https://youtu.be/elAYmxcDOrM?si=y9Z4RbPvDFBs-a0W
And saw some damage numbers. The guy was using a UI that simplified his incomming text, so I am not sure if that was hiding if a hit was a crit or not.
He trueshotted with BFG. I believe his max damage without crit was around 346, and I think he crit for like 567 once.
Looking at my DPS calculator, these numbers are close to a Warrior who who is using a 59 damage 50 delay 1h weapon. I used Warrior instead of Ranger so I could see the crit number. This makes sense, as BFG with an 8 damage arrow would be (20 + 8) * 2.1 (trueshot multiplier) = 59 damage.
I do not know if the double damage for stationary targets thing when using archery exists on p99. I can't test it myself.
Under my current assumptions, you would calculate a BFG without trueshot and without stationary double damage as a 28/50 damage 1h weapon with bow crits basically.
This is just my initial, rough conclusion. Without my own Ranger to test this, I can't say this is true for sure. But according to my DPS calculator you'd get like 84 DPS with BFG + 8 Damage Arrows/Claw (no trueshot) and like 105 DPS with Baton/Claw. This isn't including bow crits, so BFG dps might go up to like 90ish DPS with crits. My calculator shows like a 5% boost to Warrior DPS with critical hits (not crippling blows).
With trueshot BFG does like 125 DPS not including crits.
Hope this helps!
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