i wish i could argue this with elliot, but as i'm still in act 2, i'd be talking a lot of non-sense (i know, i know. what's new??!??). you have to wait for 3 more acts! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />
Your comments sound very sensible to me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
now, i don't play a mage - so i have no firsthand knowledge. i run an archer (hero) and melee DK.
however...i personally find archers to be incredibly more efficient than melee types, performing a good 85% of all kills (i truly find the dk worthless except as a pack animal). and i don't experience any problems inside or in closed areas (anyone remember josie in DD?).
Josie... (Shudder) Only about ten times tougher than the Demon Of Lies...
It sounds to me like you need to work on your DK if his kill ratio is that low. Are you using Sharpen on his weapon? Are you using one handed weapons? By now two handed are better...
my kill rate is a good 8 or 9 to 1 (bow over melee)...and if what elliot says is true '...a good bow was absolutely no match for a good spell...' i would have to imagine the kill ratio would shoot to about 15 to 1 over melee.
kinda makes you wonder why you'd have a sword........
By the end of the game, my Elemental Missile spell was doing around a thousand points of damage, IIRC - and that is considered one of the weaker spells by some members of this board...
I mowed through the last fight with it pretty easily though. The main villain never even looked like winning.
honestly though, i believe whatever YOU are comfortable playing is the BEST choice for you.
That I will completely agree with <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
did i sound sufficiently defensive of my archer?!? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Sounds like you enjoy playing him - which is the main thing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
