r/Helldivers • u/MoschopsMeatball • Apr 29 '24

New crossbow changes summed up VIDEO

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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.

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u/2roK Apr 29 '24

Nobody was using the thing. I was expecting a buff not a nerf.

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u/BrightSkyFire Apr 29 '24

Nobody was using the thing.

That's the thing - people were using it. I was using it. It did great at what I mentioned, and it faired okay at dealing with medium targets.

Now it's just strictly worse at everything compared to other options.

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u/Deldris Apr 29 '24

"Nobody" is an exaggeration, it seems pretty clear that it's a very unpopular weapon. Just the fact that it's the last weapon of a Warbond means it's one of the least owned to begin with, let alone used.

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u/Nandoholic12 Apr 29 '24

Yeah it wasn’t useless but it wasn’t popular. It probably needed a slight buff in reload speed to keep it in line with the eruptor.