Let's talk About Crossbows and Potion Throwers

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Then your standards differ from ours and from Intrepid's. They do want gameplay difference between weapons, instead of just having different skins for the exact same gameplay. I'd rather have 2 bows that play differently on release, with potential for way more weapons down the line, than having a single bow with 10 skins but only one style of gameplay.

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Because that would confuse way too many people? You have a short bow that looks and plays like a short bow. You have a long bow that does the same. And then you have a crossbow that plays like something else? It's better to have a cohesive presentation across all facets of the game. A thing should work like it looks, if you want people to think that it does.