How common was it for archers in the Middle Ages to set their arrows on fire and did it actually serve a purpose or was it mostly for intimidation?

by TehBigD97

I know the Middle Ages is a very long period of time but I don't really know what point to focus on. I was just thinking about seeing flaming arrows used by archers in various media and was wondering how effective they would be against regular arrows.

filbertsnuts

I am not looking to limit conversation but /u/freevoulous answered this quite some time ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/26wopt/just_how_common_were_flaming_arrows_in_medieval/