Flaming Arrows vs Normal Arrows.

[Budwise]

It says that flaming arrows damages moral but are less acurate but what does everyone use. I find that if I am not killing with regular arrows I will sometimes switch but as a whole, its more of what I am in the mood for instead of tactical. I vote for flaming in my post.

Damn, can someone make this a poll or explain how to make a poll, I thought I did it this time but it appears that I didn't.

[FactionHeir]

Here's another thread in the Citadel that asked your question and had extensive answers:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=73879

[WhiskeyGhost]

That topic doesn't seem to note that if you have fire arrows on for the first volley and immediately switch to regular (as in around the time you see the "firing" icon, give or take about a 5 second window) that your units don't take that forever to reload (like firing 2 fire volleys), but fire like they shot two regular ones.

[sapi]

Yeah, I often take advantage of that.

It only makes sense that it's quicker to fire the first volley; after all, you'd have had plenty of time to prepare.

...now to get that mentality switched to the loading of siege weapons

[TeutonicKnight]

The only time I use fire arrows is when I'm hoping to break an enemy army through morale loss, like when I'm outnumbered heavily or there's a few specific units I want to get rid of quickly (Flemish Pikemen come to mind).

Otherwise, it's almost always better to use regular arrows. Faster rate of fire, more accurate, and all that.

[Didz]

I usually only use them in seiges when in real life the equipment would have been on hand.