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For convenience, let's take 10 archers. Damage of 4-9 is:
20-45 at long range, 40-90 at medium range, and 20-45 in melee.
Damage of 2-8 direct shot is:
20-80 at long range, 20-80 at medium range, and 10-40 in melee.
At the same time, the initiative of the first ones is 12.5% higher (9 versus 8), which can be equated to +15-20% damage in the case of archers. Let's recalculate taking into account the initiative of +20% (we will take the upper estimate due to the uncounted ability of volley fire).
We get:
1) 39 = 24-54 long range, 78 = 48-108 medium range, 39 = 24-54 melee
2) 50 = 20-80 long range, 50 = 20-80 medium range, 25 = 10-40 melee
I don't see any overwhelming superiority of the second ones...
Yes, by the way, what would the option with Imbarians of 6-10 look like (with a correction for initiative +20% to damage):
3) 48 = 36-60 long range, 96 = 72-120 medium range, 48 = 36-60 melee
There is almost no superiority of direct-shot archers even at long range, due to the initiative.
20-45 at long range, 40-90 at medium range, and 20-45 in melee.
Damage of 2-8 direct shot is:
20-80 at long range, 20-80 at medium range, and 10-40 in melee.
At the same time, the initiative of the first ones is 12.5% higher (9 versus 8), which can be equated to +15-20% damage in the case of archers. Let's recalculate taking into account the initiative of +20% (we will take the upper estimate due to the uncounted ability of volley fire).
We get:
1) 39 = 24-54 long range, 78 = 48-108 medium range, 39 = 24-54 melee
2) 50 = 20-80 long range, 50 = 20-80 medium range, 25 = 10-40 melee
I don't see any overwhelming superiority of the second ones...
Yes, by the way, what would the option with Imbarians of 6-10 look like (with a correction for initiative +20% to damage):
3) 48 = 36-60 long range, 96 = 72-120 medium range, 48 = 36-60 melee
There is almost no superiority of direct-shot archers even at long range, due to the initiative.