[Discussion] Guns, guns, and more guns.

No guns allowed. Anyone found with a gun will be shot.

 

Seriously though, no guns allowed is the solution. Bring back melee combat. *cqc*

 

Yes yes thank you thank you. This is something that's bothered me for a very long time now. The fact that during literally every conflict, someone thinks the solution is guns. A good example being a scientist that did something which I will admit pretty stupid today, but not even a whole minute after the encounter, 3 people agreed that she needed to die. Now I know this cannot be stopped entirely, something can be done to decrease the amount of violence. One way could be to set up a stand, at which peoples weapons are confiscated while they visit a colony, and retrieve them before they leave.

 

It's the frontier. The US frontier was loaded with weapons, but I agree in public colonies if they want to they can restrict weaponry. Like Monolith is a good example.

 

I agree with the banning of firearms on colonies. All it would take is an NPC customs stall in the teleport rooms of colonies. The community's instinct to jump straight to murder with guns is tiring.

 

Yes the murder is a problem, it should be life or death. Like the four men showing up with assault rifles and taking hostages. The robot thing seems a bit overkill with murder. Also not for the ban of weapons...

 

Also I think people, should think like their character has a conscious.... I mean hell I had to kill a coyote, and I am sorry for it.

 

of course you wouldn't be for the ban of weapons. your character is a gun merchant. ffs. there's always a way out of PVP if someone doesn't want to get shot over nothing. the four raiders taking over was a legitimate situation that could have been handled without violence, probably. but we know how that all went.

 

I think if colonies started utilizing their right to ban guns, things could go very well without a need for the removal of all conflict. Set up a customs desk, have an NPC there to remind people to turn in their guns, and anyone that refuses gets labeled a criminal and arrested by an actual officer. That way, someone can still barge into a colony with their rifle slung over their shoulder, but they're gonna be arrested for it, and anyone that wants to be at the colony but not be a criminal can turn in their firearms and not have the option to shoot up everyone that insults them.

 

This is one of those things you can whine about endlessly but never fix, sadly. This thread will inevitably change nothing. Still, I agree with the points that many people offer here. Firearms as a first option of conflict resolution is cheap and overplayed to the max. Instead of having a long, intricate, and witty roleplay about talking down a villain, you just shoot them. Sounds boring, right? Besides, people hardly bother to educate themselves in firearms at all, just assuming it's all as easy as 'point and pull trigger people die'. I don't think i've ever seen a gun jam, misfire or have any other sort of issue. It really just all comes off as lazy RP. Of course, you're still fine to make characters linked to firearms, but you won't garner much respect or appreciation for said character if you don't bother educating yourself at least a little on firearms.

As for my first comment, the thread will really just be a whine-fest. I've been thinking about it, and I may just implement some form of weapon control onto Upside. Seeing as it's really the only used colony for some reason, it will basically be a firearm restriction on the whole server. That way, we're seeing some action instead of just talk. We'll see how it pans out first, as it might not happen at all.

 

Even if there's nothing you can actually do about it, at least bringing up the topic and showing that people really DO give a shit can help. Maybe reading this might actually make some players think, don't'cha think? My hopes are that even if nothing can be done about it, at least /some/ players might read this and go "Oh yeah, maybe shooting everyone I don't like isn't the best option."

 

Dammit I was expecting something else from this thread. I'm one of those plebs who always complains about being not knowing enough about guns, or even body armour.
Though it's kind of fair to say now, people don't know enough about guns. There are still folks who call magazines "clips."

Edit: I'm being as earnest as I can here guys, if you want to learn anything about guns and you don't feel like watching hours and hours of videos, come to someone like myself or @CaptainBritton02
guns are my passion

 

I live in the UK and I know more about guns than half the Americans that play here. It isn't hard to research a little for authenticity.

 

guns... i spend far too much time on guns: PiratePad: ej1pVt3FUS

 

Not even negativity, just realism. I'm gonna look at things very practically and tell it like how I see it. And how I see this thread, is that it's a complaint without any offered solution. Sure, discuss the issue, but the issue needs a solution as well. I think I offered a valid answer in the way of Upside gun control. So really, I do appreciate the fact that issues are being brought into the light here, but we're just whining about it unless we're actively working at a solution.