Crossbow is total ass?

[my butt is erect]

At least until you get lucky and get the right enchants. You're telling me this has to be equipped twice, and used twice, for a single shot that basically is usually equal to just having a spear that took half the turns to activate? The second loadout with Ronin is complete torture. This weapon seems to completely rely on getting the right stuff, otherwise it's a liability and needs a different weapon to carry it asap.

[Mustardoish]

But it intrinsically targets two enemies at range, making it very powerful. It does benefit a lot from cooldown reduction and free to play. Goes also really well with shock effects.
As a single weapon it is indeed not ideal, but as a way to engineer combos it can really scale hard.

[Isley]

It's a great third/fourth weapon offer that helps deal with two stacked enemies. I don't build around it, but it can be helpful.

[Chris]

Originally posted by my butt is erect:

At least until you get lucky and get the right enchants. You're telling me this has to be equipped twice, and used twice, for a single shot that basically is usually equal to just having a spear that took half the turns to activate? The second loadout with Ronin is complete torture. This weapon seems to completely rely on getting the right stuff, otherwise it's a liability and needs a different weapon to carry it asap.

Aren't most weapons ass unless you get a modifier? Crossbow definitely feels like one of the stronger weapons to me