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A world without guns is pure fantasy.
The world has been and always will be shaped by the strongest weapons (a club, a spear, a bow, a knight, a cannon, a rifle, a tank, etc.). The most technically proficient cultures throughout history have stomped the shit out of the other cultures (eg: Egypt>chariot, Greece>phalanx, Rome>legionnaire, Mongols>mounted archer, western european nations>knight, England>ship of the line, Germany>blitzkrieg, Japan>aircraft carrier, US>industrial might). Until other cultures could duplicate their advance and/or tactics they got their asses kicked.
Single-man portable guns were the first item adopted that could truly act as an equalizer against armored knights. It gave a relatively untrained man the ability to kill a highly trained and armored knight at a cost effective rate. Equipping and training 50 gunners was done in about 1/10th the time and money of equipping and training 10 knights. Plus, you could use peasants as the expendable gunners----so you didnt have to pay them as you would the upper class knights and men-at-arms of the day. Medieval armies began equipping pikemen with guns slowly at first, but as steel development leapfrogged they were able to manufacture more effective guns until the gun's power and reliability made a knight no longer worth the cost.
In other words, the gun is only the latest development to make the individual soldier more powerful.
If guns weren't adopted/invented we'd still be armed with something-----
OR...we'd all still be fuckin serfs. Amen. And yes, I'm hammered.
The world has been and always will be shaped by the strongest weapons (a club, a spear, a bow, a knight, a cannon, a rifle, a tank, etc.). The most technically proficient cultures throughout history have stomped the shit out of the other cultures (eg: Egypt>chariot, Greece>phalanx, Rome>legionnaire, Mongols>mounted archer, western european nations>knight, England>ship of the line, Germany>blitzkrieg, Japan>aircraft carrier, US>industrial might). Until other cultures could duplicate their advance and/or tactics they got their asses kicked.
Single-man portable guns were the first item adopted that could truly act as an equalizer against armored knights. It gave a relatively untrained man the ability to kill a highly trained and armored knight at a cost effective rate. Equipping and training 50 gunners was done in about 1/10th the time and money of equipping and training 10 knights. Plus, you could use peasants as the expendable gunners----so you didnt have to pay them as you would the upper class knights and men-at-arms of the day. Medieval armies began equipping pikemen with guns slowly at first, but as steel development leapfrogged they were able to manufacture more effective guns until the gun's power and reliability made a knight no longer worth the cost.
In other words, the gun is only the latest development to make the individual soldier more powerful.
If guns weren't adopted/invented we'd still be armed with something-----
OR...we'd all still be fuckin serfs. Amen. And yes, I'm hammered.
Swearengen
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ROFL---I'm going out of books, but Ive played that too.
That's just historical facts causing the game to be made that way. Man, I didnt even think of that til you posted...LOL.
That's just historical facts causing the game to be made that way. Man, I didnt even think of that til you posted...LOL.
Machiavelli
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Sortitout said:Intro said:
wat so only the rich assholes can pwn us??!?!? :shock: :x
We have a reloading tool and all of that so we can make our own. We'll sell 3 grand a bullet.
Swearengen
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Intro said:
Yer that overcoat-wearin depressed guy at parties aint ya??
Hetfield14
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if we had no guns we'd use fucking swords n' shit, fuck the bullshit, it's all about conan the barbarian in this bitch
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Master: "Conan, what is best in life?"
Conan: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, to hear the lamentations of the women."
With deep thoughts like that, how come he's not a good governor?
Conan: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, to hear the lamentations of the women."
With deep thoughts like that, how come he's not a good governor?
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