- Is there anything / anyone that can go as fast as a Peregrine Falcon Man at top speed? I hope to find a sidekick who can keep up with me... I can't travel at night at all for fear of the bogeymen.
- How many 'turns' does it take to fire a crossbow? Can I speed that up by training?
Also I think I'm losing my mind ~(Ovo)~
Not sure who would be as fast. You can night travel along mountain ranges via slow travel mode. You can sleep in the mountain ranges and along the coasts. You can also build 2 tile structures (1 wall, 1 roof) as shelter against bogeymen.
Training the bow/crossbow can lower that tick count.
1 tick is when you press comma (,)
10 ticks pass when you press period (.)
Just for reference, a dwarf moves 1 tile at 1.000 walking speed at 9-10 ticks.
The cost of firing one shot as a legendary bowman/crossbowman is roughly around 40-50 ticks (an attacker will get to attack you 8 times: 32-80 ticks). A dabbler will take about twice the time, which is an eternity.
Most people, however, would probably advise you to just throw those arrows/bolts as throwing is pretty awesome. You can be attacked up to 16 times as a dabbling bowman/crossbowman during the delay after attack, where as you'll just get attacked 3 times as dabbling archer/thrower during the delay after.
Also losing your mind is fun. Going off to look for it? That's the good stuff.