Talk:Britons/@comment-24.118.159.206-20170219101127/@comment-5814271-20170220104136

I know the feeling. I love using Elite Longbowmen for shooting arrow showers, but sometimes the archers missing their marks simply because of lack of Thumb Ring is really frustrating. Kind of negates their very long range.

In-fact, medieval longbows were effective in battle not because of their long range, but rather because of their anti-cavalry and anti-heavy infantry abilities. Very powerful warbows shooting broadheads that killed warhorses by the dozen and bodkins that could penetrate plate armour at close range. If AOE2 was actually historically accurate, Briton Longbowmen would have plus damage against cavalry.