HX

[NJ_Legion_Icedtea]

We all have our opinions on these guys and I have to say I have actually grown not to mind them as much.
BUT one thing has been bugging me, and that's why can they reload on horseback?

1. As the Crossbowman reload animation shows, the crossbow is needed to be held with the feet to reload (You can't do that on a horse unless you have some circus training)

2. Which brings me on to the next point. IF HX's are allowed such a thing why can't light crossbow users reload at a walk since holding the crossbow with your feet when reloading is obviously not an issue? This might also bring back more light crossbow users since they are not doomed to bend down and quite literally take a pike up the arse.

[Prpavi]

BUFF RANGED!!!!1!

[Kasigi_Yabu]

That's a fair point iced, It would be easier to reload while walking than to reload while riding

[no_rules_just_play]

i gotta disagree a bit. first of all, reloading crossbows on horseback wasnt uncommon. second of all, i think reloading a crossbow while walking is quite hard because you cant put him somewhere so the xbow is fixed while pulling the string (while being on a horse, you can put it in your lap)

[Necrorave]

The ONLY crossbow I would even consider allowing this for is the hunting crossbow.  The light crossbow is fine how it is, maybe make it go back to one slots.  Although, if they did that then HX's will conquer the lands of other players who have more skill then a bowl of cereal (AKA HX)

[Macropus]

The question which also bothers me is why Horse Archery skill affects xbows.

[Necrorave]

The question which also bothers me is why Horse Archery skill affects xbows.

It affects all ranged.  Including throwing as well.  It's just more efficient then making 3 different skills that do the same thing for different weapons.

[Lt_Anders]

We all have our opinions on these guys and I have to say I have actually grown not to mind them as much.
BUT one thing has been bugging me, and that's why can they reload on horseback?

1. As the Crossbowman reload animation shows, the crossbow is needed to be held with the feet to reload (You can't do that on a horse unless you have some circus training)

2. Which brings me on to the next point. IF HX's are allowed such a thing why can't light crossbow users reload at a walk since holding the crossbow with your feet when reloading is obviously not an issue? This might also bring back more light crossbow users since they are not doomed to bend down and quite literally take a pike up the arse.

This is due to the fact of the warband makers decided to NOT implement multiple reload animations. Because if we look at it, you can't actually span an arbalest using your hands like they do in game. So by same logic, that would mean the damage on an arb should be cut in half....

It's just a lazy developer not putting in the windlass animation for the heavier xbows and going with the hand spanning for all xbows.

[ROHYPNOL]

They used to also have hand cranks for the strings that were easier to pull back and they actually reloaded a lot faster than they do now from horseback. Right now when you are on foot you can reload twice as

fast, which I could care less either way. So what would you like to see done here? maybe make a suggestion instead of crying... and also try to make a little bit of sense of what you are going to suggest, with no

biased responses..

[NJ_Legion_Icedtea]

They used to also have hand cranks for the strings that were easier to pull back and they actually reloaded a lot faster than they do now from horseback. Right now when you are on foot you can reload twice as

fast, which I could care less either way. So what would you like to see done here? maybe make a suggestion instead of crying... and also try to make a little bit of sense of what you are going to suggest, with no

biased responses..

I am not crying about it at all, like I said I don't mind HX's, in fact Love_Hate is someone who I greatly enjoy playing with. I was just wondering why they can reload on horseback yet crossbowers on foot have to stand still, like I said at the beginning. I am not a crossbow user nor do I have any future plans to be, this was not a suggestions post saying something should be 'buffed' or 'nerfed' it was just something I was curious about.

[NJ_Legion_Icedtea]

i gotta disagree a bit. first of all, reloading crossbows on horseback wasnt uncommon. second of all, i think reloading a crossbow while walking is quite hard because you cant put him somewhere so the xbow is fixed while pulling the string (while being on a horse, you can put it in your lap)

Thank you No Rules I didn't think about that

[bruce]

1. As the Crossbowman reload animation shows, the crossbow is needed to be held with the feet to reload (You can't do that on a horse unless you have some circus training)

You can and did reload with your foot on horseback.

[Fandrall]

I dont have any real historical knowlage about HXs and how they reloaded but to be able to relosd like the animation shows would mean that the power stored would be much less then a bow... aka less dmg done. Why? Well a bow on horse and on foot are drawn mostly with your upper back and shoulders but you need to be stable in your lower back aswell. Your lower back is much stronger if you have a good footing on the ground but the stability loss you get from standing in stirups is not that much.

A crossbow (on foot without tools) on the other hand is reloaded with a deadlift so you will be using the strongest musscles in your body, your thighs and lower back. On horse that is impossible because when leaning forward on a horse you loose alot of your balance and thus a way to effectivly make use of te deadlift motion, atleast if its moving.

If you look at he animation (on horse) only the biceps and backside shoulder are used. With that motion you get about 1/10th power compared to a deadlift which would translate into 1/10th dmg or you cant draw the crossbow. However im sure there are a number of ways to compensate. Hooking it to the saddle an pull it like you row a boat or having multiple bows that you pull one at the time but release together and so on...

Long post to say mounted animation is bad and reloading a crossbow using only your upper back and arms on foot would result in very little power stored and thus do little dmg.

[Sultan Eren]

NERF THEM TO THE GROUND!