Crossbow rebalance #3441
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Increased crossbow ranges further to make them all outrange longbows, save for hand crossbows and repeating crossbows. You can genuinely snipe with compound and huge crossbows now.
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Evidently damage modifier is weird and won't work as intended for bullet crossbow
Damage modifier hadn't accommodated bullet crossbow damage, that's now fixed
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Summary
SUMMARY: [Content] "Rebalanced crossbows, added in new crossbow weapon mod."
Purpose of change
As it is, crossbows are generally inferior to regular bows and arrows due to having such long reload times and relatively short ranges.
Describe the solution
An increase in range should make them a lot more viable, as well as dedicated weapon mods to make them overall stronger if the player has access to smithing techniques. Crossbows being the medieval sniper weapon as opposed to regular bows being able to fire faster gives them an actual purpose.
Describe alternatives you've considered
The only alternatives I could think of would be to make them hit so hard they obliterate most zombies in one shot, but then they'd still have less range overall than bows, making their long reload time still a struggle.
Testing
The json checks out, and the balance feels right, but I welcome comments and ideas.