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Originally Posted by DouglasCole
The stats I saw today for medieval crossbows suggested that crossbow damage and longbow damage should be much closer to equivalent than not.
The velocity of a 100-150lb longbow projectile at 60g and a 780lb crossbow also with a 60g projectile were nearly identical in the comparison I saw. The longbow being much, much more efficient than the crossbow.
Something to think about.
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I agree with that assessment.
But crossbows
do allow some extremely high draw weights, up to #1200. That would be an unwieldly and heavy crossbow, but it might hit harder than a longbow.