Why a Bow over Crossbow???

[FluffNStuff]

If the DPS of a crossbow is only slightly higher than a bow, than the effective DPS of the bow (taking into account armor) is probably actually higher.

How does that work?
---SH*T you may be right, depending on how armor reduces, just did the math for really simple example.:
weapon1: 2 damage, .5 speed, 4dps
weapon2: 4 damage, 1 speed, 4dps
apply armor that reduces a hit by 1 damage:
weapon1: 1 damage, .5 speed, 2dps
weapon2: 3 damage, 1 speed, 3dps

That is if armor reduces damage by a specific amount. It it reduces by a fraction, say 25% then they are the same:
weapon1: 1.5 damage, .5 speed, 3dps
weapon2: 3 damage, 1 speed, 3dps