I liked the first game a lot. One thing that really threw me the first time around, though, was that the dexterity stat was totally meaningless for ranged attackers, since ranged weapons would always hit if a creature was in their path.
This had the strange effect that strength and strength alone was a meaningful stat for back row archers.
Is this system unchanged? Are minimum-dex, maximum-strength minotaurs still the way to go for ranged combat?