User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 08-10-'13 — Freedom Cry trailer released/@comment-4999424-20131008195859/@comment-1379800-20131012051907

Yes, and when we revisited Masyaf in Revelations, the guards used crossbows.

I did a bit of research on crossbows, and they were invented long before the events of Assassin's Creed.

Ubisoft didn't include them because they're idiots.