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Re: bow better than spears?

Posted By: Forrest of B.org (term1-17.vta.west.net)
Date: 5/3/2001 at 3:43 p.m.

In Response To: Re: bow better than spears? (Heron Guard King)

: Ok, maybe Archers have a longer range than Soulless but
: for a little.
: I think that Archers must have double range than
: Soulless!!!

: Why-because is the same to compare Dwarf with Mortar
: Dwarf!!!
: Dwarf throws with hand his molotow coctails and MD with a
: mortar, so we can see that MD has 3 times longer range
: that Dwarf.
: And it is the same to compare rifle with cannon.

: So, I think that is impossible that Soulless have almost
: the same range as Archers.

GURPS Myth talks about this in its conversion tables. They also mention how it's ludicrous that archers have such a short range, so their conversion they give them a normal range and explain how factors other than how far the arrows can shoot come into play, like accuracy and ammo. A Myth unit's maximum attack range is how far it would be wise to attack from. A Warlock's fireball could fly forever, but the chances of its hitting its target (and not something else) from so far away would be almost none. Likewise, archers COULD fire a lot farther, but they'd almost always miss.

I think it would be interesting to make a traditional European-style archer with insanely long range but s00ky accuracy, and very cheap, so you buy a whole bunch of them and send clouds of arrows off across the map, a couple of which hit the enemy.

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