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Originally Posted by DanHoward
Keep in mind that part of the balance is that archers can position themselves so that there is minimal risk of them getting hurt.* If an archer wants to inflict as much damage and do as many attacks as a hand-to-hand fighter then it is reasonable for them to have to stand up close and risk getting hit like a hand-to-hand fighter.
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Heck, it's common in video games for
firearms to do less damage than melee weapons, entirely as a sort of balancing factor - using ranged weapons allows you to keep your distance. In a game where characters are fighting like in the older
Final Fantasy games (and even in many of those, ranged weapons didn't have the same damage output as melee, but allowed characters to deal full damage from the "back row" - a game mechanic that let characters take less damage in exchange for dealing less damage with melee weapons), of course, that benefit is largely lost.