The test were conducted in response to the other thread's OP claim that longbows always lose to pavise crossbowmen in a shooting match. The results indicate that longbows are actually slightly better in a head-to-head match, even when the crossbowmen are allowed to shoot off all their ammo. The test seems to be fair, given the questions it was trying to answer. Comparing kills against a stationary target is something else altogether.

As for how gimped the English are in the campaign game... I dunno. Billmen are broken for now but that may change, English knights are okay, Longbows are pretty good when used enmasse with stakes out. A nice secure starting position (although not as secure as MTW), good ships, naval bonuses, trade routes, shortest distance to the Americas, decent tech tree, plenty of opportunity to infere on the continent... is there really something wrong with them?