Crossbow

[Narrowmind]

Hello, forgive me, I'm new.

I understand the drifter is a preorder bonus for console.

Is there any reason to use the regular over the drifter variant? Please let me know.

[Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ]

No reason at all but also no reason to use crossbows in general other than getting the achievement.
You can buy/find supressors for weapons so if you want to go stealth you can use a sniper rifle with a supressor or just knife people down.
A non-lethal bolt or a missed shot from the crossbow will alert most human foes. I have never had a problem attracting freakers by making too much noise with gun fire despite the constant warnings by the game.

[Narrowmind]

Excellent. Thank you, sir.

[simon.pete15]

But I think there's a trophy, for killing with all 5 types of crossbow bolt.
You can use a rifle until you get each bolt type, then swap to crossbow to gain the trophy, and then back to a rifle again obviously.

[Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Ratlegion:

Excellent. Thank you, sir.

No problemo

[HackoDis]

I love using the crossbow. Sneak to the outskirts of a base, nail one or two peeps with the bolts that make them attack allies and let the chaos ensue :D Then sneak around picking off the rest with the crossbow. To make it a more viable weapon you do need a couple of the perks.
If you're careful with your shots and stay hidden you very rarely alert the enemies to your position. Oh and very rarely do i use the other weapons, melee here and there.

[Narrowmind]

I thought I would love it, but damn, it's difficult to use. LOL No Daryl here! Will keep going with it, though. Just need to get better.

[simon.pete15]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Ratlegion:

I thought I would love it, but damn, it's difficult to use. LOL No Daryl here! Will keep going with it, though. Just need to get better.

Yeah! It's very slow to load and only 1 shot, which has always been the draw back of a crossbow, even against a long bow. I got the Drifter crossbow, on PC. I'm pretty sure I didn't buy it externally, I just gained the upgrade through playing the game. Look in the locker at their safe house ?? It's a bit quicker to load, but not by much. It might also be a bit more accurate over 'long' range but again, not by much. But that could also be my imagination and I'd just got better through practice.

[Narrowmind]

Nah, it was just thrown in. It's the preorder bonus from the Ps4 version. Yes, it's in the box as you remember.

[Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ]

Oprindeligt skrevet af HackoDis:

Sneak to the outskirts of a base, nail one or two peeps with the bolts that make them attack allies and let the chaos ensue :D

If I'm not mistaken, that bolt is one of the latest you unlock so I guess that's more for a NG+.
That said, it's not unusual to be able to lure some mobs to fight others or even attack camps. Sometimes it happens on its own too:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2844659786

Once I lured an entire horde into Iron Mike's farm and the guards wiped it out in seconds. Apparently, they have the power to oneshot anything even through walls. Anything that comes close is history instantly. I'm keeping that in mind when going for the "kill a horde in less than a minute in survival mode" achievement.

[simon.pete15]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Ratlegion:

Nah, it was just thrown in. It's the preorder bonus from the Ps4 version. Yes, it's in the box as you remember.

Oh good, I haven't completely lost my marbles then

Oprindeligt skrevet af Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ:

If I'm not mistaken, that bolt is one of the latest you unlock so I guess that's more for a NG+......

Nah, it's the one with freaker nest residue, 2nd or 3rd one you unlock. Before going South anyway, so not near NG+

[Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ]

Oprindeligt skrevet af simon.pete15:

Nah, it's the one with freaker nest residue, 2nd or 3rd one you unlock. Before going South anyway, so not near NG+

Ah, my bad, must've been one of the recipes that bugged out for me then.
One was the pipe bomb, for sure, because I saw the message and I thought "this will be super useful vs the hordes" but couldn't ever craft a single one, the button didn't show until I completed all the NERO camps. And I remember being able to pick nest residue for a while and all of a sudden I couldn't (not like it said "full" but it didn't even show the icon).

[Dosto]

Drifter crossbow does slightly more damage and that is.

[Narrowmind]

It does have the slight accuracy as well.

[Gearotic]

I think the crossbow is too hard to aim with, I get inconsistent results and can't rely on it. I would pick pretty much any weapon over the crossbow.

[landmass]

No point using a crossbow when the .50 and MG55 exist. One of them oneshots bears and heavies while the other lays waste to entire hordes