• deet580@lemm.ee
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      22 hours ago

      The best part was when they said “ITS SPAFFFIN’ TIME” and spaffed all over those guys.

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        20 hours ago

        Volley fire wasn’t a thing with bows. You ever try holding a 90lb war bow at full draw waiting for someone to yell “Loose”? Never happened.

        • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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          14 hours ago

          Wikipedia seems to disagree:

          The Persians army employed volleys of arrows, slingshots, and javelins against the Greeks in Gaugalema[21] and Thermopylae.[22][23] Ancient Greeks and Romans used arrow volleys.[24][20][19] The goddess Artemis was called “‘of the showering arrows”.[25][26]

          In medieval Europe, after the initial volley, archers would fire single shots at individual enemies.[27] Examples include the Battle of Hastings in 1066,[28] Battle of Crécy in 1346[19] and the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.[29]

          I’d imagine it’s possible that a volley meant that they started drawing at the same time rather than drawing and waiting.