I was under the impression that the reflex bow ingame is just a traditional wooden one without threaded mounting points. However, I’ve never so much as seen one ingame so they’re probably rare enough to not matter.
Not quite. The pulley system and shaped cams also allow a compound bow to store more overall energy over the course of the draw. Plus, allowing a weaker individual to use a higher poundage still means higher damage over a reflex/recurve for that person. However, it’s worth noting that, based on what I’ve read, most compound bows use a higher weight arrow, which would mean lower velocity. This might account for why it might not appear more powerful.
This explains nicely: https://www.outsideonline.com/2172756/how-compound-bows-work
Again, a compound bow will still be stronger. They’re modern, of course they’ll outperform a 1000+ year old design. There’s a very good reason hunters use primarily compound bows. Thing is, a reflex or recurve design doesn’t let you store that much more power in a bow over a straight design. A little bit maybe, but the main advantage is that you can, as you said, make a much more powerful bow in a much smaller size. A compound bow actually offers a lot more mechanical advantage and can store it reliably.
Thanks! I have a few other ideas, but I’m always open to suggestions for more types that could be included.
I’ve bent/de-fletched half a dozen aluminum arrows and never once broken a carbon fiber one. Dunno what to say about wood. Think of it as a balance thing if need be, it makes sense that a commercial carbon fibre arrow would be more durable than a hunk of steel with a credit card taped to the end.
It got a minor range increase to match it’s damage, as did a few others. It seemed silly that a bow could somehow make an arrow hit harder without going any further.
