How could Edward II have won the Battle of Bannockburn?
Nice question, thank you. The problem was, even Edward II had larger army, larger cavalry and huge amount of bowmen, he was not a good tactician. And of course, Bruces army had nothing to loose.Biggest mistakes were made by sending the foot soldiers to meet them on an open ground. The huge army of archers had to stop shooting because of the fear of hitting own men, so it became quite obsolete force on the battle field, until in the end the Scottish cavalry took care of them and dispersed them. So they should have waited for the Scottish lines to approach and diminish their ranks from afar first, then send cavalry on their flanks and at the end the infantry.The second problem was the morale, or should I say, the lack of among the English. When they heard about the losses of other divisions against these crazy Scots, their morale started to rumble. Unlike Bruce, Edward was far behind the lines and not among his men to ride in to the battle. When the men see your leader on the front line, they know he is willing to die for the cause. This has been proven in many ancient battles to be the one thing that can make your troops devoted to fight until the end, no matter what.The English had lots to loose, lands, wealth, titles. The Scottish had been put in such a situation where they had basicly nothing to loose, but their lives and honour. If you have ever seen an animal getting driven in a corner, you know it is then the most dangerous thing you have ever seen.Sorry for the late response, I have been only using Quora on my phone and finally got to PC, and for some reason my phone doesn’t show me all previous questions. And I was travelling :)
What is the most frustrating boss fight/level you've ever had in a video game?
Every level in every halo on LASO. Yes, I’ve beaten every halo (excluding halo 5 because I don’t own it or want to) on LASO. Halo 2 is definitely the hardest to beat on LASO followed by Halo 1, Halo ODST, Halo Reach, Halo 4, and Halo 3.LASO stands for Legendary All Skulls On. I should add in that I did not have every skull on, I had to turn off the the Black Eye skull (you have to punch enemies to regain health) but I kept the others on. I even replayed each game on LASO with grunt funeral on (grunts explode on death) and had a “blast”, ha I’m funny. Anyways, the experience was hell and I died more times than I could keep track of and death was extra frustrating because the Iron skull resets the entire level. I never, ever, want to do that again. I don’t know why I did it in the first place, who was I proving myself to? You can die to a few shots from just about any weapon, brutes/elites and survive being stuck multiple times, and hunters are bullet sponges from hell often causing you to backtrack through the level hoping the weapons didn’t despawn so you can get something else to pump into them. The marines can take more damage than you can, but they don’t last long. The most annoying things were the sniper jackals that can 1 shot you no matter your skill as they aver a 50/50 chance if hitting you and fire immediately upon seeing you. I argue that LASO is the hardest FPS challenge there is and I don’t recommend you even try it.
Achilles vs. Cu Chulainn?
I'm thinking Cu Chulainn, simply because 1.) he's Irish, 2.) he trained under the warrior woman Scathatch (in the Scots myths, anyway) and 3.) he's of such a stature that he could probably move better than Achilles, who was described as a tall, lithe but larger-boned man. Just saying. @Erisian: ...yeaah, but the Morrigan ends up bringing down the wrath of hell on him, so... I'm thinking not a good basis for support there...
What do think the word "croatoan" mean?
I'm studying that right now. What school do you go to in what city and state. I just looked that up. Go to www.geocities.com/bigorrin/lumbee_kids.h... Apparentlythet were really indians called lumbees, but referred as croatoans sometimes.
In ancient war movies, why do generals, who charge into battle first, never die first?
Generals never charge into battle first historically. Even Alexander, who was the first of his cavalry unit to go into battle, usually started the battle with skirmishers and his other infantry. He’d only commit himself when he thought he was needed. In Greek Phalanxes, the general would be placed on the right-not necessarily in the front. Caesar would only enter the battle himself as a reserve.However, it makes better cinema to put them in the front line. And that is somewhat accurate in some cases: Richard I was notorious to leading the charge himself, only averting death through luck and personal fighting skill.Often enough, the conflict is based on fiction anyway like in Lord of the Rings, the Illiad, or Game of Thrones.Historically, often enough leading men into battle yourself led to your death. It was still a position of honor; according to legend, it was the jongeleur Taillefer who was the first Norman to fight, juggling his sword, singing the song of Roland, then charging into the English phalanx to die. William himself stayed with his cavalry, waiting for his infantry to commit.And of course films distort tactics: William Wallace didn’t hold a pike or charge waving his sword; he would have stayed back with the other Scottish knights, sending messages and charging when the time was right. Leonidas fought shoulder to shoulder with the other Spartans in the phalanx, not charging out himself and dueling the Persians.It’s more glamorous for a leader to go into battle headfirst, but it was done historically only by the bravest and most reckless commanders.
In medieval times, why didn't the archers just rain down arrows on the enemy?
They did. At least the armies that had really good archers with really good bows and arrows, and tactics good enough to make it count: the English and their longbowmen.They couldn't make it rain arrows for hours, though. As others pointed out, for logistical reasons that would have been impractical. In just one minute 5000 archers could shoot something like 40,000 arrows. At that rate, they would go through a million arrows in less than half an hour. That's a ridiculous amount of arrows to be lugging around, as it would seriously impede your army's mobility.That's aside from whether they could physically maintain that rate of fire for over 10 minutes, since pulling a longbow is some seriously strenuous stuff.But they did make it rain arrows for long enough to ensure some stunning victories at the battles of Crécy , Poitiers , and Agincourt during the Hundred Years War.In short, making it rain arrows was, for a long time, a highly effective tactic. Only the English (in Europe) could do it effectively, though. And even then, not for hours.Mounted Steppe horsemen such as the Mongols also made it rain arrows, but unlike the English they did so from a mobile platform in a fluid field of battle.