: I think the answer is the same both for Tolkien's Elves
: and for Robin Hood's Merrie Men. They use bows not in
: order to kill people from three hundred yards away,
: but in order to kill people from fifteen feet away
: behind a bush. An actual pitched battle like the one
: in "Through the Ermine" would be extremely
: unusual; generally, they'd deal with intruders by
: sneaking around them under cover of the shrubbery and
: plinking arrows at them until they're exterminated or
: driven away. The use of the bow simply assures that
: they can stay out of sight and never have to engage
: the enemy hand-to-hand.
I agree, what do you think about zerks?
: It's basically functionally
: identical to a blowpipe in this environment. That's
: probably why their bows have such a ridiculously short
: range; they were never designed to shoot long
: distances because they never had the opportunity to in
: the forest.
I think the short range in the game is not the actual range. It is the range when they being to shoot as a representation of how expendable their ammo is. You're not going to shoot at 100 feet away if you have limited ammo, you'll wait until you're more likely to hit.
: Of course, this explanation requires the fir'Bolg to be
: able to move with some degree of speed, stealth and
: nimbleness, which they haven't exhibited so far, but
: maybe we've just never seen them move over
: "bush" terrain. They have to be able to move
: faster than 3 m.p.h. SOMEtimes...
My arguement with the zerks is also to do with speed and nimbleness.
: --SiliconDream
