@Esterlen Sure, the ‘theme’ is in the eye of the beholder, but let’s be real – LoTC is named after LoTR and thematically meshes Elder Scrolls-LoTR.
Gunpowder weaponry is fine to an extent. I personally am perfectly fine with primitive rocket artillery, cannons, mortars, etc .. but I think there’s a fine threshold where guns should be disallowed. Small arms and cannons are two hugely different things, and the more you slip and allow people to carry around matchlock guns, the more likely it is you find someone stuffing a lead pipe with gunpowder and nails, and killing you with a rudimentary blunderbuss like we’re playing Rust. As Hanrahan describes it, you roll for damage at 2 blocks .. a blunderbuss, realistically, would kill you or cripple you at that range 20/20 times.
We can nerf guns all day, but that too lacks immersion. If guns are implemented I want to see people’s limbs blown off, weapon seizure and failure killing the user or dismembering them, instant 20/20 roll headshots – nerfing guns to put them in is just silly, and it should be viewed the same way as magic: if you’re nerfing it, should it really be implemented? You’re quite literally creating the “glass cannon” LT doesn’t like, but that’s beside the point.
What do we do when a serpentine cannon is built and rolled into Nauzica Square? That’s a medieval design, and eviscerates infantry. Case and point, it’d be a hell storm.
“I don’t get a say over the fact that you role-play a bipedal, talking cat, no matter how much it might break my immersion or be misaligned with my view of the server theme.”
This isn’t comparable at the end of the argument – guns are implemented to end characters and kill them: if something is implemented simply to, in a new way, kill a character (and that is its sole purpose) should it really be added? Probably not, unless it’s providing value otherwise. Weapons like small arms guns should not be allowed, while cannons should be allowed for events, warclaims, etc. Maybe a few early hand cannons could be added with LT approval like dwarven flamethrowers, but for everyone and their mother to have a musket? Honestly meh