Bows or Crossbows?
Not just KCD2 but any games that have both.

Once Human, Fallout 76

>>715805564 (OP)
Archers because they were super fast, but then when they added an expansion they got nerfed hard so I started using crossbow men.

>>715805564 (OP)
bows are more fun and cooler

/thread

>>715805564 (OP)
I choose bow every time I can

>>715806196
Now that brings me back. First time I pulled an all nighter was playing this with a buddy on my birthday.

I'll say bow for no particular reason.

This shit is always imbalanced and bows are better in like 99% cases.
I bet you can't name even one game where crossbows are objectively superior.

>>715805564 (OP)
Cross bows are always easier for use bad fun to mix in the melee combat but bows feel much more satisfying to use, specially in hunting

>>715806196
>My lord?
>Yes
>My lord?
>What now?
>Let's get digging!
>Pull!
>All right!
https://youtu.be/TvL8kcFLOrY?si=s7WBD0easr8brAEc

>>715808553
>That was the weirdest shit I've ever done!

>>715807746
Just like real life.

>>715805564 (OP)
Bows are better if you get the training for them, while crossbows are good from the get go. I usually use them in Mount and Blade when I don't bother investing in points in Power Draw, but always kinda regret it since they're so slow. Being able to aim forever without losing accuracy isn't too bad though.

>>715810505
>Just like real life.
crossbows are easier to draw and easier to aim and also carry way more force
there are actual devices made to load them faster and even untrained plebs and women could do it

Crossbows are useless in KCD2 though

Bows are more OP this time and have better mechanics

Crossbows, because I like how they look, they fit the everyday soldier dude, militia men look more.

>>715810505
crossbow with pavises hard counter bowfags

>>715810753
this, crossbows were superior to bows in every metric, longbows too which are a big meme

>>715805564 (OP)
bows
unless the crossbows are arbalests or some other type of fictional crank operated loading system, because it's cool.
If I'm going to pull on my own string like a fucking chump I at least want to do it quickly

Bows are definitely cooler in fantasy settings but I will make a single exception for classic MapleStory's Marksman over the Bowmaster.

>Bow
>Green hood
>dark clothes
>no armor

Yep, its gaming time

>>715805564 (OP)
Crossbows are always cooler but games tend to screw them over over bows

>>715805564 (OP)
morrowin & skyrim

>>715805564 (OP)
Crossbows take to long to reload and are les accurate. It's better to use a good bow with high damage arrows.

>>715805564 (OP)
>Stronghold: Crossbowmen
>Mount & Blade: Bows and Archers

>>715814164
>>715814034

>>715805564 (OP)
Bows. Crossbows take too long and aren't fun.

>>715805564 (OP)
You only need play with these guys once to see the superiority of crossbows.

BTW the guns are total shit and basically unusable.

>*tink tink tink*
>*ahem*
>...
>FUCK CROSSBOWS
>AND ESPECIALLY
>FUCK COWARDLY RHODOKS

Crossbows just feel cooler to use in games, especially modern tacticool ones. I really loved the one in Black Ops Cold War, I would go on huge tears with that thing and make people so fucking mad.

>>715805564 (OP)
Ask the black dude, he seems to be the most knowledgeable,

>>715814692
>t. lost all of his feastlord knights to broken terrain and defensive strategy

>>715814918
come down from that hill and say that within melee range greensissy

>>715814563
>>715814692
>>715814918

>>715805835
I have bad aim so xbows in games aren't really my thing. I also think the ranger/hunter aestic is perfect with a bow

>>715805564 (OP)
regular bows, the faster rate of fire is more useful

>>715805564 (OP)
Crossbows are for people with no skill, strength and finesse. It's technology over soul. I prefer close combat but if it's at range, definitely a bow.

>>715816216
>crossbows
>no strength

The archer vocation in DD2 is very fun, basically a legolas simulator. The way you can slide between monsters legs, jump and kick yourself off their heads all while firing off more shots is simply pleasing to do.

It's not the strongest, but its near the top in terms of style without going full anime like the thief or mystic spearhand.

>>715816284
Yes it requires far less strength than a bow.

>>715816129
trvke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P16EcRXheXo&ab_channel=larsandersen23

>>715810505
>Real life
Crossbows have better penetration than bows so no

>>715815607
Righteous Rhodoks don't need anything more than thier beautiful mountains. No need to come down to swadian pile of dirt and shit for the sixth siege of Dhimir.

>>715816678
he wasnt talking about pene yu faggot thats all u can think about cuz ur homosexual

he means back muscles, speed, finnesse, skill. Regular Bow wins, simple but has the highest skill ceiling of any primitive weapon
https://youtu.be/Bbd90L3NU2Y?si=FErwQmbSNnDfVecu

>>715816451
>strength increases ranged damage

is bannerlord good yet?

>>715816969
Strength requirement lets you use heavier bow which does more damage.

>>715816969
it should

>>715816843
Okay great for shit that actually matters; kill someone in full Gotischer Plattenpanzer with your bow.

Genoese crossbowmen!

>>715817195
sure, just use steel arrows. Lars Andersen has penerated armor with self made steel arrows.
It should be full steel, the entire projectile. Its possible to damage armor fags inside the armor. No joke. All arrows need is more weight.They got less reach ofc.

>>715817195
now what armor fag?
https://youtu.be/UZpbz4053mo?si=rlKM9VA4DpEx_flb

>>715816501
>>715816843
>>715817386
Wasn't this guy proven to be a fraud? That armor video, the plate he used was later reveled to be about as thick as a soda can you could penetrate that with a toothpick.
Here's a gigachad drawing a 200 pound bow and they can barely scratch a plate a real person would use.
https://youtu.be/DBxdTkddHaE

>>715805564 (OP)
> PvE
Crossbow. Big numbers good.

> PvP
Bows. I'm a shitter and often miss shots. A faster firing rate helps me hit more often.

>>715817606
>proven as a fraud
by a yellow jealous chink. it works

>Here's a gigachad drawing a 200 pound bow and they can barely scratch a plate a real person would use.
cuz he is not using a steel arrow

>>715805564 (OP)
bow was obviously invented by some chad hunter, probably even right on the spot, chad just came across a good stick and decided to bend it like a bitch, tied some rope to it and proceeded to kill shit
crossbow was most likely made for some rich fat fuck who couldn't even pull the bowstring but still wanted to feel like a man

>>715805564 (OP)
>KCD2
Is that the gay game where you save synagogues and hang out with Black Kangs in Bavaria in the middle ages?

bows are for gay legolas/robin hood wannabes. on the other hand crossbows were just the lame cope options until the true chads of the battlefield could arrive.

There's no debate, really

>>715810753
>and also carry way more force
Wrong