Are you serious? Dude, Wood elf is one of the strongest, if not the strongest character in Sacred 1. Sure her life pool may be lower than her melee companions, but ranged characters don't need tons of health if played correctly. Sure that Sacred 1 has some clunky controls, but after getting used or re-used to it will get better (No it doesn't...XD).
Are you familiar with combos? Because there is a Wood elf combo that will blow your mind. I am assuming you just don't know it because you wouldn't have said what you said if you knew.
Also, Wood elf weapons are not weak. Sure they are not as strong as Dwarf weapons or other melee weapons, but they don't have to be.
So to the point of my comment: When I was playing With wood elf (Back in the days) I discovered a combo that is an absolute boss killer, over the top ridiculous, bonkers, overkill combination you could ever imagine. So the combo is as follows if I remember correctly: Multiple shot-Eye for an eye-Penetrating arrow. Multiple shot makes the bow shoot more arrows at a time. Eye for an eye makes the bow shoot several times in a row. Finally Penetrating arrow will pierce a target multiple times. The result will be a combo that will take care of any kind of enemy. Use Multi-hit in the combo as a fourth CA if you want to use this combo against several enemies or a pack. This combo was my ultimate go-to dragon and boss killer whenever I played Wood elf. Remember to hold the button down while executing it to get the full effect. With this combo, if each CA is a high-level one you can take down dragons in a matter of seconds, essentially stun-locking them in one place while you executing the attack. Anducar can take several combos to kill, but he will go down after a handful of combos on silver and maybe a dozen or a dozen and a half on gold difficulty. Remember to take lots of concentration potions! I always enjoyed this combo when I played Wood elf. The visual effect of a cloud of arrows flying through the enemy and killing it within a few seconds is priceless. Thanks to Sacred's unique damaging mechanic the combo has a good chance to stun-lock the enemy in one place, preventing it from attacking you while you stay in place to execute the volleys.
To whom it may concern: SORRY FOR NECROING this thread, but I just couldn't stand it and let one of my favourite characters getting dissed so hard. WOOD ELFS ARE FING BEASTS! Sorry for cursing.