Medieval: Total War/Projectiles: Difference between revisions

*'''Accuracy''': The higher the more accurate, 1 being 100% accurate.

*'''Power''': How many hitpoints of damage it does to the target on a lethal hit.  Average soldiers have 1 hitpoint, but generals, nobles with warrior virtues, princes, monarchs and berserkers have more than 1.  Mainly used to calculate how much damage is done to buildings.  Most artillery has a blast radius which represents splash damage.  Soldiers inside the blast radius have a 25% chance of being killed.

*'''Armor piercing:''' Armor protects against missile fire, armor piercing missiles reduce the protection.  An armored target with level 4 armor only has 2 armor against weapons with 50% armor piercing, for example.

*'''Reload time''': For units it is expressed in frames, 14 frames is about 1 second.

!Name!!Range!!Accuracy!! Lethality!!Power!!Armor piercing!!Reload Time !!Description

!Short Bow

|100||0.6||12%||1||0%||4||The most basic and common missile.  Used by archers the world over.

!Long Bow

|120||0.6||12%||1||50%||4||An improved shortbow.  Longer range and armor piercing.  Used by Longbowmen and some elite ambush units like sherwood foresters.

|100||0.55||12%||1||0%||4||The bow most mounted archers use.  The same as a shortbow except slightly less accurate.  It has, however, the same range contrary to popular opinion.

|100||0.7||18%||2||60%||15**||Crossbows provide a more powerful shot than regular bows.  More accurate, does more damage and pierces armor.  It does take longer to reload, however.

|120||0.75||23%||3||70%||15**||Arbalests are better in every way than normal crossbows.  Longer range, more accurate, deadlier and pierces armor better.

|30||0.15||36%||2||70%||3||Javelins are used by skirmishers.  Their poor accuracy is not much of a problem since they have to fire from such a short range.  Very damaging to highly armored units.

|26||0.03||100%||6||100%||6||The grenade of a Naptha thrower is very deadly and short ranged.

!Hand Gun

|40||0.05||72%||4||98.5%||30**||Handguns can be very deadly but have a long reload time, short range and are not very accurate.  However, as an added bonus, they cause fear.

|80||0.07||72%||4||98.5%||30**||An improved Handgun.  Has almost the same range as a shortbow, but good luck hitting anything at that range.

|200||0.9||100%||40||100%||11 seconds**||Ballistae have double the range of archers and are highly accurate.  Can only kill one man at a time, however, and does only slight damage to buildings.

|240||0.6||100%*||80||100%||16 seconds**||Catapults have a slightly higher range but are much less accurate.  They fire rocks which bounce and can kill several men at a time.  Does double the damage to buildings as a Ballista, if it can hit it. Has a 2 meter blast radius.

|240||0.6||100%*||150||100%||20 seconds**||An improved catapult with more power and the same dodgy accuracy. Has a 2 meter blast radius.

|240||0.6||100%*||250||100%||20 seconds**||The same as a Trebuchet, just does more damage. Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.

|240||0.6||100%||100||100%||14 seconds**||A primitive gunpowder weapon.  Not much better than a catapult. Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.

|320||0.8||100%*||150||100%||20 seconds**||A long range gunpowder weapon.  Much better accuracy than siege weapons. Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.

!Demi Culvern

|320||0.9||100%*||100||100%||16 seconds**||Long range, highly accurate but not much power. Has a 2 meter blast radius.

|320||0.9||100%*||150||100%||20 seconds**||Slightly more powerful than the Demi-Culvern Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.

!Culvern

|480||0.9||100%*||250||100%||16 seconds**||Super long range, very accurate and very powerful attack. Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.

|540||0.8||100%*||450||100%||20 seconds**||The most powerful and longest range attack available.  Fairly accurate as well. Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.

|320||0.9||100%*||40||100%||11 seconds**||A long range weapon.  Not much power against buildings but good to attack units with. Has a 2 meter blast radius.

|60||0.9||100%*||100||100%||36 seconds**||Extremely short range buy can kill many men per shot. Has a 12 meter blast radius.