Well, most things we “know” about ninjas are myths, legends and pop culture nonsense. Most “real” ninjas weren’t assassins. When it came to combat, ninjas used normal weapons (some ninjas were also samurai, so they’d use naginatas, tetsubos, daikyus, and muskets, and occasionally swords). When it came to concealed murder implements, Europeans were at least as innovative as the Japanese, and most of these made pretty useless fighting weapons when compared to actual weapons of war.
Of course, Conan is mythological, so the game doesn’t need to stick to realism. (As I said above, Howard himself didn’t know much about medieval martial arts or weapons.) But in Conan lore, there are no ninjas. Yamatai isn’t based on Howardian lore… but since Funcom decided to put it into their game, I guess ninja-type people aren’t out of the question.
Thank you for this reply. You know that i am Greek and if i remember correctly i was complaining for the Hollywood garbage in the ancient Greek mythology. To be exact i ’ ve learned the ninja warriors from Hollywood and gaming , so it is very logical that i am bad informed about the ninja warrior history. So once again thank you for this educational reply .
A Javelin, Shortsword, Sword, Geataxe and Katana with attackanimations that make them as good as the other weapons… since there’s a reason no one really ever uses them.
Myself also. We actually had Crossbows back in the earliest stages of the game, but they were removed. I have seen a lot of posts throughout this thread of users wanting to see them make a return. And I really, REALLY hope they do.
If you’re asking ‘Would you like to rag doll approaching purge creatures into orbit with a giant crossbow?’ Then you have found my answer to ‘What is best in life?’
No worries Aleksam! They were originally in the game during early access, so I never got to use them myself being a console player, Ive only seen the video footage of them. A number of members grumbled about them for a couple of reasons. My understanfing is that not only did they apparently have a heck of a lot of knockback, but when given to thralls, they were able to bypass their design limitations (a bit like the Sword of Crom), and turn them into a rapid fire weapon. I recal some saying that they were like laser beams. BUT as I have always argued, to me this just needed to be reworked, not scrapped.
But ultimately the main reason is because when the modern combo system was implemented, they were just having weird functionality issues, and werent working as intended. I think I recall a Funcom member jokingly saying in a post once that whether or not they return will depend on how much work they want to put into them.
Please forgive any inaccuracies here peoples, this is going back over 2 years now. If anyone from early access reading this, please feel free to clarify. Actually, @Barnes might have a better recall of this.
Your best bet for some footage would be to just google Conan Exiles Crossbow. But here is some very basic footage.
There’s a reason why crossbows became very popular weapons in the Middle Ages. They were basically like bringing a laser gun to a sword fight. A warlord or mercenary captain could equip lots of troops with crossbows that required little training to use compared to most contemporary weapons, and it could punch through most armors of that time, too.
I guess balancing something like that in an action game can be tricky. In a game where most opponents like melee, you’d usually get only one shot out of the crossbow before you have a bear in your face, so that one shot should pack a decent punch. But there’s also nothing stopping you from firing once, then drawing your sword or axe and whacking the opponent who you just punctured with the bolt.
Crossbows were a big part of Conan lore, and Nemedian crossbowmen were famous (even though Nemedian generals tended to use them as cannon-fodder), so I’d like to see them in the game too. But with Funcom’s track record of balancing PvP content and the forumites’ track record of giving constructive feedback I’m not sure I’d like crossbows quite that much.
Fun fact, it’d be super easy to throw together a mod that puts crossbows back into the game.
Less fun fact, when I made a mod that did just that they were basically only good as wall decorations because they shot super wonky. I assume it had to do with them not having been updated alongside whatever changes to projectile weapons were made since they were last in the game.
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