(02-04-2015, 02:23 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote:(02-03-2015, 08:20 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: While I don't disagree with your not-disagreement, I was mostly trying to refer to that idea that someone wouldn't have the time to respond to a sudden pistol shot. Warren's been shot ICly; It was a sudden thing that he had no reasonable response to. Things were normal, then suddenly not, and there's no way someone can reliably dodge bullets repeatedly in an RP fight. That's my largest issue with guns being used freely, really: If someone quickdraws on you, you're at their effective mercy to not be shot, barring some very selective lucky circumstances or divine intervention.I really don't understand why you're saying this.
This is the same game series where you see things like this (skip to 2:10):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc9G-vjik8A#t=130
Fighters in Eorzea can have superhuman reflexes, they have aether, they can react to the direction of the barrel and move accordingly, etc. There is absolutely nothing saying they cannot react to a gun fighter aside from your own pre-formed prejudices which are based entirely on real-world references as opposed to fantasy.
Not that I really care. It's your event, do what you want with it. I just don't understand the thought process that leads to this.
You care enough to quote me, bold something and then explain how you don't understand it. Despite your arguably-valid feelings on RPing someone blessed with supernatural prowess, the folks at the Grindstone tend to be more toned down than fucking Cloud of all people.
Some of us like a semblance of realism in our combat RP, which we have repeatedly butted heads against on. Yet here we are...