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<blockquote data-quote="Wangalade" data-source="post: 7457101" data-attributes="member: 6691437"><p>When I said it would be easy I didn't mean that it would be physically easy for them to do, but that it's easy to see a solution that based medieval tech that might be somewhat comparable to modern solutions to the problem. As the goal is to stop the flyer from becoming a threat, and not necessarily to kill it; if the ballista can cause a flyer to retreat to a higher altitude where its attacks are no longer efftective then it served its purpose. The ballista doesn't have to be capable of killing the flyer; it just needs an effective range greater than the range of any of the attacks that the flyer can make.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It is extremely difficult to hit a specific target by simply dropping an object from a high altitude, and the greater the altitude, the more the object is affected by wind and other variables. A rider on a pegasus might employ these tactics, but I don't see a dragon or any of the other really big flyers dropping rocks. A dragon has its breath weapon and wing buffet and melee attacks, just because they are intelligent doesn't mean they would resort to the "optimal" strategy; personality plays a role in this just as much as physics.</p><p></p><p>I also have some ideas of how defenses against such attacks might be strengthened. Defending from high velocity objects from above would not be greatly different than from a horizontal plane. You might see the roofs of fortifications piled high with earth and timber to defend against falling rocks in a manner similar to how walls transitioned from stone to earth and timber to diffuse the impact of cannonballs. without explosive shells, falling rocks can be just as easily defended against as early cannonballs.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I just want to emphasize that I started this thread for suggestion of possible threats unique to the fantasy world, and not suggestions on how to defend against those threats. It's important to look at the problems defenders might face and analyze those problems before proposing solutions. I do think something at least partially underground might be a major portion of the final solution to fight off all the threats,but that's not really what I'm looking for at the moment. Having said that, all of these comments are appreciated and have given me some good ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wangalade, post: 7457101, member: 6691437"] When I said it would be easy I didn't mean that it would be physically easy for them to do, but that it's easy to see a solution that based medieval tech that might be somewhat comparable to modern solutions to the problem. As the goal is to stop the flyer from becoming a threat, and not necessarily to kill it; if the ballista can cause a flyer to retreat to a higher altitude where its attacks are no longer efftective then it served its purpose. The ballista doesn't have to be capable of killing the flyer; it just needs an effective range greater than the range of any of the attacks that the flyer can make. It is extremely difficult to hit a specific target by simply dropping an object from a high altitude, and the greater the altitude, the more the object is affected by wind and other variables. A rider on a pegasus might employ these tactics, but I don't see a dragon or any of the other really big flyers dropping rocks. A dragon has its breath weapon and wing buffet and melee attacks, just because they are intelligent doesn't mean they would resort to the "optimal" strategy; personality plays a role in this just as much as physics. I also have some ideas of how defenses against such attacks might be strengthened. Defending from high velocity objects from above would not be greatly different than from a horizontal plane. You might see the roofs of fortifications piled high with earth and timber to defend against falling rocks in a manner similar to how walls transitioned from stone to earth and timber to diffuse the impact of cannonballs. without explosive shells, falling rocks can be just as easily defended against as early cannonballs. I just want to emphasize that I started this thread for suggestion of possible threats unique to the fantasy world, and not suggestions on how to defend against those threats. It's important to look at the problems defenders might face and analyze those problems before proposing solutions. I do think something at least partially underground might be a major portion of the final solution to fight off all the threats,but that's not really what I'm looking for at the moment. Having said that, all of these comments are appreciated and have given me some good ideas. [/QUOTE]
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