I've heard a lot that pre-modern soldiers generally did not aim to kill, or would purposefully miss their target so-as to not kill. Was this also a problem when melee weapons and archery was the dominant means of warfare?

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Hergrim

You may be interested in a previous answer I wrote to a similar question.

nwilli100

To clarify, are you asking about similar phenomena in historical periods (such as men refusing to charge/engage the enemy, routing, etc.) Or are you asking specifically about intentionally missing an attack in combat?