Firstly. We all know normal arrow fire is more accurate. We also know flaming arrows are more demoralising and less accurate, or as the game calls it, 'devastating'.
My issue is with the word 'devastating', which is like telling me that RTW is 'really awesome' i.e. it tells me nothing.
It all boils down to one question: Which sort of fire is more capable of inflicting kills? Making them run is one thing, but making them die is more important; that's what people created war for.
In siege battles it is my favourite habit to fire upon breach defenders with normal shot to seriously whittle them down since flaming arrows may eventually make them waver enough to rout to the town square where I can't get at them (and time is wasted), because I work like the American army in siege battles--minimal cost, maximum effect.
But which will kill more, faster? Normal shot, or flaming? In field battles naturally I almost exclusively use flaming shot, but will normal shot actually do more damage as they approach?
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