Talk:Longbowman (Age of Empires II)/@comment-27291286-20151130032319/@comment-169.139.251.254-20171010133656

> Archers really aren't any more effective with the tech than without

This proves that you're an idiot. Of course they're more effective vs buildings with the bonus than without, it's very clear, 2 damage instead of 1 is a big increase for massed archer units which commonly end up trying to break through walls in the early game. Saracen Archers and Crossbowmen are very effective at breaking open palisades and house walls in feudal and early castle.

Also, it's one single archer that would take 50 minutes to kill a stone wall as the Saracens. If you have a group of 50 Arbalests, it will only take 1 minute obviously. Which is very quick.