Likewise.I am going for a fifth option, waiting for more information before deciding wether I like it or not. There may be several uses for a crossbow besides hunting, even if the presence of it is not lore friendly.
Good point.Crossbow will be good in hunting and attacking flying monsters you cant reach by normal methods. For me its yes.
Good point.
I can see use against the Griffin and Sirens.
Happens all too often, you can get tunnel-vision.Very true, I forgot that there might be several kinds of flying monsters now.
Geralt seems to be doing ok with his sword alone:
That is with a flying monster/beast that chooses to go in for the kill. If there would be a monster that uses ranged attacks from the sky than those swords are completely useless.
I'll hold my judgment until I know more as well, but for now it's a strong nay. I think it was unnecessary and that it could add very little to the game.I am going for a fifth option, waiting for more information before deciding wether I like it or not. There may be several uses for a crossbow besides hunting, even if the presence of it is not lore friendly.
You're right, I've always wanted to fight an imperial manticore since I've seen it in that flashback in The Witcher 2...Crossbow will be good in hunting and attacking flying monsters you cant reach by normal methods. For me its yes.
I went for hunting only, but my vote is really hunting and specific quests only. If there're particular scenarios where a crossbow would help, fine, but not as an option in all combat.
It was a comment directly concerning sirens.
Geralt seems to be doing ok with his sword alone:
Hmm... there is another thing that came to mind. Up until now we've had 'scripted' encounters like we know in which area what we'll find.
Endregas, Nekkers in the flotsam forest.
Drowners in certain lakes and rivers.
Arachas in certain caves.
Wraiths in places that will scare you even from a distance.
But this time we'll be in a big world and know nothing, it's a big big world. I think the crossbow could be useful for certain encounters.