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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 7912913" data-attributes="member: 6779310">To be honest, crossbows are harder to use than most people think. Combat use is slow to load, fitting the bolt on the move can result in being disarmed, and they cannot be fired from the uncocked mode. 2 shots per minute is realistically a fast sustained rate for a very light crossbow.Meanwhile, a similar power selfbow, it can be fired every 15 seconds or more even by novices who never held a bow before. Versus formations, which was the default situation, accuracy is far less important than rate of fire. Further, a competent archer can pull, knock, draw, and release as one swift action, taking under 3 seconds.The takeover of the crossbow has as much or more to do with power as training. A person can, at peak, pull around a 200 lb 28&quot; draw. A person with a lever cocker pull a 250 to 300 lb 28&quot; draw crossbow... putting the same mass significantly faster... and more likely to penetrate chain and plate. Having fired a variety of bows and several crossbows, crossbows aren't any more accurate. they are more comfortable, allow much longer operational time, but at the cost of much slower firing rates.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 7912913, member: 6779310"] To be honest, crossbows are harder to use than most people think. Combat use is slow to load, fitting the bolt on the move can result in being disarmed, and they cannot be fired from the uncocked mode. 2 shots per minute is realistically a fast sustained rate for a very light crossbow. Meanwhile, a similar power selfbow, it can be fired every 15 seconds or more even by novices who never held a bow before. Versus formations, which was the default situation, accuracy is far less important than rate of fire. Further, a competent archer can pull, knock, draw, and release as one swift action, taking under 3 seconds. The takeover of the crossbow has as much or more to do with power as training. A person can, at peak, pull around a 200 lb 28" draw. A person with a lever cocker pull a 250 to 300 lb 28" draw crossbow... putting the same mass significantly faster... and more likely to penetrate chain and plate. Having fired a variety of bows and several crossbows, crossbows aren't any more accurate. they are more comfortable, allow much longer operational time, but at the cost of much slower firing rates. [/QUOTE]

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