Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25555436-20150320010432/@comment-24891101-20150330065334

I don't think you need to do much simplification of the weapons. The weapons we've seen give every sign of being a mature technology. Every Hunter at Signal makes their own unique weapon, after all. This suggests the principles behind the folding frame are well-understood, sufficient that every student could understand its principles without specializing in weapons R&D.

Any improvements would be incremental. Oobleck's weapon isn't a good example, because it has to account for a form factor, limiting its design considerably. A better example would be Port's blunderbus-axe, but that looks so primitive that I could not believe that it was state-of-the-art at the time, espeially given the level of technology demonstrated suggests that they're far beyond the blunderbus. Therefore, I'm forced to conclude that it's a throwback (consider also the quasi-flintlock stylings of Sun's weapons).