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[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

An archer can hit a man 450-1000 feet away. What's a man clad in 200lbs armor gonna do? All he can do is take it. So the armor was sloped and thickened. Relying on horse speed to make them harder to hit.

[-] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I mean Ik I said they had lifelong training for that upper body strength but not 450-1k feet strength

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