Archery

[quadalpha]

Seems like there's a feeling that bows are a bit too effective, especially with being able to lead moving targets. Do we know how exactly that works? What does the "accuracy" attribute actually determine? A simple % chance to hit?

Also, do we know how armour rating is handled in archery? I've heard that bow samurai is armour-piercing (as opposed to ashigaru), but that's not in the encyclopaedia, as far as I can remember.

[Centurion1]

they can only shoot in one direction which i see as a hugely annoying characteristic. and its ot really ahistorical the bow was very important for samurai and the pursuit of bushido.

[antisocialmunky]

Yes but their bows weren't that strong and their armor was basically made to be an arrow Shamwow.

[Centurion1]

actually japanese bows were renowed as some of the most accurate in the world along with being very fast.

japanese armor was far from an arrow absorber and only the richest samurai could afford nice armor mostly the daimyo and his hatamoto. being a samurai really wasnt as big a deal as people make it out to be there were plenty to go around.

[Rothe]

Archery seems to be a bit overpowered in the game, especially during castle assaults. Still, I would not want a big change to it, perhaps just to reduce the firing rate of the bows for the best units, but keep the lethality.

I did notice that Samurai bows seem more effective, but it might just be the increase in accuracy.

[aimlesswanderer]

They seem a little too accurate when they can't see what they're shooting at. If they can't sight the target, there should be a big accuracy penalty, and it should take a while for them to compensate when the target moves.