So I made a Pristine Imbued Fir Long Bow..

[Sunrayn]

<DIV>for my wife's ranger.  She cant use it unless she takes off her weapons because, it says 2H Ranged and wont equip in the ranged slot.  It will *only* go in primary and like a two handed weapon, bags your secondary weapon as well.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is this intended or considered a 'feature' now?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Seems the priorities are a bit backward, cut vendor sellback on crafted goods before important things like ranged weapons are fixed so people can *use* them.  Yeah, I know, it is easier to cut the sellback price than it is to fix a bow or a sheath....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Bhagpuss]

<blockquote><hr>Sunrayn wrote:<div>for my wife's ranger.  She cant use it unless she takes off her weapons because, it says 2H Ranged and wont equip in the ranged slot.  It will *only* go in primary and like a two handed weapon, bags your secondary weapon as well.</div> <div> </div> <div>Is this intended or considered a 'feature' now?</div> <div> </div> <div>Seems the priorities are a bit backward, cut vendor sellback on crafted goods before important things like ranged weapons are fixed so people can *use* them.  Yeah, I know, it is easier to cut the sellback price than it is to fix a bow or a sheath....</div> <div> </div><hr></blockquote>This change seems to apply to all throwing weapon items as well. I liked it, personally. I can't see why we should be allowed to use a two-handed weapon while also dual-wielding or holding a sword and shield. However, I would agree that that kind of logic is inconsitent with the general direction of EQ2's development, which concentrates on convenience over believability, so I assumed it was probably a bug. If it does turn out to be intended though, it's easy enough to hot-key all your weapons and swap them out almost instantaneously - too easy, in fact.<div></div>

[Sunrayn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Bhagpuss wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>This change seems to apply to all throwing weapon items as well. I liked it, personally. I can't see why we should be allowed to use a two-handed weapon while also dual-wielding or holding a sword and shield.<BR><BR>However, I would agree that that kind of logic is inconsitent with the general direction of EQ2's development, which concentrates on convenience over believability, so I assumed it was probably a bug.<BR><BR>If it does turn out to be intended though, it's easy enough to hot-key all your weapons and swap them out almost instantaneously - too easy, in fact.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Except for the fact there is a delay in combat between switching out weapons...three seconds i think.  So, 3 seconds to take off the first weapon, 3 to take off the other weapon, 3 to put on a bow to make one 2 second shot, another 9 seconds to equip swords again.</P> <P>This is just a bad idea if intended.</P> <P>*edit* bows and other ranged stuff was fixed in todays update--my ranger/woodworker thanks you</P><p>Message Edited by Sunrayn on <span class=date_text>06-09-2006</span> <span class=time_text>06:34 PM</span>