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Old 27th July 2012, 02:16 AM   #38
Chris Evans
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Timo,

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Originally Posted by Timo Nieminen
ose quickly, save that last arrow for in close, wThis leads to two interesting points: charging attackers are on the receiving end of more energy. A war arrow might might moving at 40-50m/s. A 10m/s charging speed of an attacker can transform an arrow energy of, say, 125J into an effective energy of 180J. That's a lot of extra free energy for the archer.
An excellent observation of an often overlooked fact.

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Chris
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