I LOVE THEM!!! ahem, got a little carried away there, but seriously they own! for reasons i shall list here 1. one handed so you can use a crossbow with a shield, making for a higher ranged bonus(use a zammy or guth book) and higher hits with it 2. (e) bolts untradable so no more noobs robbing your bolts when your fighting dragons or such 3. specials one for every gem type, making it a weapon for every occasion 4. new ranged max hit using a blood forfiet bolts on the toughest monster on the game (the one, the only, tz tok jad) will get you a hit of over 60! (20% of his health) 5. dragon crossbow? the dragon/magic crossbow will, when it comes out, be the only ranged dragon weapon, and of course will look cool.... theres downsides too, and it wouldn't be fair not to list them... 1. slow.... yes, they are slower than a regular bow or throwing knives, but for the power you get from them its only fair right? 2. some specials are kinda useless... the jade and saphire ones being examples of this 3. specials dont happen all the time well what did you expect? some specials would be unfair to have on everytime (blood forfiet, dragonbreath) thats my 2 cents