Ranged > melee classes ?

[speciesxx]

I was thinking that ranged classes have a huge advantage in the game? Just for the fact to many monsters have corruption attacks or drain stats, or age you. This is true for most of the bosses in the game, which mostly are taken out by ranged anyway, even when playing melee?

Ofcourse pure melee is fun as well, since there is nothing more annoying then to gather 328328728 arrows on the floor, or try to find that one spellbook that you need :P.

Or are there some tactics i'm not aware of when playing melee?

[Al-Khwarizmi]

I was thinking that ranged classes have a huge advantage in the game?

Yes

Or are there some tactics i'm not aware of when playing melee?

No

(IMO)

[DumbleDoor]

Yep, ranged is better, I think, and I think most people think. Still, playing BARBARIANS(orcish) and bards are fun .

[Sami]

The game has been completed several times by using ranged attacks only. At least 2 times with only rocks, once with only shields and a few times with only coins.

[Grey]

And plenty with only spells, at least once with only thrown spears, and once with only acid spit.

Ranged attacks are of course intrinsically safer, and when it comes to slaying missiles they tend to do more damage too - it's a win-win situation. The only real advantage to melee is ease of us - just hol down the direction key. If you want to go primarily melee then it's best to rely on a few tricks to disable your opponents attacks and thus make yourself safer. Stunning, blinding and paralysis are all favourites. High speed or SLBs can allow for fairly safe hack n back tactics too.

[fazisi]

I really want to try out the wielding your starting ration as a weapon challenge game. Can it be done?
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[pblack]

I really want to try out the wielding your starting ration as a weapon challenge game. Can it be done?

good luck damaging the ASB with it. if you mean no ranged attacks nor spells... really... good luck with your barbarian giving tremendous blows every time.

[pblack]

And plenty with only spells, at least once with only thrown spears, and once with only acid spit.

Ranged attacks are of course intrinsically safer, and when it comes to slaying missiles they tend to do more damage too - it's a win-win situation. The only real advantage to melee is ease of us - just hol down the direction key. If you want to go primarily melee then it's best to rely on a few tricks to disable your opponents attacks and thus make yourself safer. Stunning, blinding and paralysis are all favourites. High speed or SLBs can allow for fairly safe hack n back tactics too.

any record of just thrown daggers? Thou i wouldn't attempt it just becasue it's boring, but every assassin I play i feel tempted to do just that, and then I get far slayer....

[Pumpernickel]

(Using a food ration as only weapon)

good luck damaging the ASB with it. if you mean no ranged attacks nor spells... really... good luck with your barbarian giving tremendous blows every time.

In an earlier version, i played a few barbarians who only wielded non-weapons. The best was eventually double-bolted by Nuurag-Vaarn (as expected), but did manage to take down the ASB with tremendous blows. I think i was wielding the Orb of Fire at the time, and the ASB hadn't been bumped up to 60 PV yet. Past level six or so, such games are first and foremost a test of your patience, particularly against summoners.

Let's see - two perfect rings of slaying, berserk, 30+ strength - it should be possible to at least do damage with tremendous blows even with a food ration, but each attack will take 4200 energy, so prepare to take a hammering in return. Find weakness should be quite helpful.

[Al-Khwarizmi]

good luck damaging the ASB with it. if you mean no ranged attacks nor spells... really... good luck with your barbarian giving tremendous blows every time.

You could always smith the starting weapon. Or doesn't smithing give damage? I've never actually used it

Rings of slaying and rings of damage can also be helpful...