I'm skeptical--
Was under the impression regular bows w/ high skill rather significantly out-dps crossbows.
Crossbows just have better dmg-ammo economy, which benefits from cravenly hiding behind things for long periods of time.
You know, Swadians are still salty about it, but of course the Rhodoks won their independence- their forests are pus-green and the hills were generated by a washing machine,
and the Rhodoks have adapted to it. It is their natural environment.
They are like pig-sharks in a mud-ocean.
You don't fight pig-sharks in a mud-ocean if you want to win.
Your epic maymays seem to imply that the Khergits do something aside from suck and die. I'm confused because I haven't seen any evidence of this. Some kind of hidden feature buried deep inside the code?
Rhodoks4lyfe.
If you ever left your forest-hills of cowardry, you'd see the evidence all around friend. :^)
I'm not sure the smell-lines coming off the Rhokoks in that image are enough to really capture the stench of cowardice and living life close to the ground. I don't know if you could really fit anything else for him to be cowering behind in fear, though.
It's a rare picture of a photogenic Rhodok who wasn't hiding behind something. It's, well, it's not exactly a beautiful sight, but it is an uncommon occurrence.
I dunno,
maybe worth seeing.
In the meantime I didn't want to get too close.