The only problem I have with the rewards from MM2 is that a ballista (plural ballistae) was, for the most part, a
siege weapon
, and as such, they were not small enough to be carried by hand. Those that were small enough to be hand-carried were called 'crossbows', which we already have in RuneScape.
"The early ballista in Ancient Greece was developed from two weapons called oxybeles and gastraphetes. The gastraphetes ('belly-bow') was a hand held crossbow. It had a composite prod and was spanned by bracing the front end of the weapon against the ground while placing the end of a slider mechanism against the stomach. The operator would then walk forward to arm the weapon while a ratchet prevented it from shooting during loading. This produced a weapon which, it was claimed, could be operated by a person of average strength but which had a power that allowed it to be successfully used against armoured troops. The oxybeles was a bigger and heavier construction employing a winch, and was mounted on a tripod. It had a lower rate of fire and was used as a siege engine." - from W*kiped*a
04-May-2016 21:06:43
