Reduce Arbalest Overnerf

[Corwin]

No, it doesn't make sense to have a sniper weapon, that is not particularly hard to hit with and kills in a single BODY hit.

Why?

[Corwin]

Than I never hit you with arbalest, because if I did, you would have survived for sure, as many of other archers I managed to hit did.

[Phew]

I remember shooting maduin point blank 4 times in the chest in siege with an unloomed arbalest....I was like this will be the one...no this will be it. I didn't kill maduin so I will never know which shot would've been the last. *sobs*

I'm sure it was raining, which makes every x-bow hit like a wet noodle. Or maybe awesome swashbucklers like Maduin get some secret bonus to crossbow defense. I have about the same body armor as Maduin, and most arbalest shots to my torso do ~40 dmg.

[Byrdi]

38 body armor archer (mw body + mw gauntlets) here and I always die with 1 shot from mw arbalest + mw steel bolts.

Actually, I do remember not dying once.

Don't quite get it. How do you know if you got hit by a regular arbalest or a MW arbalest?
Of course you will think you always get oneshot by MW arbalest if you disregard all the hits that did not kill you as either unloomed or heavy/normal crossbow.

Anyhow, I have a MW arbalest myself, and I do not always (actually only half of the time) kill archers in one shot.
But I do not mind, the arbalest is not overnerfed. I just wished it was more accurate because it goes off path most of the time when you are shooting from medium range.

[BlindGuy]

Or maybe awesome swashbucklers like Maduin get some secret bonus to crossbow defense.

Well, I hate to be pedantic but if he is SWASHBUCKLER then he DOES have extra defense: A SHIELD. A swashbuckler is a shielder. You cannot redefine a word to the OPPOSITE of its meaning for this mod. 1handers are 1handers, SWASHBUCKLING MEANS USING A SHIELD. Dont take MY word for it, look it up. Fuck my life does it irritate me when people use the term swashbuckler to describe someone without a shield, WITH NO SHIELD YOU JUST CANNOT SWASHBUCKLE, its not possible.

[Phew]

swash·buck·ler  [swosh-buhk-ler, swawsh-] 
noun
a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.

Which part of that definition is inaccurate for Maduin? Playing 1h without shield is the definition of "swagger". If you insist that a swashbuckler must be holding a buckler, you are being too literal.