Crossbowman evolution

St0rmB0lt · Unread postby **St0rmB0lt** » 01 Aug 2006, 02:59

I voted 4, i think that a lot of the gold people are seeing are part of the tabard, which isn't armor.

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 01 Aug 2006, 03:11

i voted 5 - quite like the whole look of the crossbowman

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 01 Aug 2006, 04:12

Meandor wrote:
And an armoured crossbowman on a horse isn't such a bad ideea.
Care to explain?

Theyd be pretty effective imo.But theyd also require one hell of a training,and each mounted crossbowmen killed would be worth at least 10 of the regular infantry.Thats why mounted archers were in so few numbers.

mr.hackcrag wrote: I wasn't suggesting it was good armor. And wasn't armor provided to troops by the military? I didn't realize each individual had to buy it themselves.

Nope.In fact,armor was provided just with the appearance of payed military.And those were rare before middle ages.Sure rome had them.And greece and persia too.But as for the rest,armor was mostly self obtained.

Zombie_Inc · Unread postby **Zombie_Inc** » 01 Aug 2006, 08:28

Actually, even in the Greek and earlly Roman times one had to provide one's own equipment. The difference between that and the middle ages is that the gap between those who had lots of money and those who didn't wasn't that big.

Akul · Unread postby **Akul** » 01 Aug 2006, 13:09

mr.hackcrag wrote: I wasn't suggesting it was good armor. And wasn't armor provided to troops by the military? I didn't realize each individual had to buy it themselves.

Only militia got armor because they are mostly too poor to buy themeselves armor.
Soldiers on other hand, needed to buy themeselves armor in both middle ages and Roman ages (Hastati). What richer you were that better armor you needed.

Metathron · Unread postby **Metathron** » 10 Sep 2006, 20:24

I like the HoMM IV crossbowman the best. I find the purple regalia, worn by several other Haven units as well, quite fitting.

Not too fond of these troops having heavy armour, though.

vhilhu · Unread postby **vhilhu** » 11 Sep 2006, 04:55

h4.
i hate pot-heads. h3 non-upg (not shown for some reason) was a total disaster in appearance, h5 is about the same. yep i hate h4 mostly but here it is easy choice.

Mytical · Unread postby **Mytical** » 11 Sep 2006, 05:02

Since my alltime favorite ranged unit the Sharpshooter would be under 'archer' I guess (ugh) I had to go with h5 on this, to me the double crossbow was more about power then shooting twice. Isn't realistic, but then again it took a lot of time to put bolts in, and if using realism they would attack very slow (but do a ton of damage).

Lord of the Guns · Unread postby **Lord of the Guns** » 28 Feb 2009, 12:35

I'd say Erathian Archers are appeal to me. (H3)
Palaedran ones looks too overrated hehehe~ (H4)
plus, Erathian crossbowman also gain access to repeating crossbow i think...

Yurian Stonebow · Unread postby **Yurian Stonebow** » 01 Mar 2009, 18:59

Voted Heroes III Marksman. This unit is a member of my "H3 All-Stars gang."
Also, you just got to love that royal Erathian uniform of his.

Yurian

Storm-giant · Unread postby **Storm-giant** » 02 Mar 2009, 21:07

Heroes III for me, even though they don't have a face:P

darknessfood · Unread postby **darknessfood** » 02 Mar 2009, 22:43

Chose H5, he looks good.It was a close call with the H3 version...

Milla aka. the Slayer · Unread postby **Milla aka. the Slayer** » 03 Mar 2009, 23:31

H4 crossbowman cause I really like the dance they make when they're hit by enemy shots. Draw one leg back and say "aaar"....

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