New info on crossbows

[Fenix_120]

So I bought the Osprey book on the Agincourt Campaign, which is number 9 of the Osprey campaign books written by Matthew Bennett, and it has a paragraph about crossbow men.


On page 28 it describes crossbow men trained in the art of "Falling fire"


its exact words are "Although it could be shot on a flat trajectory, crossbowmen also used high, falling fire to pierce helmets and shoulder armor"


If this book is right, then this means that by the 1400's crossbow men did in fact shoot their bows upwards so the bolts would fall on enemies.


I would scan it but my scanner is FBAR'ed right now.


Thoughts?


EDIT: 600'th post, Yay!

[CtrlAltDe1337]

I guess M2 isn't so screwed up after all

[stratesx]

That's quite surprising information. Although, I would assume one would need a lot of training in order to estimate the angle of the shot in the battlefield.

[Taneda Santôka]

That's quite surprising information. Although, I would assume one would need a lot of training in order to estimate the angle of the shot in the battlefield.

Not as much as with a bow with manually pulled string, since the propulsion force is always the same with a xbow.

[Kip]

Wouldn't work in game, it would unbalance them I'm afraid. There wouldn't be much of a reason to use archers if you had access to a crossbow unit that arc-fires. I mean yeah, there's a firing delay for crossbows, but I think the AP trait would make them too effective if they could fire from behind the lines.

[Darvist]

Im fine with no arc but i wish they would fire off walls properly or at all!

Makes them virtually useless in a siege.