Ranged attacks

[Miele]

<DIV>36 assassin here. I recently bought an engraved leather pouch and some throwing stars (shurikens).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I can now use Barbed Cloak and Head Shot, but not Deadly Shot even if the description says "requires a ranged weapon", in fact when I try to use it I read in my chat "I need a bow".</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Why? Well... maybe one day I'll be free to choose something for flavour without gimping myself (ok, skill sucks except for kiting, but I kite a lot).</DIV>

[GodH8s]

This game is all about figuring out what they want you to do and have. You can't even carry weapons that aren't 'Treasured' and expect to hit any raid-type mobs. I like having 2 ancient ebon leafblades, yet because SOE wants me to use some crap like SBD (I have and was great for awhile) and SSoY (which I don't have) forever, I dont' get to be able to hit things worth a [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot]. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I could swear I saw something on the Weaponsmith's forum about their forged ebon weapons not being able to hit these mobs either because they are listed as 'handcrafted' and not 'treasured' or 'fabled'. What kinda crap is that? You don't see an armoer's armor not defend you any just because it was crafted and not quested! Ranged attacks are probably the best assassin skills out there. As stupid as it sounds, they are. Keep a VERY nice bow on you at all times (I'd say the rare imbued version for your tier) and proper arrows - and the 'Back Shot' line is absolutely worth getting the Adept III in. We can't poke anything worth a [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot], but we can throw crap at it. I would much prefer to use shuriken myself. But once again, SOE has less of an idea of what an assassin is than your average action movie watching ten year old. <div></div>