Crossbows is a good thing to put in game

[Darkproteus]

i think crossbow is a good idea to this style of game :D who wants a crossbow

[Berry Wuffs]

Eventually, yes. Currently, no.

[ToonTerrier]

that would be a prety useful item save on ammo and better than a bow if it has a scope

[Tacitus]

^Or even just proper sights to make aiming a bit easier. This would be balanced by the slower rate of fire compared to the bow, and perhaps having the crossbow make more noise. It wouldn't be as loud as a gunshot, but it would be louder than the bow as crossbows in real life are definitely louder than regular bows.

However, should this crossbow be craftable (making a crossbow, even a Chu-ko-nu isn't very difficult), or should it be a modern recurve crossbow that has to be found, similar to the firearms?

[NativeOne]

good idea ..

[Berry Wuffs]

I feel like it should be craftable and should be a shoddy piece of rubbish made out of scrap metal, some bits of wood and what is passable for crossbow threading in a postapocalyptic environment. I doubt many people have a modern recurve crossbow (they mostly use guns for hunting, anyways) so finding one would be a dumb coincidence.

[terry]

引用自 Pretty Wuffles：

I feel like it should be craftable and should be a shoddy piece of rubbish made out of scrap metal, some bits of wood and what is passable for crossbow threading in a postapocalyptic environment. I doubt many people have a modern recurve crossbow (they mostly use guns for hunting, anyways) so finding one would be a dumb coincidence.

I know a person that brought a hand-made crossbow back from Vietnam. All things considered, its not bad.

[Bazyl]

Yes, I would be happy to have a crossbow.I am not really good with the bow and I loose arrows :( For me the bow aiming in Mist is more difficult than in other games like Subsistence or The Long Dark.

[Berry Wuffs]

Well I mean if you ask someone who has knowledge of making a crossbow to make on, I'm sure they'd do a good job. But for a regular joe that just knows the basics (pull back string into locking mechanism, pull trigger to release locking mechanism), it won't be winning any awards any time soon.

[Tacitus]

引用自 Pretty Wuffles：

I feel like it should be craftable and should be a shoddy piece of rubbish made out of scrap metal, some bits of wood and what is passable for crossbow threading in a postapocalyptic environment. I doubt many people have a modern recurve crossbow (they mostly use guns for hunting, anyways) so finding one would be a dumb coincidence.

Modern crossbows aren't as uncommon as you might think! They are generally easier to acquire (i.e. less restricted) than firearms. You can easily order a crossbow off Amazon, for instance; you can't do that with even a Remington 700 ;). I recall chuckling over some story 17 years ago about a pastor in Tennessee who was arrested for threatening another man with a crossbow that he pulled out of his trunk during a road rage incident.

Like muzzle-loaders and cap and ball firearms, crossbows are sort of a niche thing among dedicated enthusiasts--who are not all that rare, depending on the area. If anything, I'd expect modern crossbows to be more readily available than fully automatic M4 carbines, as most civilians don't have access to fully automatic weapons (and those who do probably won't become food for the zombies).

Thus, it's not entirely implausible that one could find a modern recurve or compound crossbow (they aren't the same thing, I know!) in someone's house after the zombie apocalypse! Still, I would also prefer for the crossbow to be a craftable item, as that would avoid repeating the frustration many players had when trying to acquire the hunting rifle.

If anything, I'd like to see more "civilian grade" weapons in the game, i.e. the types of armaments that you would expect the average person to have in his or her house. These would include firearms like double-barreled shotguns, revolvers, hunting crossbows, and .22 LR rifles. More potent weapons, like full-auto carbines and hand grenades should be much harder to find, and perhaps only available in (dangerous) former military facilities.