Crossbow Upgrade

[NaCl]

We should be able to make a better crossbow once we get to manufacturing. Yes the grinder is good, but I'm thinking maybe something really powerful with a long wind up between shots.

Yeah I was looking at the materials you get in manufacturing and I thought. Damn, you could make a really powerful crossbow with some of this stuff.
Like you could very easily use the steel cable to make the crossbow strings. It could shoot rebar as bolts, like the HL2 crossbow.

But like I said. It should be a powerful weapon with a long windup. We already have the grinder for quick shooting and high ammo capacity.
So I'm thinking maybe 60 damage instead of 40. But with only one shot and a lengthy reload. Maybe it could be like a classic medieval crossbow where you have to wind it up. So it wouldn't be viable against large groups.

Except it could maybe have a quirk of its own, like how grinder discs bounce. Except instead of bouncing, the crossbow bolts can pierce multiple enemies, or something like that. Or it just sticks enemies to walls. Not as useful, but fun.

Anyway it was just a thought I had while I was traipsing through manufacturing.

[Ethical Lune]

I've also been thinking about a HL2 rebar crossbow, that would be awesome to have, and I like the medieval windup idea too.
Maybe it could fire superheated rebars like in HL2 and set stuff on fire, would be fun and also fit into the fire theme of the melee weapons you unlock in the manufactory sector.

[Kai]

A parody would be nice, so it's called a Pipe Rifle rather than the Pipe Pistol, and it shoots rebar with accelerated shots, and comes with a scope so it has better zoom.

It would really be fun to nail enemies into wall...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTnQW4FJZAw

[MechWarden]

Somewhere I posted the idea of a rail gun, where you have two charged rails and rebar bolts/darts that are placed on top. They may or may not heat up and glow red during charge up and firing.

We got coil guns, so let's get some rails guns going!