[MR] WoW Observations from a CA

[William de Faleston]

Wolfram,

First of all, vivats to you guys. I was fighting for Sacred Stone and you
guys were really mowing them down for us.

One suggestion I would make is to reinforce his Grace Cuan's suggestion
after the battle about timing the use of archers to take banners just before
the time checks.

I think if we had coordinated an attack by 2-3 archers with a charge of
about 5-7 guys, we could have taken multiple banners just in the nick of
time. I think the big thing in the future is for commanders to have a good
idea of where the archers are and a pre-planned method of getting them in
one place for such a push.

On another note, I was very disheartened at some of the things I heard being
yelled at archers. An indiscreet word in a moment of anger at being killed
is one thing (I've been guilty of that in the past myself) but I heard some
far worse things from a few. I know that being killed multiple times by
someone out of the immediate reach of your weapon is irritating, but we need
to stay friends on the field and off.

In Service
William de Faleston


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[mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Richard E
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:18 PM
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Subject: [MR] WoW Observations from a CA


First off, I had a blast at WoW this weekend! Thank you to all of you that
put in such hard work to make it such a great war! It was outstanding!
 
Secondly, I'm just tossing out some ideas here for discussion to hopefully
help us fight better against Combat Archers (CA) in the future, and to make
our CA work better with the rest of the Atlantian Army. I am relatively new
to CA (only 2 years) with most of my experience from fighting sword and
board (over 20 years), so I hope you more experienced combat archers will
jump in here with some suggestions. If we all work together we can make the
Atlantian Army even better and stronger!
 
1. In the Woods Battle, Black Diamond seemed to have two forces facing us.
On our (Sacred Stone) right flank, there was a tight group, while the left
flank held more of a skirmish line. When I was shooting at the spearmen in
the tight group, I had a lot (and I do mean a LOT!) more misses and blocked
shots, verses shooting into the skirmish line where I was getting around one
kill per 2 shoots. The spearman in the skirmish line had little to no
protection during the first two-thirds of the battle and that accounted for
such a high kill ratio. (Plus those sneaky SOBs that were just trying to
make me use up my ammo! <grin>) By the last third of the battle, the
spearmen were staying with there shield men on both flanks and I was getting
a lot fewer kills.
 
I can't remember if it was up here or back in my Trimaris days, but I do
remember training in three man teams at one point. Two shield men to protect
one spearman. It seems to me that if we can get our shield men and spearmen
to train/work together more, it would greatly reduce our enemy's
effectiveness against us. Anyone have any other/better ideas to defend
against Combat Archery?
 
2. During the Woods Battle, I had great support from the shield men in both
keeping me alive and in making openings for me to make the shot! I believe
that just as spearmen need to learn to work with their shield men, so do the
archers. For awhile I was teamed up with a two shield men and a spearman.
The four of us turned out to be a very deadly combo! (Until we were run over
from behind, but that's a rant for another post) Should we be training up
four man teams like that? With my crossbow, I like to shoot from the second
line. Is that something Bowmen can do, or do you all need to stay out of the
press? What other ideas do you all have that can improve the effectiveness
of our Combat Archers?
 
Those are just some observations and thoughts I had on the drive back to
Maryland. For all those of you that were cursing us for shooting you, just
remember, we are training to be out there to support you against our
opponents! If it makes you fell any better, I think I have more welts today
then I ever did fighting sword and board! <smile> I hope everyone had a
great war, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts and seeing you all on
the field!
 
Wolfram 		 	   		  
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