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And the crossbow is a foolish weapon; the English longbow shot just as well, but it didn't need half an hour to reload.

It's easier and faster to make bolts for a crossbow.

But you had to spend ten years learning to shoot it.

But it was worth it.

Not quite - a full plate armor could be pierced by a crossbow, but not by a bow. Before the legendary defeats at Poitiers and Crécy, knights wore chainmail, and later, if there was a threat of being shot at with bows, they wore armor.