It's your horse buffed, not you George.
So you can bump more.
Because if you'll count damage versus medium armored target, it would be like:
Arrow in hand - 5% damage
Arrow in chest - 12% damage
Miss
Miss
Bump - 18% damage
Miss
Miss
Headshot - 40% damage
arrow in foot - 4% damage
miss
miss
Bump - 18% damage
Bump - 18% damage\kill
Your horse win
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Generaly with my playing style i tend to hit alot more.
So its more like .
Hey lancer.
Hit.
Hit.
He starts chasing me.
Hs.
Down.
Switch target.
Unaware archer.
Hit.
Shielder.
Bumb.
Hit.
unaware 2hander.
Hit.
He starts dodging.
Miss.
Switch target.
Ohhh another HA.
Hit.
The HA chases me i run into my teammates while shooting.
HA backs off.
Lucky longrange shooting.
Miss.
Miss.
Miss.
Hit.
going around the battle field , one of the last alive shielders.
Hit shield.
Hit shield.
He turns his back to attack my teammate.
Hit.
Mis.
Hit shield.
HS.
I see an running archer.
Hit.
Hit.
He dodged.
I just hold the crosshair and let him walk in it.
Hit.
Soo this was a round i did earlier.
At the end of the round my horse was at 70%.
I still hadfull 100%.
I was in destrier and lammelar vest.
I got 4 kills, 0 deaths.
2 kills of unaware targets.
This is how my rounds generaly go.
EDIT:btw as an HA my horse is an part of me so buffing my horse means i get buffed though , i got nerfed the horse got buffed = im equal, because if my horse gets shot down im useless so they took away some of my power but gave me survivability.