Game Mechanics: Archery bonus Incorrectly Using Mainhand Primary

[CrazyPro]

It ain't much but I found this: https://web.archive.org/web/20001018...s.asp?ID=82328

Us rangers get critical hit in archery. To recognize how valuable this is, i'll set an example . At lvl 9 , i was able to score 32 damage all the time with my high archery skill with a rough elm bow. better than what a halberd hits. > )

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Brad McQuaid didn't seem to like the idea of archery being good. https://web.archive.org/web/20010304...adlog4-5_1.asp

<Uhgs> Aradune, there are so many people asking for Archery to be a viable primary attack...can't you find any way to make it balanced but primary? They would all LOVE it....
<Aradune> uhgs: no, i really don't want to make archery a primary combat skill, sorry

<Elderan> Aradune: NO one is asking for archery to be a pri combat skill, just as an ADDED skill for rangers while combat, IE combat archery
<Aradune> elderan: to make it viable for what you guys want, it would be a primary combat skill
<Aradune> and then it would be used instead of melee
<Aradune> and then EQ wouldn't be EQ