Re: Daggerfall Q's

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From: br... Brent Burkholder
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 00:00

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In article <NEWTNews.84351...@paprika.roch875.mc.xerox.com>,
MoJo  <md...@roch875.mc.xerox.com> wrote:

>> 4) Has anyone tried the game with archery as the primary weapons skill?
>> 
>
>--- Archery is, IMHO, of somewhat limited use in this game.  It takes a
>bit of time to equip a bow, and the monster is hitting you while you do it.
>I personally found a bow to be too slow a weapon to use effectively, and I
>switched over to a sword.
>
>		MJ (Bethesda beta tester)

Not if you are primarily a Hand To Hand person...  Left hand is empty hand,
right hand is the bow.  Hitting the S key is all it takes to swap gear and
it happens pretty fast.  I guess that's why the Archer class had Hand to Hand
rather than another weapon as their backup to the bow.

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