Archers damage

**Herbo** · March 04, 2017, 11:33 AM

Hi guys, I want to ask about the huge differences between archer units dmg. For example,
Bazard Voivode
Mosneni archers cost 550 and have 22 dmg,
Curteni foot archers cost 600 and 57 dmg,
Mosneni archers high cost 700 and have 22 dmg.
Kievan Rus has Rus hunters for 250 with 57 dmg.
All Bohemian archers worth 100 - 900 have 22 dmg.

**Bobi_TWR** · March 05, 2017, 02:16 AM

maybe this is made so factions with strong inf will have bad skirms and factions with meh/weak inf could have strong skirms,but in my opinion the missile damage diffrence is way too big.Thanks for posting i hope it gets fixed

**Herbo** · March 05, 2017, 04:01 AM

There could be range diference, for example 40 for the cheapest peasants, then 45, 50 and 55 for the most elite units to make it simple. Crosbows have 62 I think so it should be ok.

**tuli** · March 05, 2017, 08:16 AM

There should be no difference except between bow types i.e. longow vs recurve vs regular. The bow was a peasant weapon trained from a very young age.

**You_Guess_Who** · March 05, 2017, 12:35 PM

Okay, there are two things:

1. Cost
Honest answer: Bad balancing between different roster worked by different people. There should be a standardization effort.

2. Damage.
You're seeing the difference between a short selfbow and a recurved composite warbow. I agree that there's a big gap in between shortbows with other much more powerful warbows - there's should be a stronger selfbow that aren't quite longbows, for units inbetween.

Originally Posted by Herbo

for example 40 for the cheapest peasants, then 45, 50 and 55 for the most elite units to make it simple

I disagree with this, because you discounted the skill of the men: there are accuracy and reload skill. Accuracy adds the odds of hitting the target, reload cuts the base reload time by the percentage. These skillpoints would increase as the unit get more experienced. More professional units starts with better skillpoints. With this system, a ranged unit's effectiveness isn't set in stone, but can change with experience.

Originally Posted by tuli

There should be no difference except between bow types i.e. longow vs recurve vs regular

I'm siding with this more.