Talk:Recurve Bow/@comment-62.224.235.5-20170801161538

To me its similary mediocre to shatangi,since it gives an range bonus to an unit that doesnt accomplish much with it. Compared to other actually decent range techs...

Shinkichon gives Onagers an extra range,a unit that usually only has to get out 1 shot to flatten entire armys.It also spares those big guys a tile they´d otherwise have to move.

Yeoman gives british archers +1 range wich is basically just the icing on the cake for them if its combined with longbows and of course,their natural range advantage.They can snipe enemies before they even arrive at them.Oh and yeomen gives their towers+2 attack wich...CAN be useful.You get it free with your +1 range so why complain?!

Artillery is expensive as HELL but it lets your Bombard towers retaliate against bombard cannons and gives your bombard cannons 1 range more then a cannon with siege engines would have.Latter is certainly useful but not on the same level as BBT´s that are immune to one of the only 2 non Treb building removers that dont die instantly to them.

Even bearded Axe has its place,since Throwing Axeman cant really disengage if things go southern,so every bit of extra combat power is good for em.Oh and its cheaper and gives extra Range to a unit that has bad range naturally.

And then theres Recurve bow,a tech that gives +1 range to a unit that traverses 1 tile in the blink of an eye and shatangi wich gives 1 range to a unit with already awful accuracy on range.The one thing these 2 techs have going for them is that it puts them on par with siege engineer Onagers,wich means that they stand a better chance against the mortal enemy of all archers.But yeah all in all its a money sink.