Anyone ever thought of bringing the M99's ammo back to the ground level?

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Zombie Overlord

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I suck at statistics, but I am in favor of doing something with the crossbow as well; it's not awful, but a medic with a brossbow against the patriarch is like watching American football.

Unless you like American football :/


Pshhh I dunno. . .
Just throwin it out there,
price increase on the crossbow?
I feel like messing with the damage is uncalled-for
800 is ridiculously cheap for how crazy that thing is.

The crossbow may be cheap however its ammo is not, if you are not a SS. So yeah, its a double edged sword, especially on suicidal+.
 

ArcheKruz

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It's probably you, and it's why the price of the Crossbow should scale like everything else.
 

SushiJaguar

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Why does everyone think the LAR and S.P.L Musket are so darn rootin' tootin' at the shootin'? The Crossbow twoshots FPs and oneshots everything else, and the Mk23 is basically the best pistol ever, so I never use the LAR or S.P.L.M anymore.
 

Spartan1388

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Am I the only who thinks 800 is not that cheap?

If anything 1000 off-perk but keep 800 on-perk otherwise Sharps are gonna get super hassled for dropping xbows.

We are in the U.K.

This means, very strict gun laws, and even Crossbows are hard to come by.

Then all hell (actually ZEDs) breaks loose, and weapons that where already a rarity, become twice as rare.

Sure, police and military dropped some weapons around, but mostly weapons they where issued, like SMGs and Assault Rifles, but these weapons would be immediately picked up by other survivors, and the only chance for these weapons to stay on the ground, is if the area is completely overrun by ZEDs.

Even a +100& increase in the price of crossbow will be justified.
Actually this true for most weapons, save for things like fire-axes.
 

nd2spd

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offperk xbow can pick out husks and sirens.
Nothing a LAR or Mando can't do pretty easily.
And it weighs 9 blocks, which mrsirr, I would say is just right, it's on the side of heavy.

It can do a whopping 1200 damage on headshot offperk. You figure it out for yourself.
I've been playing with it off-perk a lot on hard and it's doesn't seem overpowered there. It's nice to be able to get scs off-perk but that's not feasible above hard as the stun won't work off-perk anymore.
It's not like you get the speed bonus, so you gotta HS, unless you're mando, which it's nice to use it with as-well.

Show me the vidyas pls, the one where you're pwning with off-perk xbow and I will change my mind.
 

Utopia-Phoenix

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Nothing a LAR or Mando can't do pretty easily.
And it weighs 9 blocks, which mrsirr, I would say is just right, it's on the side of heavy.

A lar or a commando will NOT do it that easily. Note that the xbow has got PIERCE effect.

For husks: They are very accurate if not deadly precision. A commando can take it out but only in close or middle(for an elite commando who had shot at least 100K rounds) range. Leaving it roasting your whole team at 100m+ is an idiotic idea. And for such a range, you can hardly see the husk's head clearly without the xbow's scope.

For sirens: They tend to take cover behind other specimens. Players cannot take it out without sweeping the zeds in the front without a xbow. And it's very iffy to try sweeping the zeds while there is a siren near you! Normally if i see a large group of trash zed including sirens or husks, i call Mr.LAW.

With an Xbow? Far range headshot husks and precisely pick out sirens, can a lar or a commando do that?!
 

Arblarg

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Why should I work to disprove your assertion?
Because you have no existential evidence other than "I sed so".

Even then, the crossbow was never an 'issue' until it got its applied perk reload bonus. Other than that, what is all this crap about raising its price? When did TWI KF forums hate the crossbow? Why is this a new thing? Find something else to complain about, christ.
 

ArcheKruz

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Maybe you should play a few rounds of Suicidal and HoE so you'd understand the mechanics of it. Tell me one good reason why being able to deal 1200 damage on headshots right off the bat with up to 3 penetrations should be priced with only a