Early Access Discussion - Why is nobody talking about crossbows in 0.3? - Forum

a "buff" but many crossbow skill got nerfed in return...	Posted by himmeldrache#1484 on Aug 28, 2025, 4:58:29 AM Quote this Post
" Diversity_Hire#6898 wrote: People seem to be sleeping on crossbows right now. Crossbow builds are getting a massive buff with the removal of the movement speed penalties for reloading/swapping ammo. The new patch has big updates for many crossbow skills: Fragmentation Rounds, Incendiary Shot, Rapid Shot, Emergency Reload, and the tried and true Galvanic Shards. (Are there any I missed?) Tactician is getting major buffs, and crossbows may be the weapon of choice for Tactician totem builds. Here is my reasoning: the base stats for totems are now your weapon’s; spears and bows are single-handed (technically not bows, but they use a quiver), whereas crossbows require both hands, so crossbows should have better stats. I am 100% too lazy to confirm this. It seems like the herd wants to run either Open Palm or bows on Deadeye, so crossbows could be relatively cheap this league. Is anyone planning to league start with crossbows? What ascendancy/build are you planning on using. I plan xbow merc/tactician as usual to start If you want to go full totem spear/scepter could be interesting, you only lose +2 projectile level but you could gain massive stats from the "allies mods" on scepter instead of running xbow only. Thats why with 0.3 changes spear/scepter could better, place down the totem with its proper weapon then swap to spear/scepter. I will go full xbow no weapon swap possibly, not sure yet tho. Last edited by IILU81II#8410 on Aug 28, 2025, 7:25:50 AM	Posted by IILU81II#8410 on Aug 28, 2025, 5:23:55 AM Quote this Post
Tssss! GGG will see that and they will nerf it. Crossbows will be insanely strong, especially with buff for galvanic shards. Cant wait to test it! More consistent banners, mortar cannon, incendiary shot buff, no big changes to explosive shot.	Posted by tzukiewicz92#5879 on Aug 28, 2025, 1:59:01 PM Quote this Post
My rapid shot + flash grenade build got gutted, tried to switch to armor break build but they also killed it by remove all support gems with meaningful interaction with armor break too :(	Posted by Vydayushka#5262 on Aug 31, 2025, 4:41:52 AM Quote this Post
Using new support gem "Streamlined Rounds" to load 5 additional bolts with 50% more Attack Speed is very nice, but it also deal 60% less damage and 50% less reload. So I also used other support gems to boost the attack DPS and in general it is still very nice.	Posted by powis#5588 on Sep 2, 2025, 5:02:57 AM Quote this Post
I tried a lot of crossbow/grenade skills during the campaign but I landed on explosive grenade mortars and explosive shot. Really fun to see the massive explosion chains. I'm sure there's more good combos though.	Posted by twostroketom#5281 on Sep 2, 2025, 6:33:57 AM Quote this Post
crossbows are deadeye at home. nobody cares. everyone too busy to play deadeye right now. i didnot start with deadeye and after watching ppls on twitch i dnt want to play anymore. it is LS all over again. Last edited by e_sen#2038 on Sep 2, 2025, 6:40:11 AM	Posted by e_sen#2038 on Sep 2, 2025, 6:39:31 AM Quote this Post
" e_sen#2038 wrote: crossbows are deadeye at home. nobody cares. everyone too busy to play deadeye right now. i didnot start with deadeye and after watching ppls on twitch i dnt want to play anymore. it is LS all over again. Who cares what OTHERS are playing? I only care if what I am playingis fun or not. This is a game where what others do means almost NOTHING!	Posted by Urza_Mechwalker#7393 on Sep 2, 2025, 7:07:36 AM Quote this Post
The reason bow is better than xbow is Rhoa mount. Mobility is just amazing	Posted by jtag#0488 on Sep 2, 2025, 10:29:43 AM Quote this Post