I discovered that cavalry archers have far longer range then infantry archers, like what gives? Mounted archers already have the mobility bonus, why do they alse ge the range bonus?
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I discovered that cavalry archers have far longer range then infantry archers, like what gives? Mounted archers already have the mobility bonus, why do they alse ge the range bonus?
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Interesting. I don't remember that, but you're right. Mounted archers shouldn't have the damage nor the range superiority, especially if you compare them to longbowmen. I'm assuming it's a balance issue that they'll tweak eventually.
If you can't stand it right now, you could edit the values yourself, should be relatively easy to do.
That's a bit misleading. The difference is in the bows the two units are using.
Eastern/nomad/hunnic bows are at 170 for mounted archers and 175 for foot. They also have a greater damage output than others. Western/Barbarian bows, however, are at 165. There are no "longbows" in 400s Europe, especially not the professionally-made English longbow. They're just normal self bows that don't have a lot of power. And therefore it makes sense that European tactics of this time favored the shield wall over skirmishing. I don't think German self bows should outperform the Hunnic bow, that just wouldn't make sense.