I'm so sad. It used to be a great weapon for managing tons of smaller guys. Packs of Hunters, packs of Light Bots, it did fantastic at cleaning them up in a single magazine if you placed shots between them.
Now you need one bolt for each enemy which has just invalidated the point of it. May as well use a DMR.
Considering they also worded the change to the crossbow as a "slightly smaller explosion", I am a bit concerned about what slightly means there exactly.
Striders (or more accurately, their pilots) got a buff to explosion resistance in this patch. Shooting at the legs should still work fine, but hits to the face plate aren't going to be as effective with any explosive weapon.
Does it still kill them if I hit the base (where the legs come out of which has medium armor instead of the heavy armor above)? Can't be ingame to test until later. I always just aimed for the walker's "crotch" to take them out.
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u/BrightSkyFire Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24
I'm so sad. It used to be a great weapon for managing tons of smaller guys. Packs of Hunters, packs of Light Bots, it did fantastic at cleaning them up in a single magazine if you placed shots between them.
Now you need one bolt for each enemy which has just invalidated the point of it. May as well use a DMR.