User blog comment:Willbachbakal/Singleplayer Weapons/@comment-109.153.82.152-20110202100534/@comment-1330314-20110205084010

It's actually fairly simple in this case: the Crossbow, Spear Gun and my Dart Rifle fire projectiles and not bullets, which means they take time to travel. At long ranges, when nobody's targeting you, you can take potshots at enemies with relative ease, so long as you aim ahead of their movement. At close ranges, the travel time for the projectile is practically null, so you don't have to adjust your aim as much when shooting someone. However, at mid-ranges, if enemies move around all the time and try to dodge your fire, you're going to have a hard time successfully hitting them with your projectiles.