Don't allow bow/sling equipping without Shoot talent

[Grey]

New players are often confused by the inability to use bows they equip. Well, disallow it in the first place. One of the pre-requisites on the item should be to have the Shoot talent.

[reverend]

Either that, or create a basic 'shoot' talent in a generic category:

0/5 - can't use bows
1-4/5 - use bows with < 100% base damage
5/5 - use bows with 100% base damage

[Grey]

Seems unnecessary when it can be bought for 8 gold in Last Hope...

[marvalis]

Yeh give them a nice little flavor text to go with it:

For bows: "You have no idea how to use this stick with a rope on it."
For slings: "You do not know how to use this rope with a piece of leather in it"

Or something more creative than what I came up with.

[TheRani]

Alternately, you can just give everybody the Shoot skill by default and save us all 8gp.

[Zonk]

Alternately, you can just give everybody the Shoot skill by default and save us all 8gp.

Yeah, I definetely agree with this. Would it look a bit weird/ugly to start with a talent you might never use in your hotkey list? Perhaps. But the way it's currently handled is to me even weirder.

[Grey]

I don't see anything wrong with it. It already happens in the Arena.