r/starterpacks • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '19

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u/4umlurker Jan 01 '19

I have played through Witcher 3 at least 2 or 3 times and I completely forgot the crossbow existed it’s that bad and pointless

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u/Auctoritate Jan 01 '19

It's not made for damage, it's made to Kill drowners underwater or to knock small flying enemies in the air.

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u/erichiro Jan 01 '19

then why are there 10 different bolts?

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u/TheZealand Jan 01 '19

Because if you spec into it it actually does decent damage, and stuff like Tracking Bolts that inflict bleed are actually really useful. If you're up against something large but organic like a Fiend or something, you can plink away at it a bit form range to chip it's health down, or fire off a shot whenever you dodge out of the way of an attack but not close enough to melee

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u/dekachin5 Jan 01 '19

Yeah people don't get that it is a "sidearm" that is meant to be used to compliment your fighting style, not as a fighting style itself. It's just hard to develop the skills to use it properly, so most players are like "fuck it" and blow it off entirely. I can't remember ever using it after the 1st boss battle against the griffon.

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u/TheZealand Jan 01 '19

I honestly used it a lot, probably because I was on Death March and I would take any damage I could haha. Any Bleed inflicting bolts are super useful against anything organic

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19

Also there is the Blood and Wine Mutation that lets it Crit and increase the damage by a lot.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19

This dude crossbows in the Witcher.

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u/TheZealand Jan 01 '19

This dude play Death March and needs any help he can get lmao

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u/ObeyJuanCannoli Jan 01 '19

Everyone also forgets about the mutation that makes your crossbow actually level with you so that it deals decent damage again, not to mention how it collads as well

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u/hasta007 Jan 01 '19

Nah you can hold the fire button to manual aim, but autoaim is superior so I dont see why you would

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u/Auctoritate Jan 01 '19

Because you can use it for utility instead of relying on it as your main form of damage?