Archipelego 2094 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2020 Your View Firearms on LotC ~+~ Hello everyone. For those of you unaware, the Techlock project, which is based in an attempt to clarify our techlock and give proper guidelines, has been well underway for a while now. Most of it is beginning to wrap up. Things slowed down while we didn’t have a Story Admin, but now that we have a suitable person in the position, we can continue and tackle the final issue left in the project. Firearms. Guns. Flintlocks, et cetera. My opinion on them and implementing them on LotC is relatively neutral. I understand both sides of the argument, of why some would want and why some people would not want them. As such, this post is going to include a poll, a simple question about how you as a player see the role of firearms on LotC. Comments will be enabled on this post, so feel free to have respectful and intelligent debate on the topic below should you be passionate about it one way or another. Do be warned anything that’s full of unneeded toxicity will most likely be hidden. Have a good weekend, happy roleplaying, and wash your hands. - Archi 37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliusAakerlund 1778 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Oh god you’ve opened the gates. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinnto32 3 Share Posted April 19, 2020 No, only because of personal preference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGayGuardian2 109 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Functional firearms, no. Do I entirely believe somebody would IRPly shove gunpowder in a barrel and think it's a good idea? Sure 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qizu 4038 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I am not too sure on what to think of firearms on the server until I read some more comments and views on it, but a general statement/concern that I have is that I am wondering how this will play out into roleplay? The crafting of weapons and firearms, are we going to have random shoot outs in the city and have players /roll to see accuracy, and many more things. I fell like it would be better to make decisions and collect views from the community if there are proposed ways to implement them onto the server. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luciloo 2651 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Cannons for setbuilding, with various cultural distinctions(rune cannons for Dwarves etc.) are cool, and could even be implemented into warclaims as basically an advancement over trebuchets, but with a prohibitive mina cost etc. I think this is the limit however really, because players can’t figure out how to roleplay crossbows or arbalests adequately, introducing firearms into that is only going to lead to the same and quite possibly worse. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladuos 857 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Old style flint-locks seem fine in my opinion. Single fire barrels with low accuracy and a decent probability of failure. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReveredOwl 5327 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I mean you already know our opinion of it, this will just be another ‘your view’ thread that ultimately won’t do anything 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treshure 5581 Share Posted April 19, 2020 After some dialogue with Dibley, I’ve changed my mind. I still personally do not agree with flintlock weapons – I think that while clever implementation is possible, human flaws will inevitably tarnish this precarious idea. However, I think that the communities pushing for techlock relaxation need to be given a fair shot. Allow flintlock weapons with tight reigns and see how the community responds a month or two later. We need to put this to the test. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taketheshot 3834 Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) This has been posted time and time and time again, Firearms are ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENT than crossbows in terms of use and form. The only thing firearms offer is increased roleplay flavor and yknow what? THAT IS A GOOD THING. We can have super elven mages who can control someones mind and warp time and space but firearms with the same function as a crossbow is too “out of place” get outta here with that BS. You have a sect of players ready to adapt to this roleplay and are simply waiting for it, numerous times people have wrote astounding lore that makes sense and is well written. Again let me say this out loud A MUSKET HAS THE SAME POWERGAME POTENTIAL AS A CROSSBOW A MUSKET HAS THE SAME POWERGAME POTENTIAL AS A CROSSBOW A MUSKET HAS THE SAME POWERGAME POTENTIAL AS A CROSSBOW If crossbows are not banned, nor should be firearms. To all you out there whining and snivelling about ‘muh arpee!’ all i can say is there are a bunch of bleeding hearts around here that cant stand change in roleplay or to adapt to something that might be able to counter their special elven magic. All i can say is go on and bleed. ________________________________________________ Sir Henry trumps the elf mages who question how we can improve roleplay Edited April 19, 2020 by Taketheshot 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculusdesola 1658 Share Posted April 19, 2020 A great many people have voiced an interest in seeing some form of technological advance. I think rudimentary firearms like flintlocks or blunderbusses are plausible, and we ought to give the idea a chance. There’s not a whole lot that makes crossbows any less brutal or barbaric than modern assault rifles, imo. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWrath94 762 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Yes, due to to the simple fact that it would be highly logical irp vise that such a weapon or something like it would not be created by simple innovation and creativity of someone somewhere, the fact is that technology should progress and hence firearms should be created as new resources get found or new ways to use existing resources are thought of. Technology of war and life in general progresses, and if it does not for some reason then it simply ruins the feeling of living in an actual world ,some people may dislike it, but when the guns were first invented there were people against them too, so progress should take priority. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fie 2520 Share Posted April 19, 2020 No because it feels like that’d take away the medieval-ish fantasy vibe. ? 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balthasar 2070 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Yes. But I think it should be handcanons and not say, for example muskets. These should be experiment and dangerous weapons that could blow up in the users hands. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frill 2276 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I believe guns should be the human racial magic. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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