Bow as melee?
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Bow as melee?
This probably is superflous, buit i think that giving some units a melle bow attack would be interesting.
It could give some elves an impact attack, ad possibly slow, as in tripping/ entagling units with the bowstring.
It could give some elves an impact attack, ad possibly slow, as in tripping/ entagling units with the bowstring.
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Tripping/entangling an enemy with a bowstring would almost certainly result in the bowstring breaking. Is that what an archer would really want?
The same would happen if you started using the bow to hit people - it would snap in half.
There's a reason that historically, archers would have daggers with them - the dagger would defend them much better than hitting someone with a bow would.
The same would happen if you started using the bow to hit people - it would snap in half.
There's a reason that historically, archers would have daggers with them - the dagger would defend them much better than hitting someone with a bow would.
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If you can find historical evidence of such weapons existing (images from a book/reliable online source), I'll believe you, but that seems doubtful.
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Irrelevant of the realism of bows as weapons (as an archer I find it hard to believe that bows would ever be used as melee weapons), how does this benefit gameplay?turin wrote:If you can find historical evidence of such weapons existing (images from a book/reliable online source), I'll believe you, but that seems doubtful.
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I once saw a bow/spear in a not-that-realistic movie. I always thought the bow/spear would be possible in reality, but now I think of it I doubt that a (stiff) spear could deliver enough energy.Irrelevant of the realism of bows as weapons (as an archer I find it hard to believe that bows would ever be used as melee weapons), how does this benefit gameplay?
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The question is not if a bow could be used as a spear (it cannot), but if you could attach a string to a spear and make it into a bow.
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I agree the whole thing doesn't really benefit gameplay.
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There has been weird weapons developed in history, so it may be possible, but i don't think someone would use a bow as an impact weapon, or even to entangle someone ( depending on the bow, the string can be quite strong ), that would defeat the purpose of the bow making it useless as a ranged weapon
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Of course i would prefer a hand crossbow with a bayonette (spelling?) coming out of the wooden arch.
But...would this accomplish anything else than imagery?.
But...would this accomplish anything else than imagery?.
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