Crossbow and hunting - a question about experimental

[smoq2 221]

So I tested the crossbow on stable today for a bit - I'm getting ready for the hunting/cooking update that seems to be coming in the very near future. I envision doing so with the crossbow, as I assume bolts will be retrievable in the next update, since now (to my disappointment) they disappear, regardless of hitting a living target or map geometry.

 

So my question is to those who play experimental - does the crossbow has crazy dispersion like in stable and are bolts retrievable from animals?

[fastero 3]

I don't know about dispersion , for me it's fine and accurate for a crossbow at low distances -100m , as far as for the bolts disappearing , they are not retrievable from zombies as they disappear but if they hit world objects(ground walls etc) you can pick them up again.This goes for the bow arrows too.One important thing about crossbow : if you mount a scope on it (like RV1 RDS Optic etc.) it will be off , it will shoot too high on the aimpoint and need some adjustments.

[smoq2 221]

I don't know about dispersion , for me it's fine and accurate for a crossbow at low distances -100m , as far as for the bolts disappearing , they are not retrievable from zombies as they disappear but if they hit world objects(ground walls etc) you can pick them up again.This goes for the bow arrows too.One important thing about crossbow : if you mount a scope on it (like RV1 RDS Optic etc.) it will be off , it will shoot too high on the aimpoint and need some adjustments.

 

That explains why I thought dispersion was iffy. I had mounted an ACOG and it was firing like 1 m above from where I was aiming. Did you try to shoot animals with it? Are bolts retrievable then?

 

Also, I found 2 quivers. Do they work alright? I can't seem to fill them with lone bolts.

Edited June 1, 2014 by retro19

[fastero 3]

No i didn't tried on animals(will try to) but i think they disabled it for the next update.As for quivers you need to dismount them from crossbow then you can fill them up with arrows and put them back on crossbow.(yeah i found it weird too) but i think the quiver is a placeholder for a "magazine" for crossbow they should implement option to mount up to five bolts on the crossbow without quiver separatly.And quiver to be used only with handmade bows to storage as a bag on the back.

 

EDIT : I just rechecked ingame i was wrong you can still load 5 bolts into the crossbow without the quiver, but you cannot re-add the bolts onto a charged crossbow you need to empty crossbow  before you can load bolts again.

Edited June 2, 2014 by fastero