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<blockquote data-quote="Silverblade The Ench" data-source="post: 4292778" data-attributes="member: 19083">&quot;I backstab him with...A BALLISTA!&quot;classic <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />the rules are trying to suggest you have to use a very accurate, stealthy weapon, and probably to prevent abuse.Crossbows are far closer to rifles, than than they are to a longbow (bar damage type). <ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Crossbows are extremely accurate for a non-firearm.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> You can keep a crossbow cocked as long as you want. Try THAT with a longbow without losing your finger tips, or grip, lol. Most war longbows had a pull of between 80 and 120lbs. Try pulling a non-compound 60lb bow...!</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Bows work by &quot;the archer's paradox&quot;, basically they cannot help but be innacurate, and there's no proper sights, so while an archer can hit a human target reliably if he has innate skill/practice, he's not gonna hit your heart/kidneys reliably, as we're talking combat, not a target shoot. 
Please remember, a real historical bow is NOT a modern target bow. And Mongolian archers did not and never could &quot;hit someone in the heart from 200 paces&quot;, that kind of stuff is rubbish...if 1,000 archer's fire, some will of course, hit some unlucky buggers in the heart <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> 
Horseback archery = garbage for accuracy, hence, Mongols and Huns had to practice constantly.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> You can fire a crossbow while lying on your belly, thus, attack from stealth is far easier. Interestingly, this is why the British Sten and Sterling submachine guns had the magazines fitted at the side, and the Australian Owen was a top loader, so you could fire them easier lying down.</li>
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[QUOTE="Silverblade The Ench, post: 4292778, member: 19083"] [I]"I backstab him with...A BALLISTA!"[/I] classic ;) the rules are trying to suggest you have to use a very accurate, stealthy weapon, and probably to prevent abuse. Crossbows are far closer to rifles, than than they are to a longbow (bar damage type). [list] [*]Crossbows are extremely accurate for a non-firearm. [*] You can keep a crossbow cocked as long as you want. Try THAT with a longbow without losing your finger tips, or grip, lol. Most war longbows had a pull of between 80 and 120lbs. Try pulling a [COLOR=Red]non[/COLOR]-compound 60lb bow...! [*] Bows work by "the archer's paradox", basically they cannot help but be innacurate, and there's no proper sights, so while an archer can hit a human target reliably if he has innate skill/practice, he's not gonna hit your heart/kidneys reliably, as we're talking combat, not a target shoot. Please remember, a real historical bow is NOT a modern target bow. And Mongolian archers did not and never could "[I]hit someone in the heart from 200 paces[/I]", that kind of stuff is rubbish...if 1,000 archer's fire, some will of course, hit some unlucky buggers in the heart :p Horseback archery = garbage for accuracy, hence, Mongols and Huns had to practice constantly. [*] You can fire a crossbow while lying on your belly, thus, attack from stealth is far easier. Interestingly, this is why the British Sten and Sterling submachine guns had the magazines fitted at the side, and the Australian Owen was a top loader, so you could fire them easier lying down. [/list] :) [/QUOTE]

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