User blog comment:MilenHD/Yeoman Archer vs Persian Archer/@comment-5795750-20150903024709

BG1's "You Really Need to Fix that Font, Milen" Edges:

Swords: Acinaces may have aerodynamics on its side but that's it. The bastard sword is longer than the Persian sword and has a double-edged blade, making it way more deadly

EDGE: Yeoman

Polearm: A stick vs a stick with a blade at the end of it? Gimme a break...

EDGE: Persian

Bows: Ah now to the most important weapon in the arsenal. As history has shown us, the longbow used by the archers of the Middle Ages definitely had an advantage over the simple recurve bow in that it has greater power (being able to go through the armour of a knight) and range behind it. So that's where my vote takes me.

EDGE: Yeoman

Armour: Bronze scale as superior armour over iron/steel chainmail? What are you guys thinking? SPARTAN is right in saying that DW made the chainmail armour look weaker than it actually is. And I'm just gonna say that SPARTAN has already covered the rest of what needs to be said. And furthermore I would just like to make the distinction clear - bronze < steel/iron; if the arrows of a Yeoman's longbow can penetrate a knight's suit of armour, it can easily go through the bronze lamellar scales like a hot knife through butter

EDGE: Yeoman

Special: Yeah the Sagaris takes the cake here since it very a versatile combat hammer

EDGE: Persian

X-Factors: Average of 86.25 for Yeoman with armour; Average of 91 for Persian with armour; Average of 88.3 for Yeoman without armour; Average of 93.3 for Persian without armour

EDGE: (begrudgingly) Persian

Overall Winner: I too am having to go against the grain here and say that the Yeoman Archer wins out here. You seem to be underestimating how good the early Yeoman archers are (and the seemingly-biased X-Factors seem to show that) - even before the Hundred Years War, the Yeomen were a force to be reckoned with since they were heavily trained in archery and were generally more accurate. It can actually be argued that the endurance X-Factor should be a little bit closer since the Yeomen had to be very strong to hold the longbow in place. Also your scenario actually puts this in favour of the Yeoman since the Persian archer worked better in armies and well... since the battle is in a small forest rather than the deserts of the Middle East, the heavier bronze armour actually might tip the odds against him.

And one last nail in the coffin to hammer down - the Persian Archer is using weapons and armour that are of lower-quality metallurgy than the Yeoman (again bronze/iron vs iron/steel) and it is huge difference in metallurgy that seals the win for the Yeoman.