The crossbowman might be better than a soldier with his first shot, but
he is very unlikely to get a second. Even in the front line, a man with
a missle weapon is likely to be able to attack his opponent long before
the opponent would get a chance to counter with his melee weapon.
Doesn't seem that far off to me.
Terry Hoffman
Donn Breshears wrote:
>
> I apologize for my earlier mistatement. I had read the rules wrong and have
> been corrected. Although, this does bring up an interesting point. This is
> a very bad offense against realism. Archers, traditionally, were
> slaughtered if the enemy infantry got to their positions as a bow is a very
> poor close in weapon. Crossbowmen are even wrose at close in combat as it
> take a long time to reload a crossbow. These facts are reflected in the
> attack ratings of the units (an elite archer can be thought of as an archer
> with melee training and weapons as a back up.) But the combat system
> invalidates those as a x-bowman has an effective combat rating of 6,1,25
> (6.25 is 1/4 of 25, so that would be the lowest a x-bowman could fight at)
> making him a better attacker than a soilder.
>
> >From: PHen376022@aol.com
> >To: g2-list@pbm.com
> >Subject: Re: combat results
> >Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:25:22 EST
> >
> >Hiya,
> >
> >I know that Rich didn't write the battle simulator, so we can't verify his
> >code by using it, but in the sim, frontline archers use their missile
> >rating
> >unless weather conditions deteriorate the value to less than their combat
> >rating.
> >
> >This is in accordance with the Missile Attacks section of the online rules.
> >
> >L8r,
> >
> >Pat
>
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