[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [PATCH] Fixing Warriors (PR#1351)

[Jason Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please send your replies to *either* bugs@freeciv *or* freeciv-dev, not 
to both.
Mark Metson wrote:

> What about the crossbow? The Pope banned it claiming it would be the end 
> of civilisation due to its being able to penetrate the knight's armour. 
> Although I thought the English (and probably Japanese too?) Longbow could 
> already do that?
Have you ever tried to use a longbow?

Well, neither have I...but my understanding is that it's really hard 
just to use it, and much harder to actually hit anything (much less a 
knight on horseback who's trying to kill you).
A crossbow, on the other hand, is point-and-shoot.  It may take ages to 
reload, but it doesn't take either strength or skill, particularly. 
Truly a tool for the masses.
jason