I just don't see it working, sorry. The reason I play Diablo is to get away from technology and fight in a sword and spell fantasy era. I'm afraid adding technological advancement will eventually lead somewhere I don't want the series going.
Actually, cannons would be on castles before they would be on boats...
Or city walls...
True. Initial point still stands- larger, mounted cannons would probably exist first.
Also, what about explosive javalins?
You'd think explosive javelins would be easier to make than explosive arrows. I mean they're bigger and thus a haphazard explosive powder or mechanism rigged to it should be easier to assemble than on a bunch of reasonably smaller, lighter, and more fragile arrows. Or bolts. (My point being it would make more sense if they had exploding javelins in Diablo II and added exploding arrows in Diablo III. Dunno, just a thought.)
But then you have to wonder Blizzards original intentions with explosive arrows and bolts in Diablo II. It always required mana to use the skill to do it- so it could well just be magic. But there were items with had it as a mod- the Shakuku Bow comes to mind, or however you spell it. Hm...
If they have guns, than they have to have dwarves.... but then it becomes more like a certain other blizzard game
Um... When did Dwarves become synonymous with guns? The only race in Sanctuary is humanity (and arguably Sabre Cats and perhaps Fetish, but they are usually described as being animalesque, especially after the demonic influence spread.)
As long as it isn't stupid looking, I guess I won't mind, although I do not like the idea. And if it goes any further than that I will seriously slit someone's throat with my disc.
$20 they won't even implement them in Diablo III, though. They have yet to show anything that would hint at it besides a small narrative in Act V in Diablo II: LoD, which as of yet was also not referenced anywhere in any interviews of any kind. And, since its a nearly entirely new design team, I'm willing to bet they even forgot about it.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, wouldn't standard mounted cannons come before hand cannons? It's only been 20 years, and they've been rebuilding after the events in Diablo II, in which whole countries were decimated to single cities. I don't think it would be an opportune time for it to be introduced.
Yeah, that was me. Sorry- I had to :rolleyes:
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Darnit, Link beat me.
Um... This isn't Halo 3?
You'd think explosive javelins would be easier to make than explosive arrows. I mean they're bigger and thus a haphazard explosive powder or mechanism rigged to it should be easier to assemble than on a bunch of reasonably smaller, lighter, and more fragile arrows. Or bolts. (My point being it would make more sense if they had exploding javelins in Diablo II and added exploding arrows in Diablo III. Dunno, just a thought.)
But then you have to wonder Blizzards original intentions with explosive arrows and bolts in Diablo II. It always required mana to use the skill to do it- so it could well just be magic. But there were items with had it as a mod- the Shakuku Bow comes to mind, or however you spell it. Hm...
Um... When did Dwarves become synonymous with guns? The only race in Sanctuary is humanity (and arguably Sabre Cats and perhaps Fetish, but they are usually described as being animalesque, especially after the demonic influence spread.)
No, there will never, ever be Dwarves.
$20 they won't even implement them in Diablo III, though. They have yet to show anything that would hint at it besides a small narrative in Act V in Diablo II: LoD, which as of yet was also not referenced anywhere in any interviews of any kind. And, since its a nearly entirely new design team, I'm willing to bet they even forgot about it.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, wouldn't standard mounted cannons come before hand cannons? It's only been 20 years, and they've been rebuilding after the events in Diablo II, in which whole countries were decimated to single cities. I don't think it would be an opportune time for it to be introduced.
Dunno, maybe I'm just an idiot.
I'm calling it now- there will not be guns in Diablo III.