Talk:Chrome/@comment-25075355-20140713160637/@comment-26048386-20150311182822

It's there because of the cool factor.

The tech level in MGQ is medieval at best, I don't even think they have worked out crossbows.

An electric motor powered, rifled barrel, smokeless powder, cased ammunition firearm is very, very far out of the grasp of most, save for Promestein. That said, they seem to have a grasp on explosives, so i suppose black powder small arms could be implemented with some research.

It should also be noted that implementing firearms in the world of magic and plate armor is tricky buisness. Projectiles moving at hundreds to thousands of feet per second can be countered by what, exactly? SAPI plates aren't exactly a thing in this setting and a magical sheild blocking said projectiles renders the gun moot. And if you don't have some sort of counter, then you have some sort of 40k level grimdark bloodbath.