Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26274215-20181212194809/@comment-26274215-20181213180916

Shinare of Woofland Realm wrote: "one of the most lethal weapons in the course of human history" Nope, they were not even close to being the most lethal, even in their own age. Longbows were fairly efficient, but apart from that, very few kinds of arrows could penetrate good armor enough to kill the opponent. The reason bows were popular was because it was cheap and long-range weapon.

Also the further you shoot with a bow, the less damage the arrow does, because it loses speed. And if they don't want to make a mechanic that gradually lowers the damage as the arrow goes further, I think limiting reach to where the arrows are effective, is pretty good. I must disagree with you. Most arrows could penetrate almost any kind of armour from the early and high middle ages. You have to think about the fact that most of those tests are performed by archers from these days, who are significantly weaker than historical archers, let alone the master archers of old. On very large distances, around 200 meters, chainmail or a proper gambeson did indeed block an arrow, but most archery in history was either performed on closer distances, or by a volley, both highly likely to kill the opponent. Above this you must consider the fact that the world of Tolkien was a bit of a glorified version of reality, making the archers initially better than real life historical archers. And dont worry about the distance-reducive damage, NPC's wont shoot hundreds of blocks far, they usually shoot a couple of dozens of blocks far at the most, making the impact of the arrow lethal. Trust me, the usage of shields was not made to be fancy looking. For your dear life you'd hope you have one when facing an archer