And because bows are inferior in every aspect except shooting speed, and even there not significantly.
ClearlyInvisible said:
So it wouldn't work well against Cuirassiers, but I doubt any nation would have been willing to mass-produce curasses for it's troops. Hell didn't the Prussians stop give their heavy cav cuirasses because of monetary reasons?
ClearlyInvisible said:Bodkin arrows were known to go through chainmail.
ClearlyInvisible said:Well what is there to talk about mod-wise? Anyone got any non-exhausted questions to ask that aren't mentally deficient?
ClearlyInvisible said:Hell didn't the Prussians stop give their heavy cav cuirasses because of monetary reasons?
Omega_007 said:I read that in the 1790s, Friedrich Wilhelm II ordered the banning of the cuirass; whether or not that was due to financial reasons or some twisted 18th century morality, I'm not sure.
Hazzardevil said:Arthur Wellsely actually wanted a group of longbowmen raised to protect artillery, as well as one of the US founding fathers wanting men armed with pike and longbow. So there was definitely a desire to use them. Longbows would be far better than muskets on the battlefield, but supplying arrows, training and the bows themselves would have been hard.
Someone can always make a mod to add a bow or two if people want it that much.