I've played a 3 skillpoint archer and 4. To be completely honest I think the best way to play an archer is using a halfling (it's 4 skillpoints and has bonus ranged attack). Also you need like 10 weapons to be able to get the smaller monsters that like to sneak up on you. Swords works the best due to the ease of getting 1 handed swords. Just make an alias to unweild your shield equip the sword, and an alt alias to put the shield back on. This way you can quickly equip your sword and deal with the little pests that like roaming around. Another way that might be more fun would be getting fire magic and casting a fireball or firespray to get them off as well as using it for resists. But to each their own. Just know as an archer it's not the big monsters that are annoying because you can hit their large area easy but the little ones that start to surround you.
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