Talk:Tallboys/@comment-70.48.161.187-20150617005352

There's a quote that goes like, "If you wanted to train a longbowman, you first have to train his grandfather."

Despite using compound bows (which are slightly easier to use thanks to modern engineering techniques), why are tallboys not using an easy(er)-to-learn weapon like a gun? One could train tallboys faster if they were equipped with a weapon that doesn't require as much technical proficiency and strength to use. Even basic bow training is harder since they're using flaming arrows (the glowing "smoke" and glare can interfere with aim) while trying to balance on a pair of stilts (they must have really good posture) and wearing armour.

As well, based on one of the City Watch conversations, some guards are aspiring to be put "on the stilts" (Tallboys usually have a higher life expectancy than the average guard, except when high chaos Corvo is in the area). Is the bow training really that easy, that a low-level grunt can learn to become what basically amounts to a deadly circus stiltwalker?