whats better crossbow or bows?

[Yogi]

i love you

[Ant Ra]

Depends. Bows shoot faster but deal less damage. This makes bows ideal for upgrading ranged skills through hunting and combat. Crossbows in good hands are man stoppers and capable of one-hit kills.

I myself have the rule everything under or up to 10 ranged gets the shortbow. Everything from or above 10 to 20 the longbow. Everything from or above 20 to 30 the crossbow and everything from 30 the heavy crossbow. With this heavy crossbow you also have the possibility of the described regular on-hit kills.

[Yogi]

oh i didnt think longbow was even worth it lol

[benai]

When they make weaponary lifelike then the crossbow is for untrained people on short range. It is "just" load, hold it into the direction and pull the trigger.
A longbow is for highly trained and muscular people. You have with a longbow a very high range and with certain arrowheads a high impact on your enemy.

When this is in the game it is the oppsote of Ant Ra's explanation for the use in combat and against invaders. I havent actually tested it and had only used crossbows so far.

[Holce]

Shortbow is bad. low dps and low armor penetration. It is only good for training because of its hight attack speed.

LongBow have a good dps and more armor penetration. The crosswbow have about the same dps as the longbow but have more armor penetration and range.

I use crossbow for people that will not move and bow for strike team. Bow is better when I want mobility and are more interested by hurting people to slow them than kill them.

[Floppy Donkey]

I prefer crossbows due to the extra range. Archer deal the bulk of damage in most mid-late game battles, so being able to hit their archers before they can hit you is a huge advantage.

[Wheelhouse]

What Floppy said. Crossbows out range bows. On Survival, as enemy numbers increase, you do NOT want them to reach you. So killing them as far away as possible is good, as is killing their archers first.

[joeltt1]

It should be noted, the shortbow until 10, longbow 11-20, and the crossbow after 20 are the REQUIREMENTS of said weapons to equip. Not so much personal preference, but ALL minimum requirements.

[TehJumpingJawa]

If an archer killing their target still clears their weapon's cooldown, then crossbows are obviously still vastly superior.