Ranged

[iBlue]

Crossbowmen are good on hard difficulties and killing enemies one by one however they're bad against bosses and massed mobs attacking your barricades. (More projectiles, more interupts and less damage to barricades.
Crossbowmen are about damage over time, while pikemen and archers can dish a hell of a lot more hurt in a short amount of time if they're safe. I think the balance is fine, archers are just too used to peeking. As for the top equipment, i agree somewhat, but even with an arbalest it takes as much as 4 hits (atleast 3 in the head) to get a follower down on wave 4, unless i'm a terrible shot. I've never killed a follower in 3 hits without outside damage sources, dont cry if archers can't do it either (Crossbowmen seriously have more damage and it's right to be so)

Also, crossbowmen only have Bigshot (Very slow but a lot of damage) and repeater as house craftable options. One makes them even slower and one to inaccurate to do anything but shoot enemies at the barricades which archers do better.
Legendaries are hard to come by afterall.
You cannot directly compare the two classes and say that one is overpowered. Try killing prince alone with a crossbowman? People can do it with a warden so the class itself is not bad. And any class shines with good equipment.

Feel free to disagree and correct me but they're just doing their job. What they were made for.