Joecheeze, I do not think you understand the argument here. I, and many others believe that the crossbow is overpowered in the hands of a non-Sharpshooter, and rediculously overpowered in the hands of a Sharpshooter.
You do not need to "do the math" to find out if a Fleshpound dies when you shoot it in the head. Go to any hard mode game, pick up a crossbow, and shoot one. No matter which class you pick, it will die in one headshot. This is silly. For a gun that costs $400, no matter what perk you are, to one hit kill anything in the game is silly, and feels very un-fun. If I wanted an easy game, I would put it on beginner, not on hard/suicidal.
And this is without the Sharpshooter Perk, with it, the crossbow is stupidly overpowered. Watch this video, it is of a level 6 Sharpshooter on Doom2final, Suicidal, Poundamonium mutator.
YouTube - KillingFloor Sharpshooter Doom2
Notice how he completely kills everything without getting damadged once? Do you think ANY OTHER CLASS can do that?
It is silly to think that this is fair or balanced in any way, and it is incredibly not fun for me to have one class/gun combo that is significantly better than the rest, so much so that it makes many of them obsolete.
Nanostrike said:
It's a weapon that Scrakes are weak against that takes up, quite literally, 2/3 of your space, reloads slow, is inaccurate without a scope, and has low ammo. It's fair enough with those limitations.
And Nanostrike, It has no limitations. Flamethrower, Hunting Shotgun, AA-12, LAW, all take up 10 or more blocks. Yet they are not as powerful as the Crossbow. Reload is negligible at range. It is extremely accurate without a Scope, seriously, scope in and use a marker(erasable) to put a dot right in the center of your screen. The bolt will fly through this dot, 100% of the time, everytime, running or not, the gun's bobbing does nothing. Ammo is no problem, every ammo box gives you 8 bolts, and you can pick up bolts you have fired. Somehow killing a Fleshpound and getting all your ammo back feels overpowered. And it's only $400! You can buy 3 and keep a stockpile for yourself, at the same cost as a level 6 Support Specialist pays for an AA-12!