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Yes, hence the “as possible”. I just mean, they wouldn’t fire into the air like they do in movies at like 70+ degrees.

I am talking about arrows which are lit on fire, not gunpowder arrows. Which even then, only handful of situations are listed out the how many thousands upon thousands of battles bow and arrows were a part of throughout history?

From the Wikipedia entry for “flaming” arrows:

Flaming arrows required the shooter to get quite close to their desired target and most will have extinguished themselves before reaching the target

I will add flaming to my original reply, but I have seen both used interchangably for the same thing.

They wouldn’t shoot arrows up into the air, like in movies, because then you lose all the power of the arrow. They would be fired as direct as possible to give the arrow the most speed and thus the highest chance of piercing armour.

We might never know, but they probably didn’t even do these commands anyway, it doesn’t make sense when you think about it. There would likely have just be a command to begin the attack and then each archer would loose arrows repeatedly at any target they thought they could hit.

Fire (flaming) arrows never existed in most battles, having to put a large fuel source on the end to try and prevent them just blowing out when airborne meant the arrows would have a much shorter reach. It was also pointless because it wouldn’t just light people on fire anyway, they were wearing metal plates, not straw. Fire arrows are another thing movies greatly exaggerated. In reality they were only used in very specific situations where a fire could potentially be started against some siege equipment or by firing them into a village with thatch roofs etc.

They need some theme options, that blue on blue isn’t the most pleasant.