Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-111.68.32.71-20131007122233/@comment-24042984-20140502042921

Arkan421 wrote: You know at this point in time, it's getting harder to come up with original weapon designs. Every weapon to this day has been the evolution of last generation's arms in an attempt to outdo the evolution of armor. Railguns are so popular these days due to the fact that we can actually possibly have some in the near future, and this means everyone uses them in their designs.

You rarely see OC weapons that use more primitive tech. (i.e. blackpowder firearms) in their designs because everyone wants to be "cool, edgy, and modern" instead of the classical aesthetics of yesteryears weapons. Then when people do intergrate older tech and put in time, effort, and creativity; critics will tear them apart saying "it's not practical in combat" even though we're in a setting with gunscythes, girls who can blast VTOLS in half vertically, and fully functional robots.

What truly determines an OC weapon's usefulness is how much plot armor the user has in battle. I beg to differ. There are still many, many usable combinations that haven't been made yet. Also, your point that everyone bashes weapons that integrate older tech doesn't really hold up since technically any and all swords would be completely obsolete when you got shotguns and the such. Futhermore, railguns aren't the only type of weapon out there that will exist in the future. You still got microwave weaponry, sonic weaponry, gauss guns, lasers, and plasma weaponry, just to name a few off the top of my head. There's also homing/computer guided bullets, so there's plenty of choices out there. (BTW VTOLs aren't really hard to shoot down; aircraft in general are quite lightly armored in comparison to ground vehicles.)

The main issue that I have with many of the idea is that there is often not much consideration put into weapon usability and their capabilities. There are often combinations are too similar as well, making the weapon less interesting and unique.What makes the weapons and fight scenes in RWBY interesting is that there is a nice blend between melee and shooting, so that you can engage (and eliminate) a wide variety of targets while also maintaining aesthetic appeal.

86.121.87.44 wrote: Pyrrhomaniac wrote: A dart gun gauntlet with retractable blades could work, but it'd be quite similar to Ezio and Altair's hidden blade/gun bracer.

And that would be a bad thing how?

It'd just wouldn't be very fresh, that's all.