Ranger can't hit?

[Jax]

With Bairdotr I get roughly 20% chance of hitting on even giant targets. This makes no sense. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[Bevvvy]

You sure you have a decent enough perception with her? In my experience that played a pretty big role in her ability to hit things. Ranged precision stance is also a must when using basic attacks with her.

[Qiox]

Originally posted by Jax:

With Bairdotr I get roughly 20% chance of hitting on even giant targets. This makes no sense. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

What type of weapon are you using?

[Finrod]

Perception, and distance affects the hit percentage. Also, an earth spell can raise the hit chance by 30%, have a mage cast it on the archer

[XenoEvil]

As a ranger you should mostly be using special arrows and bow skills which all have a 100% hit chance. The only time you would be using a normal attack is when a enemy is stunned/knocked down.

[Jax]

Thanks for the replies. I use a crossbow on her, since I figured the higher damage would increase the damage of her skills (I have no idea if it actually works like that). As XenoEvil says I do mostly use skills on her to quite great effect. It's just quite annoying how she seems unable to hit the broad side of a barn considering she's supposed to be a ranged specialist.

I've found a way though: I bought the precision chance skillbook and just switch chances from damage to precision whenever I swap to basic attacks. Works a lot better.

[Qiox]

Two other considerations:

Your Dexterity determines base hit chance with Crossbow. You must keep it as high as possible.

There is a very large to hit penalty when attacking enemies higher level than you. 1 level difference is manageable. 2 levels is a challenge. More than that is generally not worth trying.

[Shucks]

If you have someone with Geo magic you have a move called blessing that cures curses and up your chances to hit by like 30% I use it all the time on her.

[Amsh]

Farseer is pretty good