Crossbow training

[gurei 0]

Hello all!

So i've finaly bitten the bullet (lol), and got my hands on an Xbow and a few bolts. that plus my hunting gear (knife, hatchet & matches) mean its time to take to the wilds for a bit to hunt quietly and get good with my Xbow.

Would like general tips from Xbow users plus answers to some specific questions:

1. I'm having difficulty retrieving rounds that havn't hit a zed. I lost one on the ground (missed a chicken!), and one on the inside wall of the hospital in electro after going in the window. i looked around and couldn't find it. I know not every bolt is returned (i heard you've got about 80% chance) but anyone had this problem? i've only got another 4 bolts so if i practice (on a tree?) without being able to reclaim them thats gonna get old fast....

2. Where/how is best to train with it? My plan is to get in some woods and shoot a tree from increasing distances going for grouping and remembering where my bolts land coresponding to the optical position of the Xbow. thats how i learned to shoot recurve longbows anyways... will this work well in game?

3. just *how* silent is it? how close can zeds (or players) hear me?

4. I can oneshot kill a zed, how much damage will i do on a player? (not a PKer but self defense...)

5. PK tactics with the croossbow, any favs?

6. Where is the best places to find more bolts?

Ok i'm all done!, thanks for your help guys!

[unsobill 0]

wait on crossbows until Rocket implement arrow holders so we don't have to use 10 item slots to carry 10 fiber arrows that weight less then few grams.

as for player - i once had a firefight with a bandit and nailed him with crossbow - he bled and disconnected - not sure of his fate after that ;)

[gurei 0]

Nice shot on the bandit bill! i couldn't manage that yet for sure! thats why i need to train.

a quiver would be lovely, or some bolt clips. but to be honest i'll play corssbow even if they never get implamented... i love killing zeds with no agro... plus it fits my group configuraiton (i'll take point and drop zeds that absouletly must be dropped to reach the objective.

[KnT47r 51]

1. I generally dont have any issues unless I hit a Zed in the front of the torso, causing him to fall on the bolt.

2. Anywhere with lots of Zed's

3. VERY silent, I've not aggro'd a Zed with one once. Unsure on players

4. 2 bolts (I think)

5. Stalk and hit them out of nowhere :D

6. Here

[Robert Shannon 27]

The crossbow is ment for the easy way to kill zeds for noobs without penalty of broadcasting their position.

[nivi 4]

Use armory and train in there, its waste of time/bolts training directly in server.