NO the reason bank robbers dont use crossbows is that they are not concealable and have a horrendously slow rate of fire and reloading after one shot leaves the user vulnerable to the pissed off old lady and her purse with a brick in it, basicly it is not much of a force multiplier in CQB. LOL.
Thrusting is quicker than slashing, chopping or hacking and usually more deadly...but I get your point, I am not quibbling.
Okay you might do that same feat with a bow consitently if you practice for 3 weeks, 3 months, or 3 years or even longer, if you are in inconsistent learner and practice poorly.
Penetration is a function of the "weight" of the bow, in other words how stiff the bow is, and how much body strength or mechanical muscle is required to draw the string back to the chest/ear ( shortbow or Longbow) or nut-catch on a crossbow, some medieval longbows have a weight in the 220+ lb range (very rare these days) some of the heavier arbalests used in the same period had a weight of 450+ pounds or more using a steel bowstave or whalebone and wood composite prod. Arrow/quarrel heads also have a hell of a lot to do with the penetration and size of the wound channel and therefore how much damage it inflicts.
Admittedly the crossbows in D:OS look as if they have steel staves which would require a windlass, crannequin, goatsfoot or at the very least a belt hook to span after each shot, my current crossbow has a stock that unlocks pulling the string back to battery but it is much lighter in weight than an arbalest.
