(10-14-2014, 03:27 PM)Coatleque Wrote: Also, keep in mind the Garlean's use gun-blades. Â Emphasis on blades. Â Even if it is a more advanced gun at the hilt, it probably has 1-6 shots max, is not easy to reload on the fly, and infers that the main method of fighting is still hand-to-hand.
At the battle of Carteneau in the End of an Era video, you see the majority of the Garlean forces charging in with a mixture of sword and shield, axe, and spear. Â At the 1:58 mark, you see a few of them firing the gun-blade one shot at a time, three rounds before the video cuts away. Â This is where I get my 1-6 shot number from.
The 3D renders I have for Gaius' Gunblade show a 6 shot revolver. As do the Garlean Infantry weapons. Most of the designs show an internalized revolver firing mechanism which is where I imagine their weapons to be firing late breech loaded paper or metallic cartridges reminiscent of firearms technology of the late 1860's. A skilled hand could load six shots quite easily but certainly not fast enough to enable automatic fire or anything of the sort but 6 in a revolver (at the range) is about 10-15 seconds for me, personally; under pressure probably a lot more but... just as a frame of reference.
