MrShooter01
Storm Wind Strikeforce
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.02.23 22:50:00 -
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Operative 1171 Aajli wrote:No, makes no sense to have the races do what they do in the first place. Why can't a caldari just spec the Gal made shotgun? It's just a corporation based thing. CreoDron makes shotguns. They do so because Gal love CQ. Others can buy from the company that makes the shotguns. Otherwise, Caldari focus on long range weaponry.
I laugh at the notion of racial purity such as only using Amarr tech or something. If so then don't use a shotgun or anything not in line with Amarr philosophy. They wouldn't do their own shotgun from their own company. They'd just grab the weapon from the company that already makes it because it is something they don't normally use.
What happened to being a merc? If I was a RL merc I wouldn't demand to have an American version of an AK-47 just because I'm American. I'd go get the real thing which is Russian made.
If a mideast terrorist wants a shotgun, he's not going to demand a mideast company make one. He's going to grab a Smith and Wesson.
Wow
okay
"American version of an AK-47"
You're right that would just be silly
Yes, we're all mercenaries. We get that. You get that. Congratulations. We can choose the kind of weapon we use.
For instance, if I want a versatile medium range infantry killing machine, I can pick up a weapon like the Gallente AR, the Caldari RR, the Minmatar CR, and the Amarr SR. They are all basically a form of assault rifle, but they all have significantly different characteristics. Look at all the choices I have! Soon I will have more choices of pistol, and another choice of SMG. They have the same sort of role, but do it differently.
If I was a real life mercenary, I would have a very, very big list of assault rifles to choose from, all of them made by different nations and companies, all of them with their own unique characteristics that may make them more desirable in certain situations. And shotguns, too! And oh wow LOOK AT THIS CRAZY ASS PILE OF SNIPER RIFLES. It's almost as if a large number of nations and corporations looked at these archetypal weapons and said "yeah, we need something like that."
But why waste all that time and money making their own versions of these weapons? Why didn't the US government phone up the Soviet Union during the cold war and say "hey, we really think your AK-74 assault rifle is the bomb, can you sell them to us in bulk so our soldiers can kill you with them?"
You see, the point we're trying to make is, just like in the real world, all of these empires should have their own versions of these weapons with their own characteristics because they're supposed to be believable nations with thousands of years of history. We get more choices of shotguns and sniper rifles with their own characteristics that may have an advantage over their competition in certain situations. Is that a bad thing?
I shouldn't really need to explain why the caldari going "hey creodron, I know our nations are at war and everything but could you maybe sell us a few million shotguns because our troops have no comparable close range/indoor cqc weapon" is stupid |