To be clear, I didn’t play the beta, so I might have missed this.
As I can understand, bows are not treated like offhand weapons anymore, as they used to be, but are main weapons along with quivers, which I find fantastic.
How about adding crossbows in the mix as an offhand option to be combined with one-handed weapons (with less damage but more quick drawing time, for example)?
I think it’s a good idea, but maybe more than a crossbow they will use orbs or books, instead of the crossbow, to fill a role similar to that of the old bow, and crossbow will also be a main weapon like the bow, personally it doesn’t make much difference but I hope they introduce off-hands like the old bow soon.
Crossbows would be fine. I see no reason to not add them. they’ll works differently than bows, and while bows can be charged (some) crossbows need no charge are more straight forward to be used, will hit harder but will need time to reload.
They have been announced we know that there will be both two-handed and one-handed ones.
I was thinking the same. Bows having charging time (and the longer you have charged the bigger the damage) as a main weapon, and crossbows with instant fire and no charge time (but with significantly less damage than bows, but with the option to inflict effects on target)