Originally posted by ciberzombie:

bad thing tho - bow does not shoot straight down, so i have to catch ones little bit further.
also is there some other distance weapon further down the line that are good against packed groups of enemies? i just started bronze

Not till you get to swamp, then you can make poison bombs from slime and leather scraps. I still use bombs during raids all the way in the plains biome. The poison doesn't do damage to buildings either so great for those of us who don't cheese the raids with earthen walls.