[quote=@MelonHead] Jok was sort of a character I made because I didn't think the tournament was balanced properly, very few of my other characters have modern day equivalent weapons. Though he was always going to be more about explosive traps anyway, I was planning to just scale what weapons I brought into a fight by the killing potential of my opponent, which is why I dropped the SMG for the finals, if they ever happen. I also agree with you, I think there's something very melancholic about the invention of guns, in the instance that first musket ball fired by some irate peasant hit a charging knight across the field and pierced his armour, dropping him instantly, I think something amazing was lost to history forever. Almost like the forces of fair-play which had always to some extent existed had just been ruined, guns aren't fair. It's especially noticeable in Japanese history and the fall of the Samurai in the Tokugawa period. [/quote] Exactly my thoughts. I have a friend who agrees on the topic and we talk extensively on the subject. Warfare has always been bloody and unforgiving, sure, of course no one will deny that. But there is something very scary about how much guns take away the humanity of your target. Half the time you probably wont see their face, making it easier to think of them merely as a threat or the 'enemy' you need to dispatch. Makes it too easy to take human life. Its interesting that the age of chivalry died around the time gunpowder use became prevalent. Routes are a thing the past too. No invention has really brought the blood-lust out in mankind in the same way. Sure we have nukes now, but the probability of anyone (sane) using them is pretty low (according to the experts anyway).