Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26226441-20170627233933/@comment-25936766-20170628001150

Openminds wrote: 1-Those are normally just depictions anyway. I'm pretty sure there was enough common sense going around to obtain or replicate superior technologies that the enemy possesses.

2-I'm pretty sure all kingdoms had developed airship technology and some degree of motor tech.

3-Just a suggestion. They only people who make the concept terrible are the people who practice and advocate for mediocrity. It's that kind of era. 1-Obtain, maybe. Replicate, less maybe since you cannot replicate something if your tech doesn't let you do it.

Now, Use, it's a completely different problem. Cool, your Axe-wielding viking found a Gun, now what? He'll probably kill himself just trying to use it. Some idiot who has no idea how to use a Gun, trying to use a Gun, it's normally more of a danger to himself than whatever he might use the gun against.

Sure, they could've learned, but they would be facing enemies with far more training and expertise in their use. For every 2 bullets the (hypothetical) Valesian Gunners would land, the Atlesian Soldiers would land 10.

2-Motor tech, maybe. Doubtful for Vacuo, and unlikely for Mistral (Why use ground transportation when you got Airships, which are safer and faster). Possible for Atlas, but only for snowy terrain, the cold pole where it developed, not the mountains, deserts and forests in Sanus.

Now, Airships, Mistral had them, but you cannot say "I'm sure" for everyone else.

3-Making a Great War OC related to a canon character, is just a cheap, lazy way to make the OC feel "Special" at best.

Remember there are people, like Nicholas Schnee, who left a mark after the war. This creates a Morton's Fork of sorts with an OC related to a canon character:

A) The OC influenced the canon character directly or indirectly, which is pretty Mary Sueish.

B) The OC's existence doesn't seem to make a difference regarding the canon character, which makes the need for them to be related questionable.