User blog comment:KevlarNinja/Musketeer vs. Conquistador/@comment-2016768-20110130025008/@comment-2016768-20110201222519

Regardless of if the Crossbow would penetrate the armor or not (which I still highly doubt... even some of the Pirate's guns and the Ming Warrior's Pole Cannon couldn't penetrate that armor or similar armor, and guns are more powerful than an arrow, regardlss of what is launching it (usually). Besides, there's a reason why arrows are no longer used in combat but grenades still are. Edge, Grenade.