No1 likes it when their shit gets nerfed so offcourse my earlier posts are useless in your ears...
Plz tell me how its fair everyone else gets their looms nerfed and the xbow gets to keep their god stats when loomed?? do tell
Crossbows don't have any PD or PS bonus, therefore they need a bigger base damage buff.
Also, please do read Paul's posts as well.
I've played every class in-game now, and if you think crossbows are op you haven't got an overview at all. Fair enough, crossbows have a lot of damage, but they're slow as hell.
Now to the point of the thread. Because the crossbows doesn't get any extra damage for skills or attributes, heirlooming the weapon gives extra bonuses. This puts dedicated crossbowers at a decent level as well as keeping the ones with a crossbow sidearm less effective, since they probably won't heirloom a sidearm to masterwork. What did you hate you say? Shotgunners and sidearm whores? Well, there you go! The crossbow has a lower base damage and a higher heirloom bonus to lessen the effectivity of sidearmers. Happy now?