I actually find it quite amusing that both Gnjus and DaveUKR, which both were/are crossbow-lovers for long periods of time, now both are for nerfing ranged, while back then when everyone was for nerfing ranged they were defending the crossbows wholeheartedly.
Changing classes completely changes your perspective I guess.
PS.
I made my main a half-crossbowman too and it will stay this way, this game isn't going to get fixed in this regard so if you can't beat them, join them.
I think that your statement is not really correct, at least not in my case. What you call "long periods of time" is not really THAT long, taking into account how long we play this mod. Also - my "wholeheartedly" defense of xbows was down to crosshairs mostly, xbow had it like 5 times wider then bows, which is, was and always will be nonsense. But many things have changed over time.
Other than that you're mostly right, changing class indeed does change ones perspective and especially the last part: If you can't beat them - join them, why do you think i picked up Crossbow in the first place ? Only to try and counter those semi-automatic barret bows, long story that everyone knows already. And why do you think i respeced into horse archer now? For serious gameplay ? Most certainly not, I just don't feel like running around like an imbecile anymore while most of the people are shooting at me from unreachable places or picking me off because i have no where to hide.
Trolling and playing like a scumbag is obviously an enforced way to go in this mod. It desperately needs refreshment.