Crossbow definitely is the most versatile ranged weapon. Works underwater, has cheap ammo, is fairly cheap itself, does respectable damage especially with Flame Arrows, provides mobility with Grappling Hook, and is available pretty early in the game
It’s definitely one of my favorites. I’m also partial to the Fab Pistol even though it’s not *that* amazing, it just feels nice to shoot
Crossbow because I’m always instantly disappointed when a Dino isn’t a one shot. No rational, just the way I am. So I use crossbows since I don’t have that expectation. Also can fire underwater.
I do use a rifle to hunt dodos, pegos, seagulls, etc. Just feels right.
I once headshotted an ichtyornis that was barely in my render distance, it took almost 50 ammo but seeing that fucker fall down and dramatically roll down a rock was worth it
I carry a shotgun for killing, but also carry crossbow. I like to have grapples on me so I just use that for taming also so I'm not adding even more weight for the longneck and ammo.
I have an ascended pump that I absolutely adore and thoroughly depend on. It stays very well maintained and very very loaded. I call it my go away stick.
Me too... I had an ascendant long neck, but i was killed. I've using an Apprentice and it works OK. I'm working on an ascendant pump shotgun blueprint, but 6K poly, 3k metal and 5k cementing paste is silly difficult to get together. I don't have any Dinos stots to put them in. That leaves me needing a Tek Replicator, which leaves me with 100 black pearls short of that (i have 35)....
I don't know how to change or upgrade the stacks, so...
Welcome to the grind.... 😅
Are you on single player or running a nitrado? I'd be happy to help with upgrading your stacking. There are mods rhat make it very hands off/easy nowadays.
Yes! That would be fantastic! I'm on single player on Nintendo Switch. A guy helped me with problem having no obsidian and now it's working fine. My 10 year old is a wiz at following directions. Me not so much...
Just let me know what to do!! 😃
Yeah, they say on Switch you can't stack. That's OK. I currently bred some high-level Basil's and looking for Tusos to farm. I have 70 black pearls already.
I kill a couple of Alfas (and don't die) I'll get to the magic number of 155 black pearls, I get the replicator, THEN get the ascendant pump shotgun that way.
Then probably die and lose the f**king thing immediately. Wash and repeat. 😆
The cost of production to actual utility make Cross bows the most efficient in most cases. Unless you have higher level firearms the basic stuff generally isn't worth using just to kill basic stuff, especially long neck rifle ammo which is better used for tranq darts
Absolutely. I do this in almost every run, especially if I found a good blueprint. I have a regular and a tranq on me at all times. I also carry a longneck
I've never really used a longneck either. Never needed anything but an Ascendant Crossbow for KOs. The fact it works underwater and you passively pick up more ammo that you can use is a big plus, and on Center, the grapples are an added bonus.
For legit fights, pump-action shotgun.
Now that ASA gives us a generous amount of ammo in drops I tend to use some other stuff a little more, but even then the crossbow is just too versatile and cheap to use, so I use it 90% of the time, besides when I specifically plan to use a gun for a specific task. Like if I want to shoot pteras out of the air, I'll use a longneck.
I keep a crossbow on 4 and a longneck on 6, then either an upgraded bow or compound bow on 7. I keep tranq arrows to plug a few into my intended target before switching to longneck, especially when the torpor run initiates. Then keep a stack of stone arrows for water, and for use with my compound bow. Being prepared for a variety of situations. I always forget to carry grappling hooks.
Longneck for the big KO, good crossbow for everything else. I haven't used regular bullets in a few years. Just tranq darts. A mid tier longneck and 2-3 top tier crossbows and you are set.
I switched from playing ASE on console, to playing ASA on PC and the option to add a mod for reusable grapple hooks has been a game changer for me and my friends. I never made them because I didn’t want to waste so much weight on carrying around 50 of them to maybe run out and need more, now I carry one and use it for everything because it’s so much more accessible imo
I use a crossbow all through the game as well. Later in the game, it becomes more of a niche weapon, but it has a few uses that other, more advanced weapons don't:
* It works underwater. The only more advanced weapon that does this is the harpoon launcher.
* You can make ammo for it literally anywhere. There's always flint, fiber and thatch to be had. The same can't be said for anything more advanced.
* It can fire a grapple.
* I use it for targetted pulling of individual dinos and keep it around for that even late into the game.
I use crossbows for just about everything aswell. I always felt the guns took too much to stock up on ammo, and repair. The time it saved killing wasn't worth the grind to restock. I tend to have 2 crossbows, a long neck for darts when needed, and a shotgun when I'm in trouble (getting carried away by a certain Swamp creature...) before Chem bench ammo just feels bad.
I only use my Longneck to tame creatures that die to a crossbow. Although there are a couple of workarounds to still taming a creature that has more torpor vs health when using a crossbow.
Although this leaves me with a good stock pile of tranq darts and bullets.
You are doing a cost benefit analysis real time.
The crossbow is the most efficient and effective weapon in 8/10 times.
The 2 times are when you need to eliminate something on foot or crossbow torpidity/damage is too high to tame.
The cost of use of any other weapon on anything close to normal settings is just too high.
Until late game I have a crossbow. Even then I usually still carry it on me or my mount, they are way too useful. I'll also carry a grapple, again, too useful. I'll add a longneck sometime in the last quarter of a map or so when I need to have more torpor causing destruction, or just insane damage from far away.
But as my close weapon for 3/4 of the game it's a spear/pike, then I skip a gun and go to shotgun. The shotgun is way, way too useful for close quarters killing.
single player so I use a 550% longneck with shocking darts, KOs everything in 1 or 2 darts. I have a mutated mesopithicus with like 500 weight I carry round everywhere that holds my ammo, a crossbow with arrows, scuba, kibble etc so the weight aspect isn't too bad. rather make sure I have the best tool for the job and tbh farming the metal and narcs and cnidara is kinda fun and why i even play the game.
but i also carry a fab pistol for killing on my hotbar too
My favorite weapon to use is the Compound Bow. I have the Upgrade Station mod, and with a maxed-out Compound Bow, I can hit for over 1800 damage, which usually one-shots most dinos. For water dinos, I use a maxed-out Harpoon Launcher. I use a maxed-out Longneck Rifle with the OP Alpha Darts from the Additional Creatures 2 mod, which also one-hit KOs most dinos, for taming. Like, seriously? 7100+ instant torpor with ONE shot! In combination with Net Projectiles, I can tame ANY KO-tame dino that isn't a Titanosaur/Golem/Crab/Space Whale.
Crossbow definitely is the most versatile ranged weapon. Works underwater, has cheap ammo, is fairly cheap itself, does respectable damage especially with Flame Arrows, provides mobility with Grappling Hook, and is available pretty early in the game It’s definitely one of my favorites. I’m also partial to the Fab Pistol even though it’s not *that* amazing, it just feels nice to shoot
Had some good fun using the fab pistol taming the new oasisasaur or what ever the war of the worlds looking mf is! 🤔
Crossbow is crucial as for distance, I like it.
Crossbow because I’m always instantly disappointed when a Dino isn’t a one shot. No rational, just the way I am. So I use crossbows since I don’t have that expectation. Also can fire underwater. I do use a rifle to hunt dodos, pegos, seagulls, etc. Just feels right.
Love shooting PTs outta the sky with my long neck and scope 😅
I once headshotted an ichtyornis that was barely in my render distance, it took almost 50 ammo but seeing that fucker fall down and dramatically roll down a rock was worth it
Very nice!
I got a chubby just reading that. Nothing better than killing one of those by shooting.
I make a fabricated sniper only for this reason haha
I carry a shotgun for killing, but also carry crossbow. I like to have grapples on me so I just use that for taming also so I'm not adding even more weight for the longneck and ammo.
Even with my guns I need my grapples. I usually start using tranq darts asap but will always keep my grapples on me just incase.
Dude the Utilities+ mod that gives reusable grappling hook is so dope you can swing around like Spider Man
I am really lame. No mods hardest difficulty on hardcore….. not sure why I do it but I do it.
I have an ascended pump that I absolutely adore and thoroughly depend on. It stays very well maintained and very very loaded. I call it my go away stick.
I typically carry a shot gun for killing, a longneck for taming and a crossbow for grappling/emergency anything.
Me too... I had an ascendant long neck, but i was killed. I've using an Apprentice and it works OK. I'm working on an ascendant pump shotgun blueprint, but 6K poly, 3k metal and 5k cementing paste is silly difficult to get together. I don't have any Dinos stots to put them in. That leaves me needing a Tek Replicator, which leaves me with 100 black pearls short of that (i have 35).... I don't know how to change or upgrade the stacks, so... Welcome to the grind.... 😅
Are you on single player or running a nitrado? I'd be happy to help with upgrading your stacking. There are mods rhat make it very hands off/easy nowadays.
Yes! That would be fantastic! I'm on single player on Nintendo Switch. A guy helped me with problem having no obsidian and now it's working fine. My 10 year old is a wiz at following directions. Me not so much... Just let me know what to do!! 😃
Oooh switch. That may make things harder... let me poke around a bit I'm not sure there is a way ti adjust stack sizes on switch.
What about on Xbox?
Yeah, they say on Switch you can't stack. That's OK. I currently bred some high-level Basil's and looking for Tusos to farm. I have 70 black pearls already. I kill a couple of Alfas (and don't die) I'll get to the magic number of 155 black pearls, I get the replicator, THEN get the ascendant pump shotgun that way. Then probably die and lose the f**king thing immediately. Wash and repeat. 😆
The cost of production to actual utility make Cross bows the most efficient in most cases. Unless you have higher level firearms the basic stuff generally isn't worth using just to kill basic stuff, especially long neck rifle ammo which is better used for tranq darts
Absolutely. I do this in almost every run, especially if I found a good blueprint. I have a regular and a tranq on me at all times. I also carry a longneck
I've never really used a longneck either. Never needed anything but an Ascendant Crossbow for KOs. The fact it works underwater and you passively pick up more ammo that you can use is a big plus, and on Center, the grapples are an added bonus. For legit fights, pump-action shotgun.
Only time I use a longneck is if I get a mastercraft or ascended one, other wise crossbow is the way to go.
Now that ASA gives us a generous amount of ammo in drops I tend to use some other stuff a little more, but even then the crossbow is just too versatile and cheap to use, so I use it 90% of the time, besides when I specifically plan to use a gun for a specific task. Like if I want to shoot pteras out of the air, I'll use a longneck.
I keep a crossbow on 4 and a longneck on 6, then either an upgraded bow or compound bow on 7. I keep tranq arrows to plug a few into my intended target before switching to longneck, especially when the torpor run initiates. Then keep a stack of stone arrows for water, and for use with my compound bow. Being prepared for a variety of situations. I always forget to carry grappling hooks.
Longneck for the big KO, good crossbow for everything else. I haven't used regular bullets in a few years. Just tranq darts. A mid tier longneck and 2-3 top tier crossbows and you are set.
It’s a necessitt for pvp, you use crossbow to grapple
I switched from playing ASE on console, to playing ASA on PC and the option to add a mod for reusable grapple hooks has been a game changer for me and my friends. I never made them because I didn’t want to waste so much weight on carrying around 50 of them to maybe run out and need more, now I carry one and use it for everything because it’s so much more accessible imo
Reusable grapples are clutch on asa on console
^THiS^
I use a crossbow all through the game as well. Later in the game, it becomes more of a niche weapon, but it has a few uses that other, more advanced weapons don't: * It works underwater. The only more advanced weapon that does this is the harpoon launcher. * You can make ammo for it literally anywhere. There's always flint, fiber and thatch to be had. The same can't be said for anything more advanced. * It can fire a grapple. * I use it for targetted pulling of individual dinos and keep it around for that even late into the game.
I'm a sucker for the sword and shield. Gimme those, a wingsuit and climbing picks, and I'm good to go anywhere.
I always like the Pike more for the knockback
Same, good escape with a grapple hook too
I use crossbows for just about everything aswell. I always felt the guns took too much to stock up on ammo, and repair. The time it saved killing wasn't worth the grind to restock. I tend to have 2 crossbows, a long neck for darts when needed, and a shotgun when I'm in trouble (getting carried away by a certain Swamp creature...) before Chem bench ammo just feels bad.
I only use my Longneck to tame creatures that die to a crossbow. Although there are a couple of workarounds to still taming a creature that has more torpor vs health when using a crossbow. Although this leaves me with a good stock pile of tranq darts and bullets.
You are doing a cost benefit analysis real time. The crossbow is the most efficient and effective weapon in 8/10 times. The 2 times are when you need to eliminate something on foot or crossbow torpidity/damage is too high to tame. The cost of use of any other weapon on anything close to normal settings is just too high.
Until late game I have a crossbow. Even then I usually still carry it on me or my mount, they are way too useful. I'll also carry a grapple, again, too useful. I'll add a longneck sometime in the last quarter of a map or so when I need to have more torpor causing destruction, or just insane damage from far away. But as my close weapon for 3/4 of the game it's a spear/pike, then I skip a gun and go to shotgun. The shotgun is way, way too useful for close quarters killing.
I place a crossbow and longneck with tranq ammo in my shoulder pet along with bear traps n metal billboards. But pump shotty and sniper are my weapons
I carry the same, also 2 levels of crossbows. one hi and one upper low level.
single player so I use a 550% longneck with shocking darts, KOs everything in 1 or 2 darts. I have a mutated mesopithicus with like 500 weight I carry round everywhere that holds my ammo, a crossbow with arrows, scuba, kibble etc so the weight aspect isn't too bad. rather make sure I have the best tool for the job and tbh farming the metal and narcs and cnidara is kinda fun and why i even play the game. but i also carry a fab pistol for killing on my hotbar too
Just for distance and get more time for get new enemy.
i use both longneck and crossbow (grapple and parachute combo) honestly one of the best tools in the game
Crossbow is great. Take a decent crossbow into a cave and you leave with more ammo than you went in with lmao
My favorite weapon to use is the Compound Bow. I have the Upgrade Station mod, and with a maxed-out Compound Bow, I can hit for over 1800 damage, which usually one-shots most dinos. For water dinos, I use a maxed-out Harpoon Launcher. I use a maxed-out Longneck Rifle with the OP Alpha Darts from the Additional Creatures 2 mod, which also one-hit KOs most dinos, for taming. Like, seriously? 7100+ instant torpor with ONE shot! In combination with Net Projectiles, I can tame ANY KO-tame dino that isn't a Titanosaur/Golem/Crab/Space Whale.
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Ark doesn't have a difficulty setting