Link to commentShare on other sitesMore sharing options. If you made the same investment of points into Strength and headshot damage with melee weapons, you'd be one shooting most standard zombies. Iron bolts along with 20% damage increase from Perception and an added 75% to headshot damage still isn't enough to kill even low HP pool zombies in a single hit. The damage also is pretty lackluster even with better bolts and skillpoints. So even though the bolt flies faster, it also drops faster, giving it equal range to the other bows. It has a much higher projectile velocity than the bows but it seems that the dropoff rate scales with the velocity. The crossbow is missing one of its best features which is the ability to use it at long range.
