I like this crossbow over the Warbow +1 personally... I'm at 52 ranger atm and I'm pretty sure that with darksteel bolts you can outdamage the warbow+1 with bodkin arrows. And even if it is under just a little bit, having a crossbow equiped already adds a lot more versitility. i.e. You can switch to acid/bloody/sleep bolts, without losing your TP. Thus, it's np to switch to acid bolts and shooting before switching back to darksteel and using WS... The only thing I dislike about crossbow is that your barrage is lower than bow... But I guess the normal average shot time makes up for that. -_-;; regretfully, I don't use it in parties unless I'm skilling up marksmenship, due to the fact that I've been leveling up wood working, and have about 1k bodkin arrows to use up =/