Zot Zealot
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Joined: Monday, 15th April 2013, 15:10
Location: Augsburg, Germany
Are crossbows much worse than longbows?
Recently I had a look at centaurs:
- won a 15-runer with longbows, Oka -> TSO, surprised how easy this was
- struggled with crossbows, sticking to Oka, got the pan runes, died afterwards, disappointed with the difficulty of the game
- crossbows are strength based, longbows dex based, I considered this in the games
- longbows are faster (min delay 6) than crossbows (min delay 7)
- base damage of crossbow + bolt is higher than longbow + arrow
- main ammo difference: arrows of dispersal (blinking foes away) compared to steel bolts (+30% damage)
But I had an easy game with longbows and a hard one with crossbows. Well, one reason is of course that I was lucky with slaying bonuses in the longbow game.
I don't want to mention the details of the games - launcher skill was at 27 in both games, and I had launchers of velocity - but it looked like shooting with longbows is much superior than shooting with crossbows. Is this only my personal experience?
Comments of the counsellors/devs are especially welcome.