Help me about Dominions 2

[PhilD]

Originally posted by PDF:
Well, first, sending the archers as 1st wave isn't a very good idea They should sit on a flank (NOT directly behind the shock troops !! ) and be ordered to fire.

OK, this isn't the first time I've read that archers should not be placed directly behind the shock troops, but I still don't see why.

Is it because stray shots tend to be either too short or too long, not to deviate to the sides? So that it's better to have your own troops not between the archers and their targets, but more to the side? (I haven't noticed such a trend...)