Discuss.

obviously

Well out of the three choices, marksman, one handed or two handed I'd have to say yes they'll use marksmen.

So I should level it now.
I was thinking that hey may add crossbow skill but now it sounds silly.

If there will be only 3 diffrent crossbow types like in Morrowind then I doubt that we will see an extra perktree.

Who knows? Probably gonna get its own little branch under the archery tree.

In some ways I sorta hope they don't use the Archery perk tree. I mean, the crossbow, while of course requiring skill to use, was still powerful in the hands of the uninitiated.

If we were to assume that the extra damage we deal with bows as we increase in skill and spend perks simulates the Player or NPC getting stronger and more acurate that makes sense. However a crossbow should have a fixed damage level as the power of the shot is set largely by the mechanism and the arrow type used. So, acuracy would be the relevant skill, but that's decided by the players aim using the mouse / controller. As Skyrim does not have damage zones like Fallout 3, player accuracy becomes a simple case of hit or miss. I love to play "one kill headshot" as an archer, but I'm just roleplaying as there's no damage benefit what so ever.

Crossbows should be fairly rare but at the same time potentially deadly in anyones hands. Imagine entering a Bandit camp with them equipped with crossbows. Ok, you can take any individual Bandit out with one hit of your chosen weapon, but they are a danger to you due to their more advanced weaponry. Imagine an unskilled Bandit being able to one hit you.

Balance balance balance, so subjective yet so important...not an easy thing to get right as doubtless there are hundreds of views on the "right" balance, be they based on "reality" (yes, I have some archery experience from years ago & my father was an Archery champion in his day) or directly on the Lore set by prior games.

Regardless, we have more stuff to play with in game which is always good. Being a PC user I can also look forward to plenty of mods each "doing crossbows right" in their own way.

My guess is that Crossbows WILL work of the Archery Perk Tree, but with some additional elements added. I think it'd be a shame if my many hours spent with the bow (Level 100) made me and instant death machine with a Crossbow though, equally a level 1 character being unable to kill a bunny he hits with a crossbow would be a little daft.

Scoob.

Most likely, I find it unlikely they will add another perk tree for it although they may need to adjust the Archer tree to make crossbows make sense. They are used in a different way and the perks should reflect that

I guess it will be added to the current perk tree as crossbows are also considered Marksmanship.

Most likely unless they decide to add a whole new ability tree.

Yes, it's almost certain that they will put crossbows under archery.
Creating a new perk tree just for crossbows would give 7 trees for warrior and thief/mage would remain with 6 so I find it highly unlikely.

They will probably just rename archery to marksmanship or something similar and change the tooltips to also include crossbows...but I hope they include some perks or even a crossbow specialization perk line just like we see in some extent in the melee ones with the diferent weapon types and dual wielding.

I also think it's possible they won't be tied to any skill..

Maybe some perks like eagle eye will be modified to apply to them, but I they can stand on their own and a new skill would also mean new skills for stealth and magic which we haven't heard off..

What other perks could they really give to the crossbow anyway?

when does redguard come out???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Yes.

I say this with the utmost confidence.

I just hope we get a nailing shot perk with crossbows.

It will obviously use speechcraft. :3