Post by greedo on Feb 19, 2020 18:42:46 GMT
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but thought I'd toss this in. Thought about how to help Bw vs Sp interactions. My EAP vs Sp again..
What if you put a Bw behind another unit, it can "overhead shoot" at targets to the front element's front?
the rear element must be lined up behind the front element, corner to corner etc.
The question would be does the bow range start at the front of the front element or the Bw element? Putting it out front seems too powerful, so putting it coming from the front of the bw element means that you'll generally get a single shooting phase to hit whatever is coming to you instead of 2, BUT you can have protection from spears, blades etc. out in front, or intermingled. This might also mean you could get rid of bow/blade side support.
This idea came from To The Strongest in which the Persian bows are lined up behind one another, the rear most element gets to fire at reduced range and only straight ahead, but it still add some umph to the shooting before they get mulched by the hoplites in contact.
Might create more problems than it solves, and as I said I'm sure this has been thought of before, but worth thinking about.
What if you put a Bw behind another unit, it can "overhead shoot" at targets to the front element's front?
the rear element must be lined up behind the front element, corner to corner etc.
The question would be does the bow range start at the front of the front element or the Bw element? Putting it out front seems too powerful, so putting it coming from the front of the bw element means that you'll generally get a single shooting phase to hit whatever is coming to you instead of 2, BUT you can have protection from spears, blades etc. out in front, or intermingled. This might also mean you could get rid of bow/blade side support.
This idea came from To The Strongest in which the Persian bows are lined up behind one another, the rear most element gets to fire at reduced range and only straight ahead, but it still add some umph to the shooting before they get mulched by the hoplites in contact.
Might create more problems than it solves, and as I said I'm sure this has been thought of before, but worth thinking about.
