(12-26-2014, 04:13 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: There's no point trying to draw a parallel between Eorzean technology and real-world technology. Their guns are not breach-loaded nor do they ever seem to actually physically reload them in any way (could just be an animation issue, but still). In this cutscene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXSHLPB1aM Merlwyb fires several shots in quick succession with no visible magazine. That alone puts them on a different level from real-world firearms.
They're guns because guns are cool. That's basically all there is to it.
How do regular folks even take those on, then? I mean, with no aether, just pure physical attacks...?
Also, the argument about "It's a fantasy game" isn't entirely waterproof. There are some realistic elements, such as how the races are evolved with common ancestors (scholarly consensus IC is that Miqo'te and Couerls have common ancestors somewhere). So...