New Patch and XBows

[Helrekkr]

So, since I'm at work now and I can't test until later tonight, but I was redoing my point allocation, I was wondering what those of you that have played so far think of XBows now ?

Does spending WPP in the XBow skill seem more meaningfull ?
Does NOT spending any WPP in XBows make them a lot worse than before ?
Any personal impressions of people that have played with xbows (and points in the xbow skill ) would be great .

I'm asking because I'd like to know what to spend my current WPP in first, 1h or xbow, and I couldn't see anything about xbows in the "patch notes" chadz provided earlier.

[bruce]

Does spending WPP in the XBow skill seem more meaningfull ?

Yes, very. The reticule with 120 wpf seems like the old 200 wpf crossbow reticule.

Does NOT spending any WPP in XBows make them a lot worse than before ?

Not really, but it makes them a bit pointless given they're expensive and damage is drastically cut down.

Any personal impressions of people that have played with xbows (and points in the xbow skill ) would be great .

They're more accurate when you have crossbow wpf, but they are much less damaging - you'll require two hits to down almost everyone with top tier crossbows, and probably three with lower end ones. But it was a necessary balance measure, so.

[Helrekkr]

Sounds good, I'll try XBow WPF spending first to check it out.

Currently using a Well Made Siege Crossbow with 82 WPF. Bit worried about my old 1h/shield combo though, might have to seriously downgrade my shield because it's 4 times as expensive :S (oh and my sword is 3 times as expensive too )

[StanleyPain]

Hey, at least Xbows still do piercing damage and a good hit will 1 shot people

[Erasmas]

@ Helrekkr: Well Made Siege Xbow? Can you share the specification/stats of that piece of art?

[Helrekkr]

Sure, here you go:

Well Made Siege Crossbow   12051   
weight 3.75
requirement 15
spd rtng 19
shoot speed 61
thrust damage 79 pierce
max ammo 1
accuracy 94
Can't reload on horseback

It's just the first heirloom though.

[Erasmas]

So it is worse than in betabetatests... still better than regular one, and may be worth retiring.

[Vexus]

I'll check my alt which has a heirloomed heavy crossbow x3 I'll update post in a minute.

Bye bye possibility on using it.....

Exceptional Heavy Crossbow   10550   
weight 3.5
requirement 12
spd rtng 25
shoot speed 59
thrust damage 70 pierce
max ammo 1
accuracy 94
Can't reload on horseback

[Helrekkr]

Why not ? just not as a sidearm to plate armor + cookies

[Manabalu]

Exceptional Siege Crossbow 15264 weight 3.75
requirement 15
spd rtng 20
shoot speed 63
thrust damage 83 pierce
max ammo 1
accuracy 95
Can't reload on horseback

[Vexus]

Unless repair cost is lowered that one would cost me on 2k or more alone.

[Gristle]

Since we're posting stats, I'll throw mine in for completeness.

Exceptional Crossbow   7198   
weight 3
requirement 10
spd rtng 30
shoot speed 55
thrust damage 60 pierce
max ammo 1
accuracy 93

It was 2 points faster in the betabeta. Oh well.

[Manabalu]

Today I played my lvl 25 xbowmen a bit. All in all a dedicated crossbowmen makes fun now, you have much less onehit kills, but a superior accuary (you can aim for heads ) with an exceptional siege crossbow and medium armor. My char has 140 xbow wpf, which is a lot with the patch (next point costs me 8 points). So there were no points left  for any other weapons. I leveled up to 27 and spend 75 points in twohanded weapons to be able to defend myself.
Upkeep for the siege xbow is ~2k gold, so you can't wear any other decent gear. Siege Xbow + heraldic mail + longsword gives me a total loss of ~10k this day, but i think i just had bad luck and connection problems. If it is the same tomorrow i will go down to tunic over mail and bastard sword.

[Helrekkr]

I played today with the well made siege xbow, studded leather, leather boots, leather gloves, bardiche.

Gained ~12k gold

It's quite fun

[La Makina]

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