Your Opinion on Arbalests

[MURDERTRON]

Once a crossbowmen goes and runs into the ruins, which are on every map besides random_plains, none of that crap Phantasmal wrote matters anymore.

[Torost]

The arbalest is an abomination that should be burned.

No need for arguments anymore, it is futile.
It is hard to imagine the unbalancers ideas on crossbows in this game, and why they are even in the mod.

However. a small change that does not really change anything, but makes the arbalester atleast easier to kill once you catch him, :

Make Steel Bolts use 2 slots!

This would limit them to using 0slot 1handers and 0slot shield.

Or use regular bolts with lesser damage.

[korppis]

Xbows were made to penetrate heavier armors, but apparently it isn't possible to implement properly in warband. Or the only way to make it penetrate armors is to give it so ridicilously high damage that is exceeds the soak value of armor. Sadly this also makes it the awp of this game, one shotting everything with 50 or less armor, even if it hits only in the toe.

Imho it should rather do a more fixed amount of damage (like 40 or so), by pretty much ignoring the armor. Would be nice if you could set different soak values to armors on weapon basis, not just damage type.