i think it should be more powerful but slower that way you can actually kill people in 1 hit without alchemy/enchanting its ridiculous archery was a little less powerful then it should have been in skyrim and this is comin from a stealth character (i love my sneak)

I'm just glad that Bethesda decided to add crossbows to the game, they were my favourite weapon in Morrowind because I loved to take a shot at an oncoming enemy, take down a large portion of their health and then finish them off with a blade.

Although it's cool that they're in, they seem a little redundant to me, at least in theory. I would imagine crossbows would be for 1 hit kills and then an archer character would switch to a traditional bow in longer confrontations, if not going for a different form of offense.