![]() The ranges the sling could achieve with molded lead glandes was only topped by the strong composite bow or, centuries later, the heavy English longbow, both at massively greater cost."Ī lot of people are confusing acient era bows with bows from from later on. The sling was light to carry and cheap to produce ammunition in the form of stones was readily available and often to be found near the site of battle. "Modern authorities vary widely in their estimates of the effective range of ancient weapons and of course bows and arrows could also have been used to produce a long-range arcing trajectory, but ancient writers repeatedly stress the sling's advantage of range. The only archers that at this time could outrange slings "Again ignoring the long bows", were the archers of the far east using the foot firing method, which for some strange reason are not in the game. I know that is a hard concept to grasp, but it's true.Ī lot of people are confusing ancient era bows with bows from later on like the English Long Bow. Frankly it is the middle ground between a javalin and sling.Īgain, Slings indeed were longer range than a bow. ![]() Not taking into account a long bow, the short bows of the time were useful because they had a mixture of penetration and range. :stunned:Ī professional with a sling can indeed hurl a projectile further than an Archer during that time. For some reason Creative Assembly thought that people can throw rocks further than what someone can fire an arrow. Originally posted by VIGIL:Don't bother with the archers - use slingers.
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