QoL changes for Crossbow

[Wonkavator 1]

Just some changes to the crossbow that I think would make it a little easier/more practical to use.

1. Bolt "stacks". Instead of one bolt per inventory space, have a few (I'd say 5 or less) that can stack together.

2. Picking bolts back up. Yes, you can do this, but I think if it could be made so that when you just loot the body it shows up in the body's "inventory" then it would be much easier to pick them back up.

3. The aiming (iron sights). I personally don't mind it but it can be difficult to line up longer range shots without really being able to see where the "true" crosshair is when using iron sights.

[Time Glitch 453]

The crossbow just needs a tiny little iron sight...

And yes, quivers of crossbow bolts are a needed thing.

[jdteixeira 0]

I agree with the sights suggestion. Hell, real hunting crossbows are fitted with sights. (not a hunter or anything, just a top shot fan :P)

I really like the crossbow, but on servers without crosshairs I end up shooting the first bolt above the zeds and spend 2 minutes looking for the bolt on some ceiling or tree.

The stacking has to be really well thought out. If you stack too many bolts, it becomes a better weapon than the other cilivian ones. Stacks of 2 would be enough, or no stacking at all

[Dreganius (DayZ) 55]

The crossbow I owned (before it was outlawed to own one in Metropolitan areas in Australia and I was forced to give it to my cousins in the countryside) has a scope that came with it. Could we not add a small 6x scope to the DayZ Crossbow to fix the sighting problem?

[jdteixeira 0]

Or a Red-dot type sight. Im not sure dayz's crossbow has bolt drop over distances. Or just slap some MBUS in that rail on top and get it over with.

I've seen dudes sharpie a black dot on their monitors to aim that thing

[DeadManDan 23]

Yes, just as others say: fix the iron sights. I had stopped using it after I lost 3 bolts.

Love the idea of finding a crossbow quiver to store bolts in.

And if there's only one change to make please please add the bolt to the zombies inventory when you shoot them. So very annoying being able to see an arrow and not be able to pick it up as the part with the grab option is blocked by the zombie inventory and the ground, all the while being able to fully frisk the zombie for anything else they might have. Or is this going to be left as is due to 'It's not a bug, it's a feature!' mentality >.>

[DAS1337 20]

The reason that I never pick up the crossbow is because of the single bolt being non-stackable. I understand that it is a silent weapon and should be considered strong due to it, but I don't think most players feel that way.

Two things are needed. A scope or iron sight and a quiver or stackable bolts. Stacks should be no larger than 3, as to not make it too powerful.

[leo235 2]

quiver yes

ironsight no.

[aoshi 32]

Bow cc0 very rare

Bow with flashlight rare

That is cool!

quiver, function = 2 slugs