chickenfeed

Yay for Yogscast? -.-

An alternative to bolts in the inventory is simply adding the "Take Steel Bolt" action if you are standing withing 1m of the bolt, so you dont need to find that sweet spot where you are aiming at the bolt and not the corpse.

I have to disagree with this. My current life has lasted for about 8 days now, and for 7 of them I have been using the crossbow, and I still have the makarov. The crossbow is one shot kill if you hit the head, and that is brilliant considering it is a completely silent weapon. It's not meant for combat, it's meant for dealing with that one alert zombie who followed you into the barn, or that one zombie sitting outside the door. It requires skill to use it effectively and that should not be changed. Challenge is good. There is only one change that the crossbow needs: Being able to pick up the bolts by standing near them, not looking at them. When a zombie falls face down it becomes almost impossible to retrieve the bolt, and if you fuck up a few times then you run out of bolts when in reality you could just move the body and pull it out. Other than that, proper iron sights would be nice. If iron sights arn't added, the model should atleast be moved so the bolt lines up with where it hits because at the moment it fires waaaaaay above. That said, taking 2 minutes to practice against an unaware zombie (Or even a tree) makes it easy to begin getting headshots. Crossbow is not for combat, it's for stealth. A completely silent weapon with infinate ammo, you use it for sneaking in and out of towns, so for that reason you use it in close range. A tip: Use the 'iron sights' but aim the crossbow's bolt at the zombie's upper chest, then you will hit it's head. So basically: No one shot kill apart from head shots, please.