What equipment set for a Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Archer for highest damage output?

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I am currently building a modded saved game for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced edition (using EEKeeper) to play when patch 2.0 releases later this month. Because I just want to play it for the story and not for a challenge, I want to make my character as strong as possible before really getting started with the game. I will also be playing this in Story Mode (which is why I'm waiting for patch 2.0).

I have already set all my stats to 25 (which I understand is on the level of the strongest deities), but I also want some gear to go with it. However, since Baldur's Gate has a large assortment of equipment, I'm having trouble picking out the optimal items for highest damage output. What doesn't help is the fact that, as an Archer, I can go for multiple weapon archetypes: longbows, shortbows, composite longbows, crossbows, slings,... and each of them is calculated separately. They also use different types of ammo, but only bows have a quiver that gives an unlimited amount of ammo.

Assuming I want to go for bows in general and limit ammo to the Quiver of Plenty so I don't run out of ammo halfway through a dungeon, what gear gives me the highest damage output?


The current set I got:

Helmet: Helm of Balduran;
Armor: Shadow Armor +3;
Gauntlets: Legacy of the Masters;
Ring: Rabbits Foot;
Ring 2: The Guard's Ring +2
Amulet: Periapt of proof against poison;
Belt: Belt of inertial barrier;
Boots: The Paws of the Cheetah;
Cloak: Cloak of Reflection.





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Are archers good in BG2?

Archers are quite powerful early on, and then get progressively weaker as the game continues. By the time of ToB, they are only average at best.



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