Need a crossbow but dont want to get rekt by vamps

Post » Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:25 am

Im really interested in getting an early crossbow but how does this affect vampire attacks?

Is it bad to start dawnguard early? Ir eally don;t want to have anything to do with that questline but I just want the crossbow and access to making the bolts.

I feel that everytime I start dawnguard the only random encounters I get are vampire attacks.

At what stage do vampires attack? -I guess would be the appropriate question

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Jesus Lopez
 
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Post » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:26 am

The crossbow hits noticeably harder than a regular bow -- about +10% I'm guessing -- and I believe that against vampires it inflicts greater damage. [+50%?] HOWEVER, it also has a significantly slower rate-of-fire. Unfortunately, it also seems that the ONLY place that you can make any version of the crossbow is at Fort Dawnguard. (I believe that's also the case for making bolts at the forge.) [I have noticed that you can improve crossbows anywhere on the wheelstone.]

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Elisha KIng
 
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Post » Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:13 am

You'll get the random vampire attacks with Dawnguard installed regardless of if you join or not. If you just want a crossbow

Spoiler
go to the Dawnguard castle/keep and pick up the one laying in the first room, then loot bolts, you can also stand near targets and grab bolts that people fire into them for more
.

Some of your threads really belong in the spoilers forum :)

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Shelby Huffman
 
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Post » Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:03 pm

I forgot about that free one in the fort, thanks!

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Floor Punch
 
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Post » Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:15 am

Eh, probably wasn't a spoiler or shouldn't have been by now. Was just thinking that the answers may have contained spoilers about plot or something.

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elliot mudd
 
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Post » Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:30 pm

When Durak is infront of the fort shooting a crossbow, you can get 45 bolts and his spare crossbow if you ask him what kind of weapon he's shooting.

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Taylah Haines
 
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Post » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:24 am

I assume you aren't playing on the PC? If you are, there are mods to add Crossbows into the world "naturally". Generally speaking, at least one Stormcloak/Imperial uses a Crossbow in the Helgen escape with this type of mod, making them very easy to acquire and use throughout your career.

If on console...only way to get one is via Dawnguard.

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