@ Reapz

Thanks for having a great (non-ranting) discussion. What a pleasant change


Yep, I agree with the argument, following tests are up to 1st ammo depletion.

Since the test are mostly at max range, I was wondering what the effect of shorter range is. So I have made few additional tests at 2 ranges:
MEDIUM (60-75% of max range)
SHORT (25-30% of max range).

Test on grass plain, sunny, no exp/arm/wep mods, Medium diff., alternating player choice. Unites tested: Longbowmen (LB) and Genoese Crossbow Militia (GXBM)

Here are results - men count at test end:


Player -- Range -- GXBM -- LB -- Test end trigger
GXBM --- Medium --- 27 ---- 9 ---- LB out of ammo
GXBM --- Medium --- 37 ---- 5 ---- LB run away
LB ------ Medium --- 23 ---- 35 --- LB out of ammo
LB ------ Medium --- 20 ---- 33 --- LB out of ammo
GXBM --- Short ----- 39 ---- 7 ---- LB out of ammo
GXBM --- Short ----- 25 ---- 2 ---- LB run away
LB ------ Short ----- 14 ---- 21 --- LB out of ammo
LB ------ Short ----- 20 ---- 3 ---- LB run away

AVERAGE Medium -- 26.75 -- 20.5
AVERAGE Short ---- 24.5 --- 8.25

This shows that at short range XB are very effective. It must be added that XB usually lost between 2-5 men while advancing, whil LB lost on average 2.

In general I am suprised by these results. I thought that at Medium range LB will completly own XB since they manage to get 2-3 volleys for "free". But Medium seems rather balanced. Again, hats off for CA.