I really think this is true lets see
guns-much less range
arbalests-good range
guns-cuase fear
arbalests-dont nbd
abalests-kill same amount of people as guns ive noticed but have much more time to do so because of the range (ive won whole battles with arbalests only valor 0-1)
any ideas to prove me wrong welcome because i jsut find guns (and siege workshops but thats a different matter.....) useless