Daedric CROSSBOWS! : V - Skyrim

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:36 am

Theres no daedric and other crossbow options.

I will not vote until this is added.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:56 am

Yeah true, I guess it would be more expected of them to build bastillas, those big mounted siege crossbows.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:56 am

A Dwarven crossbow sounds like the most likely variation.

Crossbows are pretty much exactly like bows, they just require different ammunition. I would say that is why they were removed. Including a new type of bow that is exactly the same in all ways besides aesthetically and requires a specific type of ammunition is a little ridiculous.

If they could somehow make crossbows different to bows, then that would be the only way they would include them.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:09 am

What about the Daedric siege engine? It's mechanical.

Shot fireballs, thats magical.
It could have used magic to move the legs, like the elevators in towers. Im not 100% sure, but they don't appear very mechanical.
As far as I see in lore, the dwemer (it seems we'll be seeing their ruins again, yay) are the only ones who do mechanical.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:49 am

They have magic that makes a machine destroy towns and create island worlds in seas of lava.

What's stopping them from making a crossbow to shoot small arrows?

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:29 am

What about the Daedric siege engine? It's mechanical.

I believe that is a creature, it is just powered by a sigil stone

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:23 am

Shot fireballs, thats magical.
It could have used magic to move the legs, like the elevators in towers. Im not 100% sure, but they don't appear very mechanical.
As far as I see in lore, the dwemer (it seems we'll be seeing their ruins again, yay) are the only ones who do mechanical.

The hunters on Solsheim made them

same goes for Imperials with their steel crossbows, so its not like nobody knows how to make easy mechanical stuff.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:44 am

The hunters on Solsheim made them

same goes for Imperials with their steel crossbows, so its not like nobody knows how to make easy mechanical stuff.

I think thats why they were removed. Im speculating, but I think they were removed because technology isn't supposed to advance in Tamriel.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:47 am

A Dwarven crossbow sounds like the most likely variation.

Crossbows are pretty much exactly like bows, they just require different ammunition. I would say that is why they were removed. Including a new type of bow that is exactly the same in all ways besides aesthetically and requires a specific type of ammunition is a little ridiculous.

If they could somehow make crossbows different to bows, then that would be the only way they would include them.

I would hardly describe a crossbow as being exactly like a bow. They are made differently , use short bolts instead of arrows , are reloaded differently using either mechanisms or great strength , are fired and held differently , dont require the string to be held (by the crossbowmen) when its drawn , take far longer to actually draw back because of how tense the string is and they cannot shoot in steep arcs but fire further and faster on a straight angle.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:09 pm

Daedric looks stupid to me. I wish there was an alternative high level heavy armor/weapon set, so that I don't have to be walking around in demonic hell-forged magma vein plate armor..

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:01 pm

I think thats why they were removed. Im speculating, but I think they were removed because technology isn't supposed to advance in Tamriel.

So.. what you're saying is that technology advanced too far in Tamriel (in Bethesda's eyes), so they decide to just erase it all with no explanation whatsoever? That doesn't make very much sense in my opinion.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:14 am

So.. what you're saying is that technology advanced too far in Tamriel (in Bethesda's eyes), so they decide to just erase it all with no explanation whatsoever? That doesn't make very much sense in my opinion.

Yes thats what I am speculating. I think they decided it should be a Dwemer thing only because they were the race that was about technology.
Im just speculating.
But how do you explain other items from disappearing? Broad swords? The fact is they didn't, they just ignored it.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:05 pm

Yes thats what I am speculating. I think they decided it should be a Dwemer thing only because they were the race that was about technology.
Im just speculating.
But how do you explain other items from disappearing? Broad swords? The fact is they didn't, they just ignored it.

Looks like the Dwemer ruins and stuff is back in Skyrim though, the dwemer crossbow i found, i found in a dwemer ruin... so maybe hope still

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:07 am

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Did you just hear that?

I think my mind just exploded. Daedric Crosbows would be awesome!

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:35 pm

If they can make crossbows a useful addition to the game, then yes.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:40 pm

....

Did you just hear that?

I think my mind just exploded. Daedric Crosbows would be awesome!

I will shatter into thousand pieces and have to be glued togheter afterwards if they add them in the game!!

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:16 pm

question!!!!

will there be aiming down the sights?

also- how come your crossbow thread is more popular than everyone else's?

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:59 pm

Crossbows should be made of wood and steel because those denser metals should be harder to create fine mechanical components with.

surely it's harder to smith an ebony or glass sword than an iron one. Doesn't mean that it makes them completely impractical to make. In the case of crossbows, the better materials I imagine makes them better enchantment value, more durable, and possibly more lethal.

In all honesty though, crossbows don't actually interest me. Spears before cross bows. A spear is the one of the most basic weapons..ever.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:00 am

question!!!!

will there be aiming down the sights?

also- how come your crossbow thread is more popular than everyone else's?

I hope they take an new vegas approach on that indeed, aiming down the sights

and well, I don't know why its so popular :S but crossbow is a touchy subject since its taken out in Oblivion.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:31 am

Will be crossbows in Skyrim at all?

I hope so.

» Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:53 pm

because we complained loads? :tongue:

Yes we did!