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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 9009670" data-attributes="member: 5889">The problem starts squarely with the longbow. 600 feet of range (aka 200 yards or 2 football fields) IS INSANE.Now can a longbow actually shoot that far....eh if you have a good bow and your nice and strong it can. But can you hit a target from that distance, no. Can you hit a target in a way that will actually do real damage...hell no. Can you hit a target in a way that will do damage while they have actual protection on....oh HELL no. Can you hit a target in a that will do damage while they have actual protection AND they are moving in anyway..... ha ha ha, oh lordy no. And can you do all that while also having to avoid damage yourself?..... nnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo..The longbow should have like a 200 foot max range, and then you can include some special sniper rules that are &quot;ok if you are able to hold position for a minute and the target is unmoving and unware of you and your not in danger, etc etc your range is doubled (or tripled if you really want that fantasy).That and a full volley fire where the bowman doesn't actually try to hit anything and your just using the weight of mass fire to hurt things....only then should we be discussing 600 foot ranges.So you start there and then adjust other ranges appropriately.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 9009670, member: 5889"] The problem starts squarely with the longbow. 600 feet of range (aka 200 yards or 2 football fields) IS INSANE. Now can a longbow actually shoot that far....eh if you have a good bow and your nice and strong it can. But can you hit a target from that distance, no. Can you hit a target in a way that will actually do real damage...hell no. Can you hit a target in a way that will do damage while they have actual protection on....oh HELL no. Can you hit a target in a that will do damage while they have actual protection AND they are moving in anyway..... ha ha ha, oh lordy no. And can you do all that while also having to avoid damage yourself?..... nnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo.. The longbow should have like a 200 foot max range, and then you can include some special sniper rules that are "ok if you are able to hold position for a minute and the target is unmoving and unware of you and your not in danger, etc etc your range is doubled (or tripled if you really want that fantasy). That and a full volley fire where the bowman doesn't actually try to hit anything and your just using the weight of mass fire to hurt things....only then should we be discussing 600 foot ranges. So you start there and then adjust other ranges appropriately. [/QUOTE]

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