Defending archers do not do enough damage in siege.

[Shahed]

Particularly elite archers such as Retinue Longbowmen, do not do enough damage in sieges.

It looks to me as the targetting mechanics is fuzzy on this one. The archers don't shoot what's RIGHT IN FRONT fo them but aim high and the massive arc makes the projectile impact much less devastating, it seems. I've been playing England, defensive at Antwerp, as everyone wants that town and it's a great place to slaughter HRE, Danes, French. Retinues do about 30 kills at maximum per siege battle. They also seem to have a hard time targetting units approaching the walls and gate, even though all they have to do is shoot straight. When they do actually shoot straight they obviously get more kills.

Of course I've been deploying them one rank deep etc, so no n00b tactics as far as I can see.

Imagine them being up there on the wall with a clear shot for 150 meters, a longbowman's dream.

IMO this needs official tweaking. I'm still trying to figure out how I can change it myself.