Lol umad?
Why the heck should a regular crossbow one-shot people in light armor? O.o
The problem with xbows it that so many people are carrying them as a sidearm, mostly for "shotgunning" which is brutally effective. (And requires no wpf investment whatsoever)
It's just so annoying that you will never survive facingmore than two-three "melee" infantry per round as pure melee due to the xbow shotgunning guranteeing you will lose 40-50% health each encounter.
But I don't really see how shotgunning can be prevented/nerfed other than a pure damage nerf. (Although crossbow looms NEED a nerf right now imo)
I didn't say light armor, genius, I said peasant or no armor. Which was a response to someone else saying they get one-shotted by crossbows. Learn to read, moron.
Second of all, I've seen the xbow with 1 wpf lately and it's horrifically bad. If you're getting shot by it at any range then you're awful.
Third, NOTHING effects crossbow damage in terms of player attributes, so xbow heirlooms SHOULD have better stats because there is no attribute or skill that multiplies its effectiveness. Higher stats on a crossbow are equal to much lower stats on a bow or melee weapon.
It's a shame that 2h and polearm spamming is so easy and overpowered that so many people have flocked to it. And since they're naturally vulnerable to ranged it just results in more whiners complaining that archery and xbows aren't as useless as throwing yet. I'm on one of the EU servers now and the top 5 players on each team are all 2h or polearm without exception. 23 of the top 25 na players are 2handers or polearms. But of course the xbow is the problem. What a joke...
