Shotguns/Pistols/Muskets

[Samuel]

No gunzz plxx...

Sticks and stones!

hmm yes a slingshot is a very good idea

[Salvadore]

Hate to say it, but im really hoping against firearms...

It sounds very optimistic, the way the combat mechanic is supposed to go, and guns would just ruin it. Think about it - EVERYONE would have them. Your chances of surviving an ambush would be slim to none. It would make all the player made weapons/armor useless. It would change the whole entire dynamic of the game even if guns/ammo were extremely hard to get. Id imagine that, if one had access to explosive materials, they would probably develop some type of grenade, right?

You would give up crafting of many things by making them irrelevant just to add crafting of firearms.

I love pvp and love guns...but its hard for me to say that sounds like a good idea.

[Chavoda]

Hate to say it, but im really hoping against firearms...

It sounds very optimistic, the way the combat mechanic is supposed to go, and guns would just ruin it. Think about it - EVERYONE would have them. Your chances of surviving an ambush would be slim to none. It would make all the player made weapons/armor useless. It would change the whole entire dynamic of the game even if guns/ammo were extremely hard to get. Id imagine that, if one had access to explosive materials, they would probably develop some type of grenade, right?

You would give up crafting of many things by making them irrelevant just to add crafting of firearms.

I love pvp and love guns...but its hard for me to say that sounds like a good idea.

Its a game, armor is armor no mather what weapon is used and how aswsome it be in rl. RPG..not FPS.
Bows will be in, pistols could be in. magic will be in. considering the amount of I wana have a simple pistol suggestions I suspect we will see them at some point. either placed in game by Jordi's vision or by the supreme crafters
Feature

Characters achieving the Supreme Master level of craftsmanship work with the Xsyon team to introduce a crafted item of their own design.

To me it reads: think of a Idea, if it fits the design we make it. could also mean get a unique version of a item that is already in the game recipe.. time will tell

[Shukano]

Seriously, just like Chavoda said, just cause they eventually add some sort of ordinance doesn't mean it can't be balanced.
The game is going to have ranged magic and you're worried about firearms? All of this can and will work. They just need time to test and work out issues, and they technically have all the time in the world. Remember, firearms take ammo and imagine ammo would be scarce.

I'm all for firearms, cannons, dynamite, and future technologies (ie: Model T vehicles, heck even bicycles) whenever we get around to that in the future. The game is supposed to evolve with the players so it can't stay in the Dark Ages forever. We're going to have to re-discover everything together again or choose not to. This will cause some interesting clashes between tribes that want to embrace technology and those that don't. Sounds fun to me...

[Thraz]

yes lets make guns and then we can evolve to lazors and then to giant aircraft that can travel out of our star system and we'll have an all out war with aliens then the war will destroy us again so we go back to being primitive beings lets do it!

but in all cerealnessicity no to the guns because everybody will be using guns instead of going head to head with axes, knives, and swords

[mrcalhou]

Balanced, fun, differintiated gameplay > realism.

[Zarin]

Judging by the concept art in the gallery, I assume we will guns and more advanced technology in the game as it progresses.

[jumpshot]

Balanced, fun, differintiated gameplay > realism.

this

[Shukano]

but in all cerealnessicity no to the guns because everybody will be using guns instead of going head to head with axes, knives, and swords

Why is everyone so intent on keeping this game in a completely medieval setting? Don't we have enough of those already?
Anyway, who is to say everyone would choose guns over melee. Plenty of other games have both options. Besides the first guns didn't exactly use 16 bullet clips. I'd imagine you better be a pretty good shot with your musket considering the reload time...

[Thraz]

well basically this game is about surviving with primitive technology having too much will lead to the worlds downfall which is pretty much what happened in Xsyon

it took men thousands of years to invent guns and you want Xsyon to remake guns in less then a year? it would make sense to create catapults and large arrow chucker but i dont like the idea of having guns :\