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[Assassin's Creed] FOLD UP THE FLAGS. THIS THREAD IS DEAD! ARRR!

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    How do you help other peoples fleets? I see that someone boosted my fleet, but couldn't see an option to do that for someone else.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • CaptainNemoCaptainNemo Registered User regular
    Anyone have the Pistol Swords yet? I'm curious if it's worth going after all these damn contracts for.

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  • Ov3rchargeOv3rcharge R.I.P. Mass Effect You were dead to me for yearsRegistered User regular
    Anyone have the Pistol Swords yet? I'm curious if it's worth going after all these damn contracts for.

    The only reason I haven't gone after those is how stupid the concept is.

  • KadokenKadoken Giving Ends to my Friends and it Feels Stupendous Registered User regular
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    Anyone have the Pistol Swords yet? I'm curious if it's worth going after all these damn contracts for.

    The only reason I haven't gone after those is how stupid the concept is.

    Because they're basically small versions of the stupid gunblade from FF8?

  • Ov3rchargeOv3rcharge R.I.P. Mass Effect You were dead to me for yearsRegistered User regular
    Kadoken wrote: »
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    Anyone have the Pistol Swords yet? I'm curious if it's worth going after all these damn contracts for.

    The only reason I haven't gone after those is how stupid the concept is.

    Because they're basically small versions of the stupid gunblade from FF8?

    Exactly.

  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    AC4 has pistol swords? Huh... I had no idea.

    The concept is historically accurate...

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    You know what might be an interesting story concept for another AC game? If the person using the Animus was an Abstergo agent (not genetically-significant pawns, but actual templar agents with the right bloodline), looking for some important item or bit of information in an Assassin's life.

    Then, midway through the game, the Assassin learns, probably from a Precursor message, that his life is being examined by Templar agents far in the future. Towards the en of the game, he decides to foil their plan to learn the location of whatever item he has, and hands it off to someone else; somone not in the Assassin order, perhaps, who takes it somewhere even he doesn't know. And the end mision of the game will be a suicidal infiltration of a major Templar stronghold, knowing full well that, however many Templar agents he kills, it will end with his own death, which will cut off his history from the Templars to view. In that last mission, surviving beyond a certain point would start to drain Synchronization, because he died there.

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Okay, are you guys sure that maps from the general store will help me find people to bring to the Homestead? Because the just seem to be about finding Treasures, Trinkets, and Almanac Pages, from the descriptions.

    Are most Hometeaders found in the Frontier? Because I'm seriously behind on Syncronizing viewpoints there.

  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    I think they just appear on you map as you progress. You can't get them all at once.

    I didn't even go out of my way to get them and I got them all.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    I'm going out of my way to hunt down likely loctions and I can't find any.

    I'm just before starting the Sequence 11 mission. Is it possible that they just don't show up at that point, and I need to go back to a previous memory sequence?

    That is to say, the guy standing at the Aquila's dock is the current mission target.

    Enlong on
  • Ov3rchargeOv3rcharge R.I.P. Mass Effect You were dead to me for yearsRegistered User regular
    edited November 2013
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    AC4 has pistol swords? Huh... I had no idea.

    The concept is historically accurate...

    The page is also quick to point out how awful they were. I'm not dissing you I had no idea they were real.

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  • FreiFrei A French Prometheus Unbound DeadwoodRegistered User regular
    Something fun but not plausible/real world effective in an assassin's creed game? say it ain't so!

    Are you the magic man?
  • SagrothSagroth Registered User regular
    I am considering getting this once I grab my PS4, but I have to inquire:

    Is this better than AC3? Like, way better? Because I enjoyed everything from 2 up to Revelations, but 3 burned me baaaaad.

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  • PreciousBodilyFluidsPreciousBodilyFluids Registered User regular
    Sagroth wrote: »
    I am considering getting this once I grab my PS4, but I have to inquire:

    Is this better than AC3? Like, way better? Because I enjoyed everything from 2 up to Revelations, but 3 burned me baaaaad.

    I actually really enjoyed AC3, but Black Flag is so much more fun. Probably the most fun I ever had in an Assassin's Creed game.

    Guys

    Guys I just took out 3 Man o' War ships in a row and added them to my fleet. I'm a pirate God.

  • PreciousBodilyFluidsPreciousBodilyFluids Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    You know what might be an interesting story concept for another AC game? If the person using the Animus was an Abstergo agent (not genetically-significant pawns, but actual templar agents with the right bloodline), looking for some important item or bit of information in an Assassin's life.

    Then, midway through the game, the Assassin learns, probably from a Precursor message, that his life is being examined by Templar agents far in the future. Towards the en of the game, he decides to foil their plan to learn the location of whatever item he has, and hands it off to someone else; somone not in the Assassin order, perhaps, who takes it somewhere even he doesn't know. And the end mision of the game will be a suicidal infiltration of a major Templar stronghold, knowing full well that, however many Templar agents he kills, it will end with his own death, which will cut off his history from the Templars to view. In that last mission, surviving beyond a certain point would start to drain Synchronization, because he died there.

    Synchronization ends the moment they conceive the child which furthers the line to the descendant who is reliving their memories. They can't see any memories beyond that point, because they're not passed on genetically.

  • BotznoyBotznoy Registered User regular
    Sagroth wrote: »
    I am considering getting this once I grab my PS4, but I have to inquire:

    Is this better than AC3? Like, way better? Because I enjoyed everything from 2 up to Revelations, but 3 burned me baaaaad.

    I actually really enjoyed AC3, but Black Flag is so much more fun. Probably the most fun I ever had in an Assassin's Creed game.

    Guys

    Guys I just took out 3 Man o' War ships in a row and added them to my fleet. I'm a pirate God.

    First man o war I found was guarding a bay. Snuck in murdered everyone. Swam back to ship. Then captured it without firing a shot.

    Also is there a step above man-o-war? Cos they're easy enough pickings. I'm assuming a ship-of-the-line deal

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  • DeadfallDeadfall I don't think you realize just how rich he is. In fact, I should put on a monocle.Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    How do you help other peoples fleets? I see that someone boosted my fleet, but couldn't see an option to do that for someone else.

    If you have friends playing and they send out fleets for missions they will show up on your naval map.

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  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    Botznoy wrote: »
    Sagroth wrote: »
    I am considering getting this once I grab my PS4, but I have to inquire:

    Is this better than AC3? Like, way better? Because I enjoyed everything from 2 up to Revelations, but 3 burned me baaaaad.

    I actually really enjoyed AC3, but Black Flag is so much more fun. Probably the most fun I ever had in an Assassin's Creed game.

    Guys

    Guys I just took out 3 Man o' War ships in a row and added them to my fleet. I'm a pirate God.

    First man o war I found was guarding a bay. Snuck in murdered everyone. Swam back to ship. Then captured it without firing a shot.

    Also is there a step above man-o-war? Cos they're easy enough pickings. I'm assuming a ship-of-the-line deal

    Historical note:

    Ships-of-the-line referred to any naval vessel larger than a frigate that contained more than one gun deck. These ranged from 64 guns, like the HMS Agamemnon, to more common 74 guns contained on two gun decks and then the larger ships up to the 104 gun HMS Victory which had three gun decks.

    The most heavily armed ship during the age of sail was the Spanish Santísima Trinidad which carried 140 cannons on four gun decks.

    However, ironically, it was attacked by the much smaller Agamemnon during the Battle of Trafalgar. Trinidad could not lower most of her guns enough to fire all of them at Agamemnon and the British cannons were raised or fire upwards trough the decks. Eventually they stopped firing once they realized they had killed or wounded everyone capable of surrendering.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    Enlong wrote: »
    You know what might be an interesting story concept for another AC game? If the person using the Animus was an Abstergo agent (not genetically-significant pawns, but actual templar agents with the right bloodline), looking for some important item or bit of information in an Assassin's life.

    Then, midway through the game, the Assassin learns, probably from a Precursor message, that his life is being examined by Templar agents far in the future. Towards the en of the game, he decides to foil their plan to learn the location of whatever item he has, and hands it off to someone else; somone not in the Assassin order, perhaps, who takes it somewhere even he doesn't know. And the end mision of the game will be a suicidal infiltration of a major Templar stronghold, knowing full well that, however many Templar agents he kills, it will end with his own death, which will cut off his history from the Templars to view. In that last mission, surviving beyond a certain point would start to drain Synchronization, because he died there.

    Synchronization ends the moment they conceive the child which furthers the line to the descendant who is reliving their memories. They can't see any memories beyond that point, because they're not passed on genetically.

    Not true.

    Desmond was able to explore Altair's twilight years, and up to the moment of his death in the Masyaf Library. Said death happened a great many years after conception of his child(ren) and after the death of his wife.

    On a less serious note, if synchronization ens after conception, then Ezio's story would have ended long before he became an Assassin in the first place (hardy har har)

    Enlong on
  • PreciousBodilyFluidsPreciousBodilyFluids Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Enlong wrote: »
    You know what might be an interesting story concept for another AC game? If the person using the Animus was an Abstergo agent (not genetically-significant pawns, but actual templar agents with the right bloodline), looking for some important item or bit of information in an Assassin's life.

    Then, midway through the game, the Assassin learns, probably from a Precursor message, that his life is being examined by Templar agents far in the future. Towards the en of the game, he decides to foil their plan to learn the location of whatever item he has, and hands it off to someone else; somone not in the Assassin order, perhaps, who takes it somewhere even he doesn't know. And the end mision of the game will be a suicidal infiltration of a major Templar stronghold, knowing full well that, however many Templar agents he kills, it will end with his own death, which will cut off his history from the Templars to view. In that last mission, surviving beyond a certain point would start to drain Synchronization, because he died there.

    Synchronization ends the moment they conceive the child which furthers the line to the descendant who is reliving their memories. They can't see any memories beyond that point, because they're not passed on genetically.

    Not true.

    Desmond was able to explore Altair's twilight years, and up to the moment of his death in the Masyaf Library. Said death happened a great many years after conception of his child(ren) and after the death of his wife.

    On a less serious note, if synchronization ens after conception, then Ezio's story would have ended long before he became an Assassin in the first place (hardy har har)

    That was an exception, as Altair's last moments were captured by Eden pieces, and then relived by Ezio (who was in turn relived by Desmond). It's not possible using only the Animus.
    Botznoy wrote: »
    Sagroth wrote: »
    I am considering getting this once I grab my PS4, but I have to inquire:

    Is this better than AC3? Like, way better? Because I enjoyed everything from 2 up to Revelations, but 3 burned me baaaaad.

    I actually really enjoyed AC3, but Black Flag is so much more fun. Probably the most fun I ever had in an Assassin's Creed game.

    Guys

    Guys I just took out 3 Man o' War ships in a row and added them to my fleet. I'm a pirate God.

    First man o war I found was guarding a bay. Snuck in murdered everyone. Swam back to ship. Then captured it without firing a shot.

    Also is there a step above man-o-war? Cos they're easy enough pickings. I'm assuming a ship-of-the-line deal

    I tried this, but it was a red area and the ship noticed me and shot at me in the few seconds I needed to come up for breath, killing me.

    So instead I just wrecked its shit with the Jackdaw

  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    So for those having misgivings about the framing story dropping everything that AC 1-3 built up in favor of silliness - you should put those fears to bed right now.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Enlong wrote: »
    You know what might be an interesting story concept for another AC game? If the person using the Animus was an Abstergo agent (not genetically-significant pawns, but actual templar agents with the right bloodline), looking for some important item or bit of information in an Assassin's life.

    Then, midway through the game, the Assassin learns, probably from a Precursor message, that his life is being examined by Templar agents far in the future. Towards the en of the game, he decides to foil their plan to learn the location of whatever item he has, and hands it off to someone else; somone not in the Assassin order, perhaps, who takes it somewhere even he doesn't know. And the end mision of the game will be a suicidal infiltration of a major Templar stronghold, knowing full well that, however many Templar agents he kills, it will end with his own death, which will cut off his history from the Templars to view. In that last mission, surviving beyond a certain point would start to drain Synchronization, because he died there.

    Synchronization ends the moment they conceive the child which furthers the line to the descendant who is reliving their memories. They can't see any memories beyond that point, because they're not passed on genetically.

    Not true.

    Desmond was able to explore Altair's twilight years, and up to the moment of his death in the Masyaf Library. Said death happened a great many years after conception of his child(ren) and after the death of his wife.

    On a less serious note, if synchronization ens after conception, then Ezio's story would have ended long before he became an Assassin in the first place (hardy har har)

    That was an exception, as Altair's last moments were captured by Eden pieces, and then relived by Ezio (who was in turn relived by Desmond). It's not possible using only the Animus.
    Botznoy wrote: »
    Sagroth wrote: »
    I am considering getting this once I grab my PS4, but I have to inquire:

    Is this better than AC3? Like, way better? Because I enjoyed everything from 2 up to Revelations, but 3 burned me baaaaad.

    I actually really enjoyed AC3, but Black Flag is so much more fun. Probably the most fun I ever had in an Assassin's Creed game.

    Guys

    Guys I just took out 3 Man o' War ships in a row and added them to my fleet. I'm a pirate God.

    First man o war I found was guarding a bay. Snuck in murdered everyone. Swam back to ship. Then captured it without firing a shot.

    Also is there a step above man-o-war? Cos they're easy enough pickings. I'm assuming a ship-of-the-line deal

    I tried this, but it was a red area and the ship noticed me and shot at me in the few seconds I needed to come up for breath, killing me.

    So instead I just wrecked its shit with the Jackdaw

    Right, forgot about that.

    Still don't think that conception removes synchronization entirely. I feel that Ezio must have had some sort of heir during his years as an assassin, considering his... drive.

    As for that scene in ACII, I wonder if that wasn't mostly due to a strange function of the bleeding effect, rather than a limitation of the Animus itself.

    If it is the case, though, then I suppose a rebellion from the Assassin being viewed would involve him having as much sex as possible.

  • PreciousBodilyFluidsPreciousBodilyFluids Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Enlong wrote: »
    Enlong wrote: »
    You know what might be an interesting story concept for another AC game? If the person using the Animus was an Abstergo agent (not genetically-significant pawns, but actual templar agents with the right bloodline), looking for some important item or bit of information in an Assassin's life.

    Then, midway through the game, the Assassin learns, probably from a Precursor message, that his life is being examined by Templar agents far in the future. Towards the en of the game, he decides to foil their plan to learn the location of whatever item he has, and hands it off to someone else; somone not in the Assassin order, perhaps, who takes it somewhere even he doesn't know. And the end mision of the game will be a suicidal infiltration of a major Templar stronghold, knowing full well that, however many Templar agents he kills, it will end with his own death, which will cut off his history from the Templars to view. In that last mission, surviving beyond a certain point would start to drain Synchronization, because he died there.

    Synchronization ends the moment they conceive the child which furthers the line to the descendant who is reliving their memories. They can't see any memories beyond that point, because they're not passed on genetically.

    Not true.

    Desmond was able to explore Altair's twilight years, and up to the moment of his death in the Masyaf Library. Said death happened a great many years after conception of his child(ren) and after the death of his wife.

    On a less serious note, if synchronization ens after conception, then Ezio's story would have ended long before he became an Assassin in the first place (hardy har har)

    That was an exception, as Altair's last moments were captured by Eden pieces, and then relived by Ezio (who was in turn relived by Desmond). It's not possible using only the Animus.
    Botznoy wrote: »
    Sagroth wrote: »
    I am considering getting this once I grab my PS4, but I have to inquire:

    Is this better than AC3? Like, way better? Because I enjoyed everything from 2 up to Revelations, but 3 burned me baaaaad.

    I actually really enjoyed AC3, but Black Flag is so much more fun. Probably the most fun I ever had in an Assassin's Creed game.

    Guys

    Guys I just took out 3 Man o' War ships in a row and added them to my fleet. I'm a pirate God.

    First man o war I found was guarding a bay. Snuck in murdered everyone. Swam back to ship. Then captured it without firing a shot.

    Also is there a step above man-o-war? Cos they're easy enough pickings. I'm assuming a ship-of-the-line deal

    I tried this, but it was a red area and the ship noticed me and shot at me in the few seconds I needed to come up for breath, killing me.

    So instead I just wrecked its shit with the Jackdaw

    Right, forgot about that.

    Still don't think that conception removes synchronization entirely. I feel that Ezio must have had some sort of heir during his years as an assassin, considering his... drive.

    As for that scene in ACII, I wonder if that wasn't mostly due to a strange function of the bleeding effect, rather than a limitation of the Animus itself.

    If it is the case, though, then I suppose a rebellion from the Assassin being viewed would involve him having as much sex as possible.

    He might have had AN heir, sure, that doesn't matter. Not until he fathered THE heir, who would continue the Desmond line.

  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    The Assassin's Creed - Fuck 'em. No, seriously. Fuck 'em. Like all the time. Make babies with them.

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  • GrimmyTOAGrimmyTOA Registered User regular
    So, when do you start building up your fleet? I'm still stuck with one at the moment.

  • CaptainNemoCaptainNemo Registered User regular
    So, uh, this kicked the shit out of III, most definitely. I really like the way Edward's arc went.

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    GrimmyTOA wrote: »
    So, when do you start building up your fleet? I'm still stuck with one at the moment.

    Start of sequece 4 I think? Not really spoilers but I'm being super cautious:
    After the second out-of-animus stuff where the IT guy has you run an errand. You get your hideout too.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    ACIII has crashed like 6 times as I've been playing it.

    I'm still interesed in upgrading the Homestead, at least far enough to get a second pistol holser, but I gotta say, I'll be glad when I can move on to Black Flag.

    Is The Tyranny of King Washington worth a purchase?

  • DeadfallDeadfall I don't think you realize just how rich he is. In fact, I should put on a monocle.Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    I loved ACIII and I was not impressed with King Washington at all. It felt like a chore.

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  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    My love for this series has returned (it never really went away)

    Boarding ships is so much fun.

  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    Deadfall wrote: »
    I loved ACIII and I was not impressed with King Washington at all. It felt like a chore.

    Yeah. I mean the powers were fun to fuck around with, but I didn't care for the DLC. Chore is a good word for it.

    And like Deadfall, I actually enjoyed ACIII main content.

    Deadfall
  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    AC4 has pistol swords? Huh... I had no idea.

    The concept is historically accurate...

    The page is also quick to point out how awful they were. I'm not dissing you I had no idea they were real.

    The single most impractical, implausible thing in Assassin's Creed is the Assassin's Blade.

    Once you accept that you lose the ability to be taken seriously when you complain about any other weapon. Have you actually seen the mechanism for this weapon? It has no strength. The blade would break off the fragile spring and bars holding it nine times out of ten. Most spring loaded hidden weapons actually released a dagger into your hand to be used as a normal weapon. Like Connor's second blade, which other than the fact it was attached constantly was a more realistic kind of Assassin's Blade.
    Assassin Creed special weapons have always had an aura of ridiculousness about them.

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  • Ov3rchargeOv3rcharge R.I.P. Mass Effect You were dead to me for yearsRegistered User regular
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    AC4 has pistol swords? Huh... I had no idea.

    The concept is historically accurate...

    The page is also quick to point out how awful they were. I'm not dissing you I had no idea they were real.

    The single most impractical, implausible thing in Assassin's Creed is the Assassin's Blade.

    Once you accept that you lose the ability to be taken seriously when you complain about any other weapon. Have you actually seen the mechanism for this weapon? It has no strength. It would break off it's housing nine times out of ten.
    Assassin Creed special weapons have always had an aura of ridiculousness about them.

    Elaborate please.

  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    AC4 has pistol swords? Huh... I had no idea.

    The concept is historically accurate...

    The page is also quick to point out how awful they were. I'm not dissing you I had no idea they were real.

    The single most impractical, implausible thing in Assassin's Creed is the Assassin's Blade.

    Once you accept that you lose the ability to be taken seriously when you complain about any other weapon. Have you actually seen the mechanism for this weapon? It has no strength. It would break off it's housing nine times out of ten.
    Assassin Creed special weapons have always had an aura of ridiculousness about them.

    Elaborate please.

    Elaborate about what? The blade or the other weapons?

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  • Blackbird SR-71CBlackbird SR-71C Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    Ov3rcharge wrote: »
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    AC4 has pistol swords? Huh... I had no idea.

    The concept is historically accurate...

    The page is also quick to point out how awful they were. I'm not dissing you I had no idea they were real.

    The single most impractical, implausible thing in Assassin's Creed is the Assassin's Blade.

    Once you accept that you lose the ability to be taken seriously when you complain about any other weapon. Have you actually seen the mechanism for this weapon? It has no strength. It would break off it's housing nine times out of ten.
    Assassin Creed special weapons have always had an aura of ridiculousness about them.

    Elaborate please.

    Elaborate about what? The blade or the other weapons?

    Speaking as someone with no experience with any kind of combat: Wouldn't a hidden blade be useful, even if situational? Assuming it doesn't come at a cost: Assuming the apperatus/gauntlet's weight is low enough to be disregarded. Plus, you don't even have to cut off a finger anymore!

    Edit: Disregard, Either the quote was magically cut off or I overlooked parts of it (I'll go with the latter). Well, yeah.

    As for what you stated in terms of realism: Eh. I don't much care. That'd be a drop of water in a barrell of faults. Most of which are inherint in every videogame ever, so I'm not sure I see the problem. Consequently gunblades (as long as they aren't as tall as a person like in Final Fantasy) sound ok to me in this setting.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    A hidden blade would only be useful as, for instance, a delivery mechanism for poison I'd guess. It sticks in and is pulled straight out again, doesn't have to pierce far, and won't have too much tension placed on the mechanism.

    However, this is a video game, and the hidden blade is completely badass, so it works.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    So after a truly irresponsible amount of time doing Homestead missions, I now have a second holster, two French Coat Pistols, and a War Tomahawk, as well as money for ship upgrades.

    So, now I have four shots. More than enough to kill anything that moves.

  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited November 2013
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    A hidden blade would only be useful as, for instance, a delivery mechanism for poison I'd guess. It sticks in and is pulled straight out again, doesn't have to pierce far, and won't have too much tension placed on the mechanism.

    However, this is a video game, and the hidden blade is completely badass, so it works.

    Exactly. That's why it's in there.
    Ditto for pistol swords.

    I think a couple of you thought I was somehow saying its bad that there are unrealistic elements in these video games. No no no. I love unrealistic things in my video games. They are fun.
    I'm pointing out that pistol swords are no less stupid than the actual assassin blade itself, especially the way ezio used it. So if you actually want to think about things in terms of whether it's stupid in a real life setting or not the whole damn setting is going to crumble around your ears.

    These are popcorn video games. Don't think too hard.

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    I think the only thing I miss from Ass3 is the tomahawk. I wish it had a counterpart of some sort in AssFlag instead of the dual swords. I don't generally use the hidden blades for my day-to-day stabbity.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    So, a question. What is the point of the iron tomahawk? It appears to be strictly worse than the tomahawk you start with.

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