How to avoid the penalty for firing into melee?

[Soapbox]

"Precise Shot" is no longer a feat in 2E so far as I can tell, so how does a ranged combatant avoid the penalty for firing into melee (-4, I believe)? Or is it that this penalty is no longer a thing as well?

[HammerJack]

There is no such penalty in 2e, so you don't need anything to avoid it.

[Soapbox]

HammerJack wrote:

There is no such penalty in 2ae, so you don't need anything to avoid it.

Excellent! No feat-tax!

[Tarlane]

Small note on that- Firing through a creature's square(ally or enemy) gives anything behind it lesser cover(so a +1 circumstance to AC). But that can be avoided by lining up your shots without something in between.

[Soapbox]

Tarlane wrote:

Small note on that- Firing through a creature's square(ally or enemy) gives anything behind it lesser cover(so a +1 circumstance to AC). But that can be avoided by lining up your shots without something in between.

Noted. Thank you. I built a ranged character as my first 2E character but dont know anything much about the rules.

[shroudb]

There is Volley Trait in some ranged weapons that's kinda similar.

You take -2 to attack when you fire closer than the Volley Trait range.

But yeah, if you stick to non-Volley weapons (i.e use Shortbow instead of Longbow) there's no penalty.