Weapon Academy - Siege Crossbow | Chivalry 2

[@bionizard5480]

Even though it cannot damage the tomb in galencourt directly it will effectively cuck the shit out of field engineers on defense and make that map on the attacking side more favorable. Not to mention on maps like darkforest and askandier it will provide the best anti catapult/ chokepoint experience with the weapon. It’s a support weapon and it does it’s job well.

[@SoterDave]

Couldn't agree m ore!

[@dontblink8397]

Except the damage is fucked up and doesn’t always do anything to breakables

[@Drebolaskan]

So glad this video came out to explain it. When I heard about the passive, I went around trying to shoot people through shields and props to no avail, there had to be something to justify the low ammo count and slow reload. I thought it was complete junk at first, maybe I should be using it more as a utility tool 🤔

[@SoterDave]

Of course! This is the main purpose of the weapon.

[@Drebolaskan]

@@SoterDave Hmm, no. I just tested it, it goes through but doesn't to any damage to deployables which would've been the one niche use it would have going for it. As it is right now, I have to agree with the others calling it hot garbage

[@SoterDave]

@@Drebolaskan yeah, it's broken right now. They'll fix it...eventually...

[@zzzzzz3708]

Shooting banners down in two shots from across the battlefield is huge. Between that and the ability to place banners yourself siege crossbowmen can be a beast of a role

[@alexmesa5393]

bro you opened my eyes on this weapon, i always been comparing it to heavy crossbow from chiv 1 (absolute beast of a weapon literal bazooka) and thought they just did a shitty math for its numbers in terms of damage and realoading\ads

[@SoterDave]

yeah, it's meant to be a tool more than a weapon. hope they patch it soon

[@LordCreamBoi]

From my testing with the weapon this video is fully innacurate. The bolt penetrates destructable emplacements regardless of whether its destoryed or not. It can only penetrate 1 thing though, so with 2 back to back engineer walls it will stop on the second wall. It also does 0 damage to the structure itself which im sure has to be a bug, but im unable to damage anything other than players with it currently. Its best use right now is archer hunting, because they take cover behind the destructible fortifications to reload or ready another shot and in reality are still totally exposed

[@SoterDave]

Interesting, that means it is either fully broken or has been changed. The footage you see here (and all my information used in the video) is based on the version from the Montcrux playtest. Funny how they've actually managed to break it since that playtest!

[@LordCreamBoi]

@@SoterDave well, they had and extra 3 months to mess it up even more so thats to be expected lol

[@abstractmuffin7129]

@SoterDave it wouldn't be a bad idea to address the changes to siege crossbow, even if it's just in the video description as I tried for a week to damage shit and I thought it was cause I'm a 240 on average ping player from Australia, my own fault for not being cluey but It would really help people out of there was a update on this video

[@SoterDave]

@@abstractmuffin7129 there wasn't any changes that I know of, it's just that the weapon is broken and they have yet to patch it lol

[@Old.RedFox]

I like this weapon. Finally TB have fixed it. Few people will have the patience to use it but it will make a significant difference on Objective maps. Destroying banners is the main task, but also ballisters.

[@SoterDave]

It's definitely the most unique weapon on archer

[@yanwain9454]

i really want some new swords. something that is slash focused and deals the damage of a messer with a little less reach and a little more speed would be great. like what the battle axe is compared to the war axe.

[@SoterDave]

Interesting. We have Falchion and Cavalry Sword in the meantime

[@Drybread]

I've been using this crossbow for a bit and I feel like it's decent but very gimmicky. On certain objectives it's very strong and it basically completely invalidates ballista's but for practically any other situation you're just better off using the warbow or the normal crossbow which is kinda lame imo. Archer is the class with the least amount of variety and I was hoping for something more substantial than this. On the upside though it does have very low drop so it's easier to hit long range shots and hitting a knight for 90/139 on a headshot does feel really nice.

[@SoterDave]

I think it's decent

[@Maykenzie]

Playing engineer already felt like such a thankless job with how they're pretty much needed to win games but get fuck all points for it. Now they've gotta contend with archers breaking their stuff on top of it, as if they weren't miserable do deal with enough already.

[@SoterDave]

haha yeah. they deserve points for their walls being broken imo

[@bionizard5480]

That don’t exactly mean that field engines are useless per say, but it does mean you will need to have an ally run archer with War bow with the sole purpose of picking the siege bow users off. Not to mention when you combine an engineer with a siege crossbowman on points like Galencourt or Askandir of where engines will be prominent but the point itself needs to be destroyed physically. The engineer can tag team with the Seige crossbowman

[@Abensberg]

oh oh... the ability to destroy the catapults in thayic from distance could make things way harder for attackers.

[@SoterDave]

I believe this functionality was removed recently, so it won't damage constructibles that are considered objectives.

[@felipezilli1475]

The bolt also travels much faster than normal crosbow, making almost impossible to parry

[@StabbyMcStomp]

My precious banners.

[@SoterDave]

They'll be gone in an instant!

[@jahonten5]

What is actually happy with this weapon? Are they going to patch this ? It doesn’t impact on destructibles like in the video

[@SoterDave]

Yeah it's been broken for over a month. Hope they patch it soon

[@Fenris8800]

May i dump question.. i noticed this weapon in the arsenal but can't use it. Are the heavy crossbow and the arbalest (which is the siege corossbow i guess) the same? Know both weapons background so it should not be.

[@SoterDave]

Yes. The heavy crossbow and The Siege crossbow are the same thing

[@Fenris8800]

@@SoterDave thx

[@helios3d114]

Oh interesting video, it's as if you had it ready for the past 3 months

[@sevilla212]

I don't know if it is possible to do it, but the creators should make the crossbow and also the bows, to be used as a melee weapon and be able to defend yourself with it even if they break it, many times you don't have time to take out your secondary weapon.

[@SoterDave]

You can actually melee attack with a bow by inputting a stab or overhead. But you cannot block with them

[@jahonten5]

None of this was working for me yesterday… bolts were passing through objects

[@SoterDave]

Yeah. Currently, the Siege Crossbow is busted. They'll fix it...eventually...

[@goodbyejeffery]

​@@SoterDave It only took 'em 3 months!

[@marqfarland9733]

This doesn't destroy objectives, does It?

[@SoterDave]

Nope

[@Mudd1]

Hopefully this weapon gets fixed in the next patch.

[@SoterDave]

agreed

[@profhobo8681]

I think this weapon would be real interesting if it went through shields, with a reduced damage of course

[@MyViolador]

it can break objective gates and barricades?

[@SoterDave]

It cannot damage objectives

[@AfganistanBaby22]

Can SC damage tomb in Galencourt?

[@johnoneill3654]

0:52 non objective constructables and emplacements

[@bionizard5480]

No but will be very useful when the defenders try to four stack engineers, no more having to counter pick engineers just to get to the tomb when you just need two of these guys to destroy their walls from range, Not to mention the door objective prior too will be a lot easier to deal with

[@Glorfindel92]

1:34 😮😂😂

[@doughboi007]

it's such a gimmicky weapon to add. I feel like it's going to make progressing in Thayic a nightmare.

[@bionizard5480]

Hell, the catapult section in dark forest will get extremely difficult seeing now the catapults are not a guaranteed win at that section for attackers.

[@TK-7193]

@@bionizard5480 which is good

[@King_Baldwin_of_Jerusalem]

Good discussion here. This could also change how the beginning stages of Galencourt go.

[@Gorvak]

Man thanks for your content, but you could increase your mic volume

[@SoterDave]

Understood! Thanks for the feedback

[@Gorvak]

@@SoterDave No pb! Look forward for more content!

[@xend79]

Dont shoot vanguards you heard him

[@SoterDave]

Please don't!

[@ythandlename]

@@SoterDave What about footmen? Did they stealth buff it to 60 dmg making 75 dmg, a two shot kill to them? I remembered it used to be 55 dmg in the beta.

[@SoterDave]

@@ythandlename not too certain. Further testing required

[@rafaelhalqueman1526]

how the fuck this weapon does not kill with a headshot? in chivalry 1 this weapon kills with hs a Knight!

[@Morlev44]

ranged classes are subhumans greetings from mordhau

[@shibe5198]

Archers would be much better as a map based class like battle monk imo. Would be more balanced.

[@SoterDave]

Perhaps. But for now, they're hear to stay!

[@shibe5198]

sadly 😢 @@SoterDave

[@SunGodChiv]

Cringe archer

[@sunderkeenin]

true and factual

[@SoterDave]

yeah...

[@nilin2236]

You can always choose not to play modes where people can pick archer

[@SoterDave]

@@nilin2236 you can play archer in all modes

[@nilin2236]

@@SoterDave Thats the joke

[@CavacavatheGreat]

Siege crossbow is Garbage i will keep it on the Warbow That is a menace in warfare

[@CiaranMetcalf]

i just noticed its the heavy crossbow from Chivalry Medieval Warfare and it has the same reloading sound effect, god how i missed chivalry 1 those were good times. 🥲

[@cbowwow8296]

*Enemy player keeps getting kills with ballista* Time to bring out the heavy artillery! *archer class is full*