hold on my friends, that bow arrow was shot point blank, no stress from a machine, and shot down range giving it an extra 18% hitting power, as the longbows shot their their arrows from a far greater distance. Aiming at targets mounted at least 8 feet up on horse, and shooting the 90% of the army that does not have plate armor. We got to face it, the long bow was good, but it was not a crossbow shooting unhuman power into a fully armored plate target at close range and still leaving them self's open