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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte
Logan, I'm surprised you think so little of archers. My first playthrough with my wife, she went archery on her rogue and picked up Leliana and trained her to be an archer as well. By about level 15, archers can lay down incredible amounts of damage between critical shot and arrow of slaying and that, combined with the scattershot ability, makes them formidable members of your party. An aimed arrow of slaying can drop an ogre outright. They also make the archdemon much easier at the end of the game compared to having a melee-heavy party. They don't have the widespread destructive power of a mage, but I don't think you're going to find them lacking unless you're really trying to min-max.
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I tried making an archer out of Leliana. She kept dying quicker than anybody even at level 9-ish and I didn't have the patience to unlock her full potential. My experience comes from that. In comparison, Morrigan's magic had more effect both in terms of damage and in terms of affected area. My rogue's quick backstabs and knockouts felled enemies quicker than her arrows did and my dog and Alistair inflicted and absorbed way more melee damage. Maybe you're right, but she was quite useless in my party.