Does 404 help with archery?

[zhelas]

And if it does is it only good for sniping or will it help with open aiming?

Peace

[Bhuryn]

Last I heard it helped with aiming.

[Joseph]

do you mean 404 or 402?

[Xaerve]

Both help.

[Neo]

And if it does is it only good for sniping or will it help with open aiming?

Peace

From the official post for 404, it ends with

Disarm Enhancement not only aids with disarming, it is also a useful tool for the ranged weapon user. The spell's calming and focusing nature can provide a small aiming bonus. The bonus can be applied by the archer himself or by another caster.

I would assume this means aiming in general, hidden or not.

Neo

[Jaimaltz]

It definitely helps, and is worth stacking up if you can get a wizard to rapid fire you. Otherwise, with ~1 minute durations per cast, it's a huge pain to stack up any decent duration.

[Gan]

My rule of thumb was/is:
402 for open firing
404 for sniping

I seem to notice a difference in crit/kill shot success with the spells added.