Quote Originally Posted by Vecius View Post
I'm not seeing it. I agree that my theory on starting distances is almost certainly wrong, but that post doesn't prove it. The reason the defending archers didn't target the other archers isn't because they started too far away, it's that by my targetting theory, they see the ballistas as a more significant threat.

Is it something else in there you saw? I am interested in seeing contradictions to my theories, theories are useless if they aren't correct, just don't see the one in that post.
The fight only lasted 3 rounds. I don't think this outcome would be possible if they started 5000 paces apart. Defending archers saw attacking ballista and attacking archers at the exact same spot at the start of the battle and decided that ballista was a bigger threat as you suggested.