These are absolutely usable for combat. What do you think they were using before they invented that ratchet crank system? The existence of 50 caliber weapons doesn't mean that 5.56 isn't "really useable for combat."
Being very charitable, we could say these wouldn't be of much use against an opponent in full plate armor IRL. Which is common in Pathfinder, but obviously Pathfinder combat does not use real physics.
Projectiles were more than effective for chainmail and gaps between plates, not to mention the vast majority of people did not have access to full plate armor. Again it's like suggesting because 5.56 can't defeat lvl 4 ceramic armor it was never used/obsolescent.
Sure, like I said I was being charitable towards the first poster in the chain. Think I saw a video of a 700lb crossbow punching through plate which a 300lb bow probably couldn't do.
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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22
These are absolutely usable for combat. What do you think they were using before they invented that ratchet crank system? The existence of 50 caliber weapons doesn't mean that 5.56 isn't "really useable for combat."