The Missile Thread - Hints, Tips and Information

[JeromeBaker]

That was how they worked in shogun. Will have to test.

Edit: yes it does, even when you are shooting the enemy in the back while in melee the whistling arrows will affect your troops fighting them.

Incidentally I found that my fears of crossbows not being able to arc over infantry were unfounded, for some reason I had gotten it in my head that they were like firearms.

I had the same impression. I thought crossbows came around because they shot bolts with increased velocity to provide armor penetration compared to a traditional bow. To arch a crossbow shot would mean you are shooting from too far a range wouldnt it?

At least with the velocity of modern crossbows when hunting, you definetly are not arching a shot up in the air and hoping it comes down on the buck.... You are indeed shooting it much more similar to a firearm based on the range you should be shooting from.

The crossbow units later on in the WRE campaign I had were awesome. I wasnt using them like traditional archers, but now that I know they can shoot over a line of infantry I am going to use them more (plus they get flaming shot and heavy shot options like regular archers do, and I dont remember previous TW games having those options on crossbow units)