Crossbow should fire all types of arrows.

[Ion Force]

Even though a crossbow fires bolts, which do not yet exist in the game, it would stand to reason that a crossbow could fire whatever ammo you could feed into it. So why are there three different regular bows, and three different crossbows?
Why can't a Fire Crossbow use regular arrows?
I think the devs should remove the other two weapons, making the base crossbow capable of using any ammunition, or give the special crossbows the ability to use standard arrows in addition to their special type. What do you think? Carrying around multiple crossbows seems silly.

[LittleSaya]

Game mechanism i guess, they only allow one type of ammo to one weapon, which is wrote fixed in the code. But I agree with you, you can use in game feedback to send the suggestion

[Sentient_Toaster]

Maybe they're all manufactured by HP and have intrusive DRM to only allow authorized projectiles to be fired from authorized crossbows, and the various crossbows only have licenses for specific types. ;)

The tech tree is pretty silly; like, apparently my character knows how to turn some ore and oils and wood and what-not into fancy circuit boards and build an assembly line, or a a grapple gun with a sufficiently well-designed harness that it can pull him w/ 15000 pounds of stuff without dislocating (or severing) a shoulder, but... oh, making a sword is still beyond him. :D

[DJ Gershwin]

agreed. You can have elemental ammo or elemental weapons, both is needless mess.

[Tolfdir]

+1 for bows and crossbows.

[Ion Force]

Originally posted by DJ Gershwin:

agreed. You can have elemental ammo or elemental weapons, both is needless mess.

Exactly!

[Stellar Remnant]

Originally posted by DJ Gershwin:

agreed. You can have elemental ammo or elemental weapons, both is needless mess.

Would be cool if elemental weapons transformed regular ammo.

[6h0$t942]

I just started but it does seem odd. I guess the idea could have been to require you to carry more things, as to create an opportunity cost from being more prepared but being able to carry less loot.

[Magic Toast]

Agreed, same for how makeshift handguns and normal handguns use two different ammo types. I'd rather there be different weapon types but only one ammo for them (arrows for bows, bolts for crossbows, rifle ammo for all rifles, handgun ammo for all handguns, etc.). There's precedent for it too, as shotgun and pump action shotgun uses the same ammo.

[TheMan8116]

Originally posted by Ole Whatsahoosen:

Even though a crossbow fires bolts, which do not yet exist in the game, it would stand to reason that a crossbow could fire whatever ammo you could feed into it. So why are there three different regular bows, and three different crossbows?
Why can't a Fire Crossbow use regular arrows?
I think the devs should remove the other two weapons, making the base crossbow capable of using any ammunition, or give the special crossbows the ability to use standard arrows in addition to their special type. What do you think? Carrying around multiple crossbows seems silly.

I think they should do a similar system to what EndNight did with The Forest where you look down and press r to switch arrow types.

[yan lucas]

dare i say keep the flavoured bow/crosbow
add more, like eletric bow, poison shotgun, ice rocket launcher etc but they all use the normal ammo, but its special effect is that it gives your shots a elemental damage

[Finn Fann]

I actually do agree with this. If it needs balanced perhaps make the ammo more expensive or weighty, but crafting a weapon specific to an element is a bit irritating because they weigh a good bit. Would get them some extra use before you switch to pewpew.

[DirtyMick]

Originally posted by yan lucas:

dare i say keep the flavoured bow/crosbow
add more, like eletric bow, poison shotgun, ice rocket launcher etc but they all use the normal ammo, but its special effect is that it gives your shots a elemental damage

Yeah. Should be either elemental ammunitions, or elemental weapons that enhance the regular ammo when firing.

[MagikarpMagi]

It should be one or the other. Either crossbows fire all arrow types, or there are only normal arrows and using different crossbows changes the shot.

Both is weird.

[thestile]

I was definitely surprised. I thought we would just be rotating through arrow types rather than changing weapons.
If the fire bow had a cool animation, I would be fine with it, but it doesn't look like the picture in the icon:)

[MagikarpMagi]

Originally posted by thestile:

I was definitely surprised. I thought we would just be rotating through arrow types rather than changing weapons.
If the fire bow had a cool animation, I would be fine with it, but it doesn't look like the picture in the icon:)

The single shot rifle was kind of a let down for this reason, haha.