Check out the perks. There’s a real nifty one that about doubles the “thread the needle” hit chances. I’m getting 60+% hits, and about half of the “oopsies!” shots hit the brother’s shield now.
Nope, ranged are not worthless, just need to be more carefully groomed for the part. I’m doing quite well w/ my 4 crossbowmen.
In a single player game, there's no such thing as cheating. It's merely "creative manipulation of the default settings"!