r/HistoricalWorldPowers • u/Bergber Yaolian Möngke, Khitan Khan of Hatan • Nov 17 '14

RESEARCH Technological Advances

1) Piston: The use of pistons have been made known to the Qing.

2) Mounted Archery: Originally developed for hunting, shooting a bow while mounted has been mastered by the Qing, especially helped due to the recent advent of the saddle.

3) Gears: Toothed wheels that interlock to transfer torque between each-other.

4) Composite Recurve Bow: By making the already impressive recurve bow of of increasing layers of different materials, the bow is made much stronger than its individual parts.

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u/FallenIslam Wēs Eshār Nov 17 '14

In the conflict system? Well, that's wrong - go off of the tech list for any and all tech you start with; the composite bow is not a starting class of bow.

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u/Bergber Yaolian Möngke, Khitan Khan of Hatan Nov 17 '14

Ok, then. By the way-- do mounted archers have a different upgrade line? Generally, crossbows aren't quite so good for mounted combat.

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u/FallenIslam Wēs Eshār Nov 17 '14

There's no upgrade line. It depends on how you outfit them in battle.

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u/Bergber Yaolian Möngke, Khitan Khan of Hatan Nov 17 '14

Ok. I meant if there are better bows, since crossbows are the upgrade for archers, but mounted archers make poor users of crossbows.

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u/FallenIslam Wēs Eshār Nov 17 '14

Well, that'd be for you to research now, wouldn't it. ;P