Crossbows......Apparently

[ShaftAlmighty]

Thought it was some mod but apparently we will be getting crossbows before Mistlands. Don't hold your breathe and don't quote this as truth but....crossbows.....apparently.

[Bobucles]

Crossbows do offer a different combat style from bows. A bow needs the player to slow down to shoot, while a crossbow can fire freely after a reload. The potential is for more mobility while aiming, but less mobility while reloading. There's also a potential for having multiple crossbows loaded and dumping them back to back in a nasty alpha strike.

[DeMasked]

Didn't see the picture. If it is just 1 item I hope it isn't a generic looking crossbow but something more odd perhaps with the use of that moth thing from Mistlands.

Damage wise perhaps it could be a mix of damage type so as to veer away from the bows. Wonder if they'll be using some sort of reload button and whether or not you need to remain stationary while doing so. Or like drawing back a bowstring it would instead be the animation for reloading the xbow before shooting.

[Migz - DH]

Originally posted by Danson:

Originally posted by Migz - DH:

Huh. Here I've been thinking for a couple hundred hours that the bows could really use a buff. Shooting bosses down takes forever. Even defeating a Lox takes a lot of hits with 80-something bow skill, and multiple Lox at once? Better hope you have a whole lot of stamina at the start of the fight.

You serious?

Indeed

[JonWoo]

Originally posted by Big Dave:

We are getting crossbows? HUZZAH!! Don't recall Norsemen using glowing crystal two handed axes so I don't have an issue with crossbows. More ways to kill our enemys the better!

Yeah, giant crystal axes are just silly. They definitely used magical portals though.

[Ataxio]

Source: Dude trust me!

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