Crossbow...worth the trouble?

[KcR 10]

My initial reaction is "God, no."...But the more I think about it. I realize it's the most fun weapon I've had in game. Sure, aiming down sites is worthless, and if the cross hair is turned off then you're really screwed. You almost always have no more than 2 bolts. If you're good, you wouldn't need more, but if you miss that thing is sure as gone, and there isn't even a guarantee you'll be able to retrieve it from the body...but there is nothing more satisfying than hearing the twang and watching your target crumble in silence. I haven't found a scoped rifle, but I have used the AKM and the scoped M4 and they're just not as fun.

It's really only useful circumstantially , but if I had a big enough backpack I'd lug it around with another primary. It's one of the most frustrating aspects of the game, but I find it so satisfying. Maybe I just like the challenge. I suspect I know the answer, but what about you guys? Do you find this piece of shit as much fun as I do?

[thomas-tk@live.dk 39]

Well, I would use it more if there where some kind of quiver, instead of each arrow taking one item slot.

Because it is a "fun" wepon, nice and quite, and above all, different from just using guns.

[twztedbeast 6]

you can actually correct the iron sight on the crossbow with a little geometrical guesstimation, and some tape, provided you dont really care about your monitor

[lugaru 103]

It is not bad to have a team member WITH a crossbow, but I would be afraid of carrying it solo. Sure, axe might be better for silent takedowns but that said the crossbow was great for example when we went into a building and a crawler was blocking the exit... snipe, retrieve, move on, no noise.

Other than that there are many types of players, but mostly they fall into the "fun" or "win" style. I think you share enjoying the game as a fun thing... many players would probably say "if you are using anything EXCEPT for this sniper rifle you are a noob" but I say "DUUUUDE I just shot a zed in the head with a bolt! Awesome!".

[Eatskittens (DayZ) 20]

The crossbow would by weapon of choice if it had 2 things.

A sight, like a low powered scope with crosshairs or red dot

And as stated a quiver or something to carry the bolts in. Having each bolt take up a slot is a bit much.

If you want a challenge go on a bandit run with one ;)

[warex (DayZ) 3]

According to dayzwiki, it has an effective range on 30m =/ but it is a fun wep idd.

add somthing like an acog and a quiver and add like 30-40 more range and it would be awsome :D

[KcR 10]

You guys remember the first time you found one?

"Yo I'm gonna be like Dale now! Night stalker, shadow, I own the night, I...ah I missed. These iron sights are awfu- WAIT I HIT HIM IN THE LEG. OH GOD HE'S CHASING ME. I ONLY HAD 1 BOLT!!"

And then you pull out your Makarov and waste all your ammo on one zombie, but not before you bleed half out.

[thehumandove 344]

The crossbow is next to useless

[lugaru 103]

You guys remember the first time you found one?

"Yo I'm gonna be like Dale now! Night stalker, shadow, I own the night, I...ah I missed. These iron sights are awfu- WAIT I HIT HIM IN THE LEG. OH GOD HE'S CHASING ME. I ONLY HAD 1 BOLT!!"

And then you pull out your Makarov and waste all your ammo on one zombie, but not before you bleed half out.

My first time? Shot a zombie in the head as soon as I found it. I spent an hour trying to replicate that awesomeness. Best one? Crawling prone, zombie across the street... I MISS AND WANT TO CRY BECAUSE I'LL NEVER FIND THE BOLT IN THE GRASS. Zombie keeps walking, ignoring my terrible sadness.

[prominentalex 76]

I've always loved the crossbow. The ammo is everywhere and it's quite.

[nohrt 18]

i like it cause you can take the bolts back from the dead zombies.

[vulfy 55]

Its effective range is not 30m geez, who writes that crap on wiki? You can reliably fire it and hit targets in center mass up to 200m, but you have to practice with it. Now that Rocket disabled "Single Player" button, you can't go to editor and practice with a DayZ specific weapon.

Either way, I agree that its not a good weapon because of the way ammo is stored in the backpack. One bolt per slot is pretty ridiculous.

[vulfy 55]

P.S. I think the reason for one bolt per slot, is that Arma is not designed to track down a single bullet as an item. So you will never find bullets for any of the guns, only clips and magazines.

But I think the easiest way to fix crossbows is to instead of spawning one bolt at a time, just spawn a quiver of 10 or 5, same as a magazine for a rifle. Decrease the spawn rate for them a little, and ta-da crossbow is a viable weapon once again.

Deer stands would be perfect spawn points for them. Would make a lot more sense than spawning AK and M16 mags.

Edited July 30, 2012 by vulfy

[lugaru 103]

P.S. I think the reason for one bolt per slot, is that Arma is not designed to track down a single bullet as an item. So you will never find bullets for any of the guns, only clips and magazines.

But I think the easiest way to fix crossbows is to instead of spawning one bolt at a time, just spawn a quiver of 10 or 5, same as a magazine for a rifle. Decrease the spawn rate for them a little, and ta-da crossbow is a viable weapon once again.

Deer stands would be perfect spawn points for them. Would make a lot more sense than spawning AK and M16 mags.

Yup... I was thinking about that... that they should make each bolt into a "magazine" or create a new "quiver" item... maybe you can select single bolts and add that back into your magazine or quiver.

It is a mess, but I think the crossbow is good enough that it deserves fixing.

[Montival (DayZ) 0]

It's a fun weapon, and one I use if it is one of the first weapons I find. It's ditched not long after that when I come across an assault rifle. The aiming is jacked up as bolts fire much higher than you're truly aiming. I have to aim for where one would wear a belt bucke to get a kill shot. The one bolt per inv slot is problematic. I also do not like how recovering fired bolts (from bodies, not from missing) was implemented. It takes much longer than it should to find the bolt and recover it, if you can find it. It's not always possible and bolts stick out of a corpse in random spots, even if you aim for the same spot every single time. I would use the crossbow more if recovering bolts were made where it's on the body's inventory than sticking out of them.

[ripbabyg@hotmail.co.uk 125]

I love the crossbow, it's amazing but i agree 1bolt per space is a bit far fetched, i remember the first time i shot it and i hit the zombie i was all like "YEH IM TOTALLY AMAZING" then suddenly realising "Shit i have no more bolts. . . " Rocket please add a quiver. http://dayzdb.com/da...mpound-crossbow

Edit, 2 warning point's what the fuck =/

Edited July 30, 2012 by Authentic92