When will crossbows be added?

[KEV1N]

[Tamui]

Crafting soon?

Doubt it though.

[Awrath]

The crossbow description for archers has been there for years. Still no comment from NGD, but as Tamui said, unlikely we'll see it any time soon.

We saw a video for dual wielding test from NGD, and that eventually got implemented in-game a year and half later! There's not even a demo video for crossbows!

[kmdk]

Originally Posted by Awrath

The crossbow description for archers has been there for years. Still no comment from NGD, but as Tamui said, unlikely we'll see it any time soon.

There will not be any kind of crafting system on regnum according to Chilko,he mentioned on a post log time a go.(you can search in forum,forgot exactly where)

Also i've had a proposition about on suggestions forum ,and Klutu had a pool too ,and they told there are no plans to do this.

From my point they will not do it .Because that means to make a complex system that will not give them cash and will compete with they premium sales of lucky boxes.

[Shwish]

Originally Posted by kmdk

There will not be any kind of crafting system on regnum according to Chilko,he mentioned on a post log time a go.(you can search in forum,forgot exactly where)

Also i've had a proposition about on suggestions forum ,and Klutu had a pool too ,and they told there are no plans to do this.

From my point they will not do it .Because that means to make a complex system that will not give them cash and will compete with they premium sales of lucky boxes.

I think he was referring to crossbows based on the fact that he underlined the word. Easily misunderstood because he didn't bother to comment on the image.

Anyway, I doubt we'll be seeing a crossbow soon but it looks like something implied for marksman in the very distant future. Pity, because crossbows seem more like something a hunter would use but oh well.

[VeterKh]

i hope never - i don't like crafting system!

[KEV1N]

Originally Posted by Shwish

I think he was referring to crossbows based on the fact that he underlined the word. Easily misunderstood because he didn't bother to comment on the image.

I thought the image was pretty self explanatory. I'm not sure why people are talking about crafting.

They should probably change the class description. I was looking forward to making a dwarf crossbowman only to learn there aren't any crossbows.

[Krungle]

Easiest fix is to take the last part of the description out.
Xbows are slooooowwww. I thought Hunters preferred fast bows, why would a hunter want a xbow?

The Longbow was designed for distance. Civ actually gives England a Longbowman that gets an extra hex of range, which is quite deadly in an era where all other ranged attacks are 2 hexes (to England's 3). The first unit that gets a three range is the Artillery, much later than the English Longbow.

The Crossbow was designed to penetrate Knight armor and signaled the decline of heavy armored units on the battlefield with the musket finishing off what the xbow started. It was extremely slow needing one to either pull a handcrank to draw back the string (Heavy xbows) or for a burly man to use a foot stirrup and all of his body to draw back the string (Light xbows). This is opposed to the hand draw and release of the prior bows. Try to draw back an Xbow string while being beaten on.

I am fine with the bows as they are. The technology in-game best fits the same era as the classes (ie Barbarians). Just remove the line from the charactor creation screen discription and we will be fine.

[KEV1N]

Been a couple of years. Where are my crossbows?

[Loque]

Here.