Hi all !
This might be a already late topic to discuss but I personally find it a bit illogical to see that a stack of 20 tatar arrows weigh 8 kgs. I know that this game is highly under the influence of 2h/pole and 1h infantry, thus trying to avoid archery has been a top priority for this big part of the community, however doubling the weight of arrows should not be a way of balancing.
I would rather suggest reducing the amount of arrows in a stack rather than increasing their weight because of several reasons;
- I am practicing archery myself irl and each of standard war arrows does not exceed 50 grams ( assume you have steel complex and heavy war heads, this can go up to 100 grams max. no more )
- In game MW arrows are 10 kg, MW Barbed arrows are 9 kg, MW tatar arrows are 8 kg and MW bodkins are 7kg for each stack. Even if you go extreme and assume that quivers make the half of this weight ( which is illogical also because war quivers are generally made out of woolen cloth, or leather with some decorations during medieval times. Considering their sizes, quivers are not expected to exceed 3 kgs as they lack heavy metals or plates ), each arrow will weigh: MW arrow (185 g: 5 kg quiver), MW barbed ( 204 g: 4.5 kg quiver), MW tatar ( 200g: 4kg quiver) and MW bodkin (205 g: 3.5 kg quiver). If you reduce the quiver weight to normal and expected values, the arrow weights turn out to be more and more unrealistic. But even these results are unreal and not balanced.
- Many archers reported ghost arrow effect after the doubling the weights. Ghost arrow effect is when your arrow goes through the enemy object body without being calculated as a hit.
- Doubling the weights changed the trajectory of the arrows as the strength of the bows remained the same. This made the archer to aim much higher than the target for long distance shots, which made it much much harder for the archer to register a hit. Because the reticule should be put way above the target, the vertical distance between the target and the reticule is too much for a quick visual calculation.
What I will suggest is to reduce the amount of arrows in a stack instead of making their weights way more than of reasonable and realistic values. Having a less amount of arrows will make the archer to prioritize targets instead of raining his stack upon the enemy. So that both our ranged community and infantry community will be happy.
