to snipe with style ;) plus sniper rifles have a high sig if you were to snipe with a crossbow or regular bow you would have a very low sig

Arrows don't travel as far as bullets

correction, with the right skills, they can kill from almost all the way across the map

Listen we got plasma guns,smg's, Hmg's forge guns, shotguns, laser guns soon, massdrivers, sniper rifles that can kill from half way across the map, swarm launchers.

Why would I want to use a crossbow ?

This idea is silly. It doesn't fit with the universe.

THANK YOU! I was trying to figure what an "xbow" was. 2013 seems the "bow-year" for videogames, tho

This idea is silly. It doesn't fit with the universe.

Two words to counter your logic -> Nova Knife!

LOL! Who cares about you? The reason I would like to use a XBow is because I like to get in peoples faces LOL! Its the same reason you would use a Nova Knife!

Its the challenge!

Knives can be both a tool and a weapon

How many of you would use an XBow if there was one?

I am thinking about something like a sniper rifle but at closer range. It would be cool if we had an XBow that we could retrive the ammo back once we kill the enemy.

Not sure about the long term uses of it but it would sure be a fun thing to have!

i made a thread request on your idea,thought u might wanna know :).i like your idea,just figured if you didnt make it some1 else would(like me)

I do believe they also used swords back then :o

They also used catapults to fling diseased animals at the enemy, maybe we should have those too

mmooooooooooo (as an alien space cow flys over head)

Star wars gots light sabre
warhammer 40k gots melee

I don't think some kind of energy melee weapon would be out of the question like a sword, but a bow is just silly. There is a reason army's stopped using them for projectile weapons when guns got made. Swords and nova knifes makes since because guns are less effective at melee. At range guns always wins vs bows and arrows.
The amarican Indians proved that du.

And as for the silent argument there are quiet guns too.

Guns win.

lets see.you are thinking like robin hood bow right well i was thinking bout a high tech bow made of "super awesome future space metal" that has a stupidly high pull back and with the speed and the arrow thing made of metal with a bomb at the end.i think it would go through your shield(disrupt it if it was a support arrow like a emp arrow?)or atleast dmg your shield

irl a person can kill someone just as easy with a bow as a gun,maybe more wexscruciating to the victim lol but none the less more stealthier.besides if you read you can see ways it can be used

think not crossbow more BOW-CASTER - hi explosive ammo fired by a silent method.

The penetrating force of a modern bow will exceed that of most modern weapons at close range, If you take a coffee can and fill it with sand then shoot with both a gun say 9mm and a bow + arrow, the arrow will penetrate all the way through the can and stick out the otherside the 9mm bullet will stop in the can of sand.

Did this in boy scouts

but irl we don't have high tech shields and armor that is only weakened by outrageously powerful guns that would kill a normal unfitted man just to fire.

Star wars gots light sabre
warhammer 40k gots melee

I don't think some kind of energy melee weapon would be out of the question like a sword, but a bow is just silly. There is a reason army's stopped using them for projectile weapons when guns got made. Swords and nova knifes makes since because guns are less effective at melee. At range guns always wins vs bows and arrows.
The amarican Indians proved that du.

And as for the silent argument there are quiet guns too.

Guns win.

How many of you would use an XBow if there was one?

I am thinking about something like a sniper rifle but at closer range. It would be cool if we had an XBow that we could retrive the ammo back once we kill the enemy.

Not sure about the long term uses of it but it would sure be a fun thing to have!

but what if you have a plasma 9mm

only if it's minmatar and it's arrows with mini nuke tips. At least lore wise :P

The penetrating force of a modern bow will exceed that of most modern weapons at close range, If you take a coffee can and fill it with sand then shoot with both a gun say 9mm and a bow + arrow, the arrow will penetrate all the way through the can and stick out the otherside the 9mm bullet will stop in the can of sand.

Did this in boy scouts

Star wars gots light sabre
warhammer 40k gots melee

I don't think some kind of energy melee weapon would be out of the question like a sword, but a bow is just silly. There is a reason army's stopped using them for projectile weapons when guns got made. Swords and nova knifes makes since because guns are less effective at melee. At range guns always wins vs bows and arrows.
The amarican Indians proved that du.

And as for the silent argument there are quiet guns too.

Guns win.

The penetrating force of a modern bow will exceed that of most modern weapons at close range, If you take a coffee can and fill it with sand then shoot with both a gun say 9mm and a bow + arrow, the arrow will penetrate all the way through the can and stick out the otherside the 9mm bullet will stop in the can of sand.

Did this in boy scouts