Archery and Me

[Axhinde]

So, I was pondering fixskilling my Bard into a barcher which seems like a lot of fun. I know very little about archery in general, I've skimmed over krakiipedia, but would like to know if anyone that has experience with this path could offer advice. I have a few questions also...

Does Sonic Weapon sing into Ranged Weapons?

Do the sonic flares still work if the above question is true?

Is CM worth it for sweep? Basically this is what i was thinking at 48...

Armor Use.............1x
Ranged Weapons....2x
PT.......................1x
Dodge..................1x
Perception............2x
HP.......................1x
MMC....................24 ranks
Air Lore................1x
MnE.....................25 (for the AS benefits of 425)
Bard....................30
Climb/Swim...........1x

According to Tsoran's spreadsheet this will net me 378 AS(using base 4x enchant bow and ebladed arrows), not 100% on accuracy.

Should Ambush be thrown in there at all? Or does the 2x perception make up for the lack of ambush for AS?

[inso]

You cannot sing up a bow with 1012, but you can summon one with 1025.

Personally, I have 0 dodge and 0 cm, and instead have a bunch more ranks in spells. I did fine purely solo at level 50 in stone trolls/giants. I feel ambush is not worth the point investment until far post-cap as at level 48 you'd get 50 ranks and only 2 AS from the entire investment.

Overtraining spells lets me ward better, anything you hunt with weapons can be disabled easily with 1002. Otherwise, 1005 is good at disabling. If you have an instrument skill at adept you can make a lich macro to put your bow away, get out your instrument, play it and 1030. 15 manipulation lore would be recommended for focused 1030 on turtling/uncrittable mobs.