I concur that you should play what you enjoy, especially if you're not a passionate min-maxer.
Just posting to say, specifically to you, that bows are better than xbows, and that act 1 doesn't change that. I noticed you had a very healthy inquiry into the matter and were served a bullshit answer, but I wasn't sure you noticed.
Xbows benefit more from crit than bows, but that alone doesn't garantee the superiority of one over another at any point. It isn't sufficient.
Additionally, having more AP doesn't benefit Xbows over Bows in the way it was explained (Xbows having more than 1 shot per turn).
