Quote Originally Posted by monkian
My experience is that Archers fire when and where I tell them to but their salvos are far too slow - especiialy for 'Retinue Longbowmen' who in reality could do at leastt 4 a minute.

They used to be able to shoot their 2nd arrow whilst the first was still in the air.
In reality (opening up a can of worms) they were expected to be able to get off ten aimed arrows a minute, and there are several examples throughout the Hundred Year's War when English and Welsh longbowmen were sent home because they couldn't do so.