I had been toying with the idea of trying a 1h no shield build my next retire so this doesn't bug me much. Either that or going back to my longsword. I would think that hip mounted two handers could be classifiable as one slot items since they don't share space on the character's back with the heavy/long items.
What does get me a bit is that, based on what I've read, the normal crossbow will evidently be unaffected when a masterworked one has the same stats as a non heirloomed heavy xbow (except with faster reload and more accuracy). The cutoff point in my head between power and speed was always between the light and normal xbows.
I decided to heirloom the heavy xbow over the normal because they're both pretty close in accuracy and reload speeds when WPF points are properly applied. I based my choice off of Walt's excellent research (back when most people thought crossbows were obsolete)
http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,1357.msg31805.html#msg31805visitors can't see pics , please
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loginAs can be seen, both the normal and heavy scale similarly in accuracy (hunting and light flatten off), and the normal is a second or so faster in reloading in return for doing ~14% less damage. Basically, it doesn't make sense to me that the normal xbow would remain 1 slot and still possess most of the damage that a heavy xbow has. This will just cause dedicated xbowers to regrind normal xbows to heirloom and make history repeat itself. If it's going to be a nerf, get it over and done with and don't leave us with lingering hopes (and have them crushed in the follow up patch).
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. My gen 8, (almost lvl 30) char 'BkS_Harn' is gone as well. Tried logging in to website a few times and I thought I was having problems with browser cookies again, then joined server & discovered myself in peasant gear.
