Harpoon or mk 2 crossbow

[Karina]

Tooltip says they do same damage (75) but harpoon also cost energy to maintain. Does harpoon have any other advantages?

[Wisedude]

I think the harpoon can shoot multiple shots at once.Can the mk2 do the same?

[RustledJimm]

The regular Harpoon has 20% more range, slightly shorter reload (except at very high turret skill levels where the crossbow MK2 actually reloads faster) but requires turret skill 80 to have 100% accuracy compared to the skill requirement of 70 for Crossbow MK2 for 100% accuracy.

And it also requires power while the crossbow does not.

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Originally posted by Wisedude:

I think the harpoon can shoot multiple shots at once.Can the mk2 do the same?

That's only the final Harpoon tech.


Personally, I like to mix Harpoons and Crossbows. I have Harpoons on the walls, and mount Crossbows on certain buildings to fall back to if/when the gates get breached.