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    Quote Originally Posted by Lone Wolf Leonhart View Post
    No one has ever really been able to justify saying that outside of "I just don't like it", which fair enough but

    Don't give me some bs like impracticality or design makes no sense because this is a game where you can hit dinosaurs with nunchaku or blow up robots with your fists and it's effective. A sword that vibrates when you pull a trigger isn't a stretch okay.
    Devil May Cry has something similar.

    Nero can literally rev up his sword like a motorcycle, and it allows him to do different / stronger attacks.

    Personally, I think it's pretty cool.


    Pull my Devil Trigger!

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    I agree with you two. I've always loved the Gunblade ever since I first seen and heard of it. I imagine Squall's gunblade uses some form of retained magic(from drawing, as he literally draws magic into his blade.) Which he uses to then generate a temporary barrier after each bullet fires to block shrapnel from backfiring at him or simply directs the shrapnel towards the enemy.

    Did you guys know there were actual real gunblades and gun knives to be exact. Here are some pics...


    Gunblade 1.jpgGunblade 2.jpgGunblade 3.jpg

    There's way more historical examples as well. Just google search them!
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    Yeah was just going to say, how is the gunblade the most stupid weapon to ever be created when they actually existed in RL ? This is also the same series where Wakka throws his sportsball at monsters and Quina's weapon is a fork.

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    just because something exists in real life doesn't make it not stupid

    donald trump exists in real life

    frozen hot chocolate exists in real life

    people who like ffviii exist in real life

    you see my point?
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    Jinx you are absolutely smurfing insane. Never change.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jinx View Post
    just because something exists in real life doesn't make it not stupid

    donald trump exists in real life

    frozen hot chocolate exists in real life

    people who like ffviii exist in real life

    you see my point?
    I'm not a history buff or expert, but people who created weapons in the past knew what they were doing and didn't smurf around.

    Also people who like FFVIII in real life are beautiful. That is true in real life as well.


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    are you just talking about bayonets because

    lol
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    I don't imagine that the real gunblades were the most viable weapons myself but if improvements were allowed to be made overtime they could have managed to make it work. Bayonetes are the only examples of gunblade-like weapons that are fully functional with awesome real world applications and potential. Heck the modern military forces still use them to this day. The issue with the other gunblade designs is that vibration from firing the gun would vibrate the blade and cause temporary heat at the same time which would lead to morphing the blade overtime nullifying it's use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jinx View Post
    are you just talking about bayonets because

    lol
    No I wasn't.

    https://vimeo.com/275116175
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    Quote Originally Posted by maybee View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Jinx View Post
    are you just talking about bayonets because

    lol
    No I wasn't.

    https://vimeo.com/275116175

    That was interesting thanks Maybee. I didn't think they'd have had such a real world usage back then.

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    The blade is also like 1/5 of the size of a gunblade. Still stupid, but far more functional. And it didn't work by having the bullets shot INSIDE the blade and having its extra damage come from "vibration".

    nah, m8, ff gunblades are dumb af
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jinx View Post
    The blade is also like 1/5 of the size of a gunblade.
    And ?


    Quote Originally Posted by Jinx View Post
    Still stupid, but far more functional.
    As the man said, if somebody attempted to make a quick escape they could shoot 'em. I wouldn't call that stupid if you are tactical.


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    And it didn't work by having the bullets shot INSIDE the blade and having its extra damage come from "vibration".
    That's like saying that swords are stupid because you can't limit break with them in reality. "Oh no you can't Tidus Overdrive in real life swords are dumb " ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jinx View Post
    nah, m8, ff gunblades are dumb af
    And you are being negatively biased towards FF8 because you said that Gunblades are the worst weapons in FF history when Wakka has a soccer ball basically as his weapon and Quina has a fork lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by maybee View Post

    Quote Originally Posted by Jinx View Post
    nah, m8, ff gunblades are dumb af
    And you are being negatively biased towards FF8 because you said that Gunblades are the worst weapons in FF history when Wakka has a soccer ball basically as his weapon and Quina has a fork lol.
    Hold the phone, some of those soccer balls have spikes on them and have you ever been stabbed by a fork! I mean think, if you sharpened each point, it's more like a Trident!

    Also it's been so long that I forgot that i made this thread lmao

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    And a gunblade at its very worst is still a sword, so I'll take that over a spiked ball.

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    I'm not even gonna throw shade at Wakka. I embrace all FF weapons.

    You're welcome to hold your wildly unpopular opinion. No sweat off my Lionheart.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freya View Post
    Hold the phone, some of those soccer balls have spikes on them and have you ever been stabbed by a fork! I mean think, if you sharpened each point, it's more like a Trident!
    Yeah but in reality Wakka would have to throw the ball

    Run after the ball and try and find it again

    Pick up the ball

    Toss the ball again


    That's stupid.


    And no I haven't been stabbed by a fork

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