Suggestion Crossbow Buff

[Evil_X]

Right now the Crossbow does such incredibly little damage compared to the bow, even if you are to rapid-fire 9 pre-loaded crossbows at once. I feel its kinda a waste of the crossbow if it just ends up not used. For its long load time etc the crossbow should receive a buff so you actually consider using it in conquest. The weapon would act very much like a glass cannon where it does good damage but for all the inventory slots the crossbow takes up once you gotta reload you're vulnerable to be attacked.
I don't wanna be the one to suggest what buffs are put in place just because I'm not an expert at conquest and PVP and those things are very much up to debate between people but... #MakeTheCrossbowViable

 

[SilentStormSix]

-1 don't really think it should be buffed because bows exist

 

[MasonMcBadbat]

This might be an opportunity to have the crossbow fill a different role.

 

[catfishjw]

This might be an opportunity to have the crossbow fill a different role.

I don't think the crossbow was ever supposed to be a 1v1 item. Rather, it's enchants allow it to be used for "crowd control" which might make it better in large conquest fights, dealing damage to several people at once. I haven't seen it, but I think it would be a good item for massive damage across a larger conquest fight.

 

[SayreSlayer]

Right now the Crossbow does such incredibly little damage compared to the bow, even if you are to rapid-fire 9 pre-loaded crossbows at once. I feel its kinda a waste of the crossbow if it just ends up not used. For its long load time etc the crossbow should receive a buff so you actually consider using it in conquest. The weapon would act very much like a glass cannon where it does good damage but for all the inventory slots the crossbow takes up once you gotta reload you're vulnerable to be attacked.
I don't wanna be the one to suggest what buffs are put in place just because I'm not an expert at conquest and PVP and those things are very much up to debate between people but... #MakeTheCrossbowViable

you can get two guys with a full hotbar of crossbow w/ fireworks with maxxed out Gp and let them fire into a crowd, they'd probably drop half of it
crossbows are made for multishot and nothing else, they already serve a pvp niche that can be utilized well during big fights at the trade off of being extremely expensive gp wise

 

[ACwavelength]

-1 don't really think it should be buffed because bows exist

you can get two guys with a full hotbar of crossbow w/ fireworks with maxxed out Gp and let them fire into a crowd, they'd probably drop half of it
crossbows are made for multishot and nothing else, they already serve a pvp niche that can be utilized well during big fights at the trade off of being extremely expensive gp wise

I think the point of this thread is to make it more of an alternative to a bow. It's already limited by not having infinity, so why can't it do a similar amount of damage to the bow?