Skyrim Crossbow Download
The world of skyrim really botched this imo. So do you prefer crossbow or bow and arrow is what I want to know and why. In other games that offer the choice the crossbows are more powerful (damage wise) but are slower than bow and arrows, which is true for real life as well. Now I understand that bows fire faster but generaly do less damage than crossbows. However skyrim seems to me that crossbows fire slower and do less damage, while bows fire faster and do more damage with one arrow, WTF why did they make it this way? SPOILERS: When you join the dawnguard you are given a basic steel crossbow, as you progress through the dawnguard you will need to find more members. One of those members is a woman who specializes in crossbow designs, she will give you quests asking you to find schematics for crossbow improvements, eventually she will ask you to find a schematic for enchanted bolts.
They come in fire, frost and lightning and vary in power and radius from 5 points on contact to 25 points in a 10ft area wherever the bolt strikes, be it a animal or an inanimate object. This enchantment stacks with whatever the crossbow is enchanted with. That's because you're comparing a Daedric Bow to a Dwarven Crossbow. If you were to compare a Dwarven Bow to a Dwarven Crossbow you would find that the stats are true to your theory, the Dwarven Crossbow has 22 Base damage with a much heavier weight, whereas the Dwarven Bow has only 12 base damage with a much lighter weight. In Conclusion, comparing anything Daedric to anything Dwarven is going to result in Daedric having the higher statistic in every category.
The best possible crossbow you can get in Skyrim at this time is the Dwarven Crossbow, which was maybe valuable at levels 15-20, but if you completed a majority of the game by the time the Dawnguard DLC was released, and had Daedric weaponry, then the Crossbow would probably be useless to you in terms of damage. From an RP perspective, you may still find use for it, but unless they come out with a Daedric Crossbow, you'll probably end up a lot better sticking with your Daedric Bow. Having used both, I will admit that the crossbow (enhanced, of course) and, particularly the dwarven enhanced bolts are quite effective. I think that I waited too long for it to be all that much use to me though (I was higher level when I joined the Dawnguard). While I like the look and feel of the crossbow, it is just so slow.
Skyrim Crossbow Wiki
That's why I stuck with my bow. Mp3 converter. I only wish the console had other types of crossbows. Frankly, even enhanced the crossbows look like a piece of firewood with a bunch of steel on them. Oh wait, that's exactly what they are! There are so many other games that handled the crossbow better.