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Originally Posted by Phoenix42
Since you mention Agincourt:
One might also want to mention that fantasy and low-TL campaigns tend to include horses or similar mounts. This comes in two versions: A mounted archer can laugh his enemy in the face because he can use his crossbow or shortbow and can dictate his range;
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reloading a crossbow is not an easy task mounted if at all possible and a shortbow is a lousy weapon for combat use
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if he's any good and the fight is in an open field, he can also circle his enemies and shoot from behind, negating his enemies' dodge rolls.
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do you really believe that the Warriors wouldn´t change front and stand like toy soldiers in show formation?
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If Don't forget that this is essentially what took the Mongols all the way from Mongolia to Austria
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i thought they ended in hungary looked at central european country seeing the woods, no place to feed their ponys said thank you and went home.
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and what brought the Huns from the Black Sea to the South of France.
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nd getting themselves butchered by the Goths as well as the Magyars were butchered or better annihilated by the germans and the turks beaten by the crusaders.
Using a composite bow to ´ve a decent chance to do damage you must go so close to havy cav that one slight miscalculation or a well timed and calculated counterattack ist pure disaster.
Wheras as slid medium foot can encircle themselves and shoot at you at greater range with long and crossbows, in combination with cav who sally at the right moment.