is crossbow good?

[Revalopod]

shotguns are too frustrating when I hit people up close and they not die
crossbow seems like it would be a better less RNG shotgun alternative. Too bad I have to use the stinky hand crossbows to unlock the normal crossbow :(
so is the real normal crossbow good for a shotgun's role?

[Harold]

yes

[Bicycle Thief]

You can shoot grunts with the hand crossbow, which will give you xp progress for the normal crossbow.

[Mickey the Bandit]

Normal crossbow is good, but crossbow shotbolt is even better. Just practice aim with them, especially with shotbolt, because bullet drop is insane. I basically stopped playing shotguns at all after I learned crossbows.

[Berserkir # Ragnarök]

Crossbows are a highly specialized but really strong weapons.

I don't know about your aim, so i'm just gonna put this here, if you can hit the Torso reliably then they are awesome, if you have troubles doing that and often find yourself shooting limbs, they can feel even more RNG than shotguns, because crossbows have no penetration what so ever, if you hit an arm that's in front of the Torso, it will count as an armshot and won't kill in one hit, unlike with rifles where the same shot would count as a torso hit.

besides that the handcrossbow is a really good, but slept on weapon for the same reason. It kills out to 14m to the torso, so it has the range of a full barrel romero! It's silent, only uses a medium slot and relies less on RNG, BUT if you miss the shot, well there's no coming back...

So crossbows are stronger than shotguns, but require way better aim to perform well.

Happy Hunting

[Banelord]

it is not. it doesnt one shot people, and it trajectory is slow and short. that is, it DOES oneshot peopel if you hit them in certain bodyparts, but because it doesnt oneshot people regardless fo a body part it sucks.

[Berserkir # Ragnarök]

Originally posted by twotimesfour:

it is not. it doesnt one shot people, and it trajectory is slow and short. that is, it DOES oneshot peopel if you hit them in certain bodyparts, but because it doesnt oneshot people regardless fo a body part it sucks.

As i stated, the trick with crossbows, as with compact and to an extent medium ammo rifles, is to not only hit the target, but to hit the target in the right zones ( head and Torso aka. Upper body).

If you have trouble doing that, your better off taking either shotgun or long ammo, because there the high damage is really forgiving on limb modifiers and you mostly only have to worry about hitting the enemy somewhere and don't have to aim for specific hitzones.

If you can manage to hit torso more often than not, the crossbows outperfom shotguns by a large margin, with a OHK range of 25m on the big and 14m on the handcrossbow.
The only really bad crossbow is the poison crossbow, as it's supposed to be good against AI, but not being able to retrieve bolts limits it's use against AI severely...

[1cecold]

Rossbows are good but can be difficult to master, very rewarding experience though

[Unknown Player]

the shotbolt is one of the most consistent 1 shot weapons in the game. it's really good.

pair it with nagant officer for cheap and good, or bornheim. or even silenced nagant + fanning

if you want to invest more go for uppercut for range or dolch (precision OP) for true 1v3 potential.

the normal crossbow is really good, too. but not as consistent. you have to head-shot or be really close and personal, which is hard, but really satisfying..

[Banelord]

Originally posted by Berserkir # Ragnarök:

Originally posted by twotimesfour:

it is not. it doesnt one shot people, and it trajectory is slow and short. that is, it DOES oneshot peopel if you hit them in certain bodyparts, but because it doesnt oneshot people regardless fo a body part it sucks.

As i stated, the trick with crossbows, as with compact and to an extent medium ammo rifles, is to not only hit the target, but to hit the target in the right zones ( head and Torso aka. Upper body).

If you have trouble doing that, your better off taking either shotgun or long ammo, because there the high damage is really forgiving on limb modifiers and you mostly only have to worry about hitting the enemy somewhere and don't have to aim for specific hitzones.

If you can manage to hit torso more often than not, the crossbows outperfom shotguns by a large margin, with a OHK range of 25m on the big and 14m on the handcrossbow.
The only really bad crossbow is the poison crossbow, as it's supposed to be good against AI, but not being able to retrieve bolts limits it's use against AI severely...

that is right. shotguns and axes that oneshot are teh only reliable way that i can get a kill.

[Revalopod]

Originally posted by Tomiik:

You can shoot grunts with the hand crossbow, which will give you xp progress for the normal crossbow.

I used free hunter that came with normal crossbow but killing grunts and stuff barely moved the xp bar by like 1cm

[Revalopod]

Originally posted by Berserkir # Ragnarök:

Crossbows are a highly specialized but really strong weapons.

I don't know about your aim, so i'm just gonna put this here, if you can hit the Torso reliably then they are awesome, if you have troubles doing that and often find yourself shooting limbs, they can feel even more RNG than shotguns, because crossbows have no penetration what so ever, if you hit an arm that's in front of the Torso, it will count as an armshot and won't kill in one hit, unlike with rifles where the same shot would count as a torso hit.

besides that the handcrossbow is a really good, but slept on weapon for the same reason. It kills out to 14m to the torso, so it has the range of a full barrel romero! It's silent, only uses a medium slot and relies less on RNG, BUT if you miss the shot, well there's no coming back...

So crossbows are stronger than shotguns, but require way better aim to perform well.

Happy Hunting :huntcrosses::hunter0:

ah I was hoping crossbow could 1shot even with a limbshot
I always find myself hitting the arms, even when I aim for the head. So I use melee and long ammo because they do the most damage if you manage to hit anywhere.

[Nequis]

I think it's worth it only for the lulz vs dumb people like in the case below,otherwise other weapons are more consistent and all around useful.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2205550188

[Revalopod]

Originally posted by Nequis:

I think it's worth it only for the lulz vs dumb people like in the case below,otherwise other weapons are more consistent and all around useful.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2205550188

lol

[Revalopod]

Originally posted by Mickey The Bandit:

Normal crossbow is good, but crossbow shotbolt is even better. Just practice aim with them, especially with shotbolt, because bullet drop is insane. I basically stopped playing shotguns at all after I learned crossbows.

Originally posted by bed1ntruder:

the shotbolt is one of the most consistent 1 shot weapons in the game. it's really good.

pair it with nagant officer for cheap and good, or bornheim. or even silenced nagant + fanning

if you want to invest more go for uppercut for range or dolch (precision OP) for true 1v3 potential.

the normal crossbow is really good, too. but not as consistent. you have to head-shot or be really close and personal, which is hard, but really satisfying..

so what makes shotbolt better?
compared to crossbow it does a bit less damage, a bit less range, much less velocity, and lack of retrievable bolts.

[Berserkir # Ragnarök]

Originally posted by Revalopod:

Originally posted by Mickey The Bandit:

Normal crossbow is good, but crossbow shotbolt is even better. Just practice aim with them, especially with shotbolt, because bullet drop is insane. I basically stopped playing shotguns at all after I learned crossbows.

Originally posted by bed1ntruder:

the shotbolt is one of the most consistent 1 shot weapons in the game. it's really good.

pair it with nagant officer for cheap and good, or bornheim. or even silenced nagant + fanning

if you want to invest more go for uppercut for range or dolch (precision OP) for true 1v3 potential.

the normal crossbow is really good, too. but not as consistent. you have to head-shot or be really close and personal, which is hard, but really satisfying..

so what makes shotbolt better?
compared to crossbow it does a bit less damage, a bit less range, much less velocity, and lack of retrievable bolts.

Much more oneshots, as there is a shotgun shell on the end of the bolt that detonates on impact.
So the range doesn't matter in terms of damage dropoff, since the shotgun shell deals the damage and the shell only detonates on impact.
It can wallbang too, like a shotgun.

So all in all if you hit you deal high damage and if you hit good with a shotbolt it's a kill no matter the distance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3KU13S59r0

That explains it the best.