[Thrifalas]

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Originally Posted by Aoshi99 What I wanted to say was that there are many interesting melee builds but only a few classes that specialize in ranged weapons.

That is because the advantages of having a ranged weapon are completely arbitrary in BG2. With boots of speed (or any type or haste) your character moves fast enough to only lose one or two attacks while charging/changing target.

Also, there are no fight positioned in such a way that ranged weapons would be necessary. You can always get enough room to pound something with a couple or melee characters.

While Ranged weapons were a gamebreaker in BG1, it's almost worthless in BG2. An archer with a good weapon can still be an asset and a fun class to play, but they have no noteworthy advantage over their melee counterparts.