Does strength affect Archery?

[Blisik]

i just wonder if strength affects archery when using a sling or a bow.

[TeckXKnight]

The simple answer is that no, it does not. The longer answer is that Perception affects Marksmanship by increasing your minimum damage per shot up to as high as your maximum. No stats increase damage on bows or slings, only the quality of the weapon itself.

[Dataslycer]

Maximum damage is affected by quality of the range weapon and projectile.
Minimum damage is affected by maximum damage, the shooter's perception vs the target's agility. Note that if the shooter has twice the perception of the target, he will always deal maximum damage.

"When you fire, and hit, damage will be calculated as follows. The damage of the weapon and the damage of the projectile are added to form the maximum damage in a range, within which a random damage is chosen. The minimum damage is calculated from your own perception, the target's agility and the maximum damage as (0.5 * (PERC / AGIL) * MAX-DAMAGE). Watch it, foxes have high agility."

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Edit: Corrected

[DDDsDD999]

Note that if the shooter has twice the agility* of the target, he will always deal maximum damage.

*Perception

[Dataslycer]

Whoops, that's what I was meaning. Thanks.