Crossbow's......... Really that effective ?

[Altorin]

It takes skill to use making it only useful for the person who has extreme training in it.

I thought one of the big pros to the crossbow was the fact that it could be given to people with little to no training and have them point it and pull the trigger thus killing whoever is directly in front of them. Sure you're not gonna be an expert marksman with it without experience and practice, but that goes for pretty much any weapon, even guns.

Regardless though, I don't know where you get this idea that crossbows are overhyped, most games and movies I've seen treat them as they are, a projectile weapon with often more force than a normal bow, but with a slower firing rate.

Well in my experiance and knowledgde, the crossbow takes skill because when I used it I found nyslef time after time missing the target, but don't judge me as a ametuer I saw a expert bowman use the crossbow and he himself found it hard to get a decent hit to where he aimed.

the point of the crossbows ease of use is that it's not tiring to use and it's actually easier to aim then an arrow. the longbows of the time took an incredibly strong arm to wield, whereas a crossbow could be given to some old man when you conscript him into your army.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

So why does the Crossbow still get alot of hype and love ?

It's one of the few weapons that can be carried easily and still put a bolt through (and I mean THROUGH) someone's ribcage. The Longbow has a greater range and penetration, but: like the shotgun (which has similar disadvatages) anything you can shout at, you can kill.

I advise not sawing off the end though.

 

[Beastialman]

personally I like crossbows, while I know they aren't as effective as a gun, they have more class and style.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Depends. Historical context? Hell yes, they were really that effective. They required minimal training, weren't too awkward to use, and at the right range could punch through armor. I'm pretty sure the Vatican considered outlawing them once.

Then they were eventually outclassed by guns.

 

[Sneaklemming]

It works better than a regular bow.

And it's "bolts" not "arrows"

Dont be silly.

The Longbowman was the machine gun of the Dark Ages. Seriously. Nothing came close to the damage a longbow could deal, and the speed of this firing, until, well, a machine gun.

 

[Zersy]

I would like to say thanks for all of your explanations.

Life has made a lil more sense now.

 

[Player 2]

It works better than a regular bow.

And it's "bolts" not "arrows"

Dont be silly.

The Longbowman was the machine gun of the Dark Ages. Seriously. Nothing came close to the damage a longbow could deal, and the speed of this firing, until, well, a machine gun.

You don't need to go as far as a machine gun, I'm pretty sure that even a bolt action would be much faster than a long bow. The point of getting rid of traditional bows wasn't that the crossbows had better range or speed, it was just that the training time you had to give soldiers was so drastically reduced and its armour piercing abilities made it a better weapon. Longbows also took a lot of muscle to draw where crossbows didn't.

 

[Sneaklemming]

It works better than a regular bow.

And it's "bolts" not "arrows"

Dont be silly.

The Longbowman was the machine gun of the Dark Ages. Seriously. Nothing came close to the damage a longbow could deal, and the speed of this firing, until, well, a machine gun.

You don't need to go as far as a machine gun, I'm pretty sure that even a bolt action would be much faster than a long bow. The point of getting rid of traditional bows wasn't that the crossbows had better range or speed, it was just that the training time you had to give soldiers was so drastically reduced and its armour piercing abilities made it a better weapon. Longbows also took a lot of muscle to draw where crossbows didn't.

You are right on the money. Cept Longbow men could keep actually fire faster then a bolt action rifle. Remember reload times and all. Also it took muscle to reload a crossbow. (I think)

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Sneaklemming]

Dont be silly.

The Longbowman was the machine gun of the Dark Ages. Seriously. Nothing came close to the damage a longbow could deal, and the speed of this firing, until, well, a machine gun.

I said regular bow, not longbow

but I was talking about longbows....?

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Sneaklemming]

but I was talking about longbows....?

But I wasn't, so I wasn't being "silly"

I can still talk about longbows right? I mean they were real. Honest.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Sneaklemming]

I can still talk about longbows right? I mean they were real. Honest.

Yes, but without trying to prove me wrong with the wrong subject.

Thank you

I um... apologise for calling you 'silly'.

Theres really no need to be so sensitive.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Eliam_Dar]

I built one when I was a kid, and I assure you that they work, and they are deadly.

 

[Sneaklemming]

I um... apologise for calling you 'silly'.

Theres really no need to be so sensitive.

I'm not sensetive.

I'm being sarcastic.

but also a little sensitive, look I've no idea who you really are. so theres every chance that you aren't "silly". Don't let it get to you. I dont actually mean it. It's just an expression. You're not silly. At all.

 

[Numb1lp]

Why are knives more powerful than assualt rifles? Who cares, it's in a video game!!!

 

[Cmwissy]

I can't actually think of any games which mix gun and crossbow. I don't play those kind of games...

Pistol-crossbows; Used mainly by the Chinese but all over the medieval world.

Dual wield two of these and tell me they're not effective.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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