Crossbows vs. Longbows

[BigDaddy]

I didn't realize how controversial crossbow vs. longbow was. It seems that this is a controversial topic in modern times as to what to allow people to hunt with. I had thought it was obviously a decent hunting device at least for rifle season. I do think it is much easier to use than a regular or compound bow, and really similar in usage to a gun. Nonetheless, if you see it from the game management side of things, you could just determine crossbow hunting season in a way that help manage deer populations on the margin. Bow hunters see this as horning in on their territory, but if I see it from a conservation aspect, I'm looking to make hunting as open as possible when I need deer harvested safely, and effectively.

[Eximius Sus]

Wow. 283 replies. This is an interesting forum. Some of these threads are really huge. Do you folks really have that much to say about this game?

[GrudgeBringer]

It is a deep game with a lot of different opinions on how things are used (weapons, spells, etc). Remember that different nations have different capabilities and attributes....So what might work for one nation doesn't work for another.

Once you start reading some of the threads you will see that you can glean what you need to know about a certain question and then go back to it for a different question on the same subject.

I have been playing 2 years and some of these guys still amaze me with the amount of knowledge they have. Just read the wiki, the manual and the walk thru that people have written as well as ask questions, and you will start picking it up quickly.

[Eximius Sus]

But this thread seems to be about real bows. I read some of it but it's crazy long and bizarre.

[thejeff]

There is the occasional temptation to go off on long tangents. Really long tangents.

And then come back a year later and raise the thread from the dead.

It happens.

[Eximius Sus]

Originally Posted by thejeff

There is the occasional temptation to go off on long tangents. Really long tangents.

And then come back a year later and raise the thread from the dead.

It happens.

Oh. I guess that's what I did.

[Lingchih]

Ahh! God no! It's been resurrected again!@

[Ferrosol]

did we ever settle the debate on the value of bagpipes?

[Eximius Sus]

What do bagpipes have to do with this thread?

Does anyone else think midget sized crossbows like those on the hoburgs should be weaker? Seems to me a 3 foot tall hoburg would be incredibly challenged to shoot a full size crossbow. Maybe they use their feat?

[RadicalTurnip]

Originally Posted by Eximius Sus

What do bagpipes have to do with this thread?

Does anyone else think midget sized crossbows like those on the hoburgs should be weaker? Seems to me a 3 foot tall hoburg would be incredibly challenged to shoot a full size crossbow. Maybe they use their feat?

When this thread was alive the first time (not resurrected) there was a thread made mocking it called something like "Bagpipes vs. Oboes" or something. I'm pretty sure everyone agreed that Bagpipes were superior, so it never made "Thread Behemoth" status like this one...and I'm not even certain it was oboes or some other inferior instrument that couldn't hold a candle to the bagpipe.