Quote Originally Posted by LittleRaven
I was looking at the attack values for some of these archers, and it's hard to believe that they're stacking up the kinds of kills you guys are talking about.

Slingers have an attack of 4. How the heck are they doing arbelest-type damage?

Now archers tend to have higher attack values...and some egyptian archers have very good values...but slingers?
I don't know why, but they are very effective. I'm talking about the mercenary variety. I've used them to mow down multiple units of shield protected men in the town square and I kill hoplites with them too.

Hazarding a guess, don't the projectile stats include an "accuracy" factor? If so, it might be a tad high. If I sling 100 balls at 50 yards, what percentage will actually be "on target?" (I dunno, it's just a question.) And if I'm on target, what percent will hit a shield or armour, etc. and do little damage other than aggravating the poor sap taking the beating--I think this 2nd part is the missile attack rating.