What level monsters to hunt for a Scout?

[Lascivious Goat]

Wondering if my Scout is gimped or average. Currently he is lvl 14 and the majority of his skill points go into Evasion and Strength. Just a handful of points have gone into Bow and Health, otherwise they are about base level for a lvl 14. He wears non-magical Bronze Scalemail or Ringmail armor on every armor slot, +3 Strength ring, a quest necklace which gives +5 Health and uses a Fine Cedar Longbow (9-13 damage I think) with +5 Pierce damage tech on the bow.

For a typical Scout, what level monsters should they be hunting? Monsters of equivalent level or maybe one or two levels higher than lvl 14? I ask this because my Scout can safely survive up to lvl 12 monsters and is about 50/50 with lvl 13 monsters. Level 14 monsters I think are almost too hot to handle. Any monsters 1-2 levels above I'm sure the Scout couldn't survive. I avoid magic-using monsters for the most part and concentrate on melee monsters.

[mbaucco]

I am a level 15 scout/level 13 Druid and it sounds like you are having the same experience as me. Scouts are kind of low dps/low armor so I find we do poorly against high dps mobs like pigs. Generally I shoot for stuff a couple levels below me that don't add too much, but low level mob balance is a bit borked, so it can be tricky. I do a lot of hunting around SSlanis right now and so far the Giant Chickens are easiest and I run from pigs. :)

[Lascivious Goat]

Time for an update on my original post. Since the last posting my Scout has moved on to be, at present, a lvl 30 Ranger. I've also multi-classed as a Cleric (currently at lvl 25) for healing magic. The healing abilities have given my character more staying power and I am able to fight monsters up to 5 levels above my own. I also make use of the Cleric's shield and one-handed crush weapons to complement the Ranger's bows when fighting.

[Britt Tigahare]

Try putting points into Dexterity, because according to some sources (community site, horizons.gamersinfo, old strategy guid), Bow is listed as 100% dex. Which I believe to be correct because Tania has a huge amount of Dex (from 65 levels of confectioner) and can hit for pretty good damage and hardly gets hit. Strength is also high but is only half at dex. I don't have all my training points back from being spent on other things so I haven't fully tested this out, but I do believe it's the dex that is helping her out immensely.