Imo, not gonna happen. It's not part of TES lore and those weren't really in any other TES games. Spears & Halberds maybe, but not whips, etc.

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Laser cats. Make it happen.

Oh, wait... Khajiit Templars...

I want a Crossbow.

But Crossbows haven't been invented/put into common use yet.

Even though the Fighter's Guild has an ability that fires a Crossbow.

Yet Crossbows were still newish technology down the road in the 4th Era.

And it's only the 2nd.

dodgehopper_ESO wrote: »

Actually in the Dawn Era the Dwemer made crossbows and siege-crossbows.

Dwemer weapons and constructs don't count as the only ones who can explain the tech are long gone and practically none of the other Tamriel races have an understanding themselves. Acquiring a Dwemer Crossbow was actually a Quest in Skyrim's Dawnguard so the weapon's expert lady could study and reverse engineer it.

But when it comes to the rest of Tamriel at large, Crossbows are still pretty much stuck being Siege Weapons. There's even an NPC in Wayrest that says he spent all his Gold investing in a "Handheld Ballista", but it went nowhere cause of how stupid the idea was.

I have always wanted to see:

• Spears
• Melee staff
• Unarmed Combat
• Option to use Magic with Hands rather then only staff options

I believe these could slot nicely into existing weapon trees, but ultimately I don't believe it will be something that is taken into consideration.

ArchMikem wrote: »

Dwemer weapons and constructs don't count as the only ones who can explain the tech are long gone and practically none of the other Tamriel races have an understanding themselves. Acquiring a Dwemer Crossbow was actually a Quest in Skyrim's Dawnguard so the weapon's expert lady could study and reverse engineer it.

But when it comes to the rest of Tamriel at large, Crossbows are still pretty much stuck being Siege Weapons. There's even an NPC in Wayrest that says he spent all his Gold investing in a "Handheld Ballista", but it went nowhere cause of how stupid the idea was.

In reality, a crossbow is rather simple, and Tamriel's races should be able to reverse engineer it effectively. ;_;

But I guess that would completely ruin the fantasy feel of the game because now you have the races of Tamriel marching against one another with tactics more similar to that of modern soldiers, fighting at a range, than brutal melee combat.



On another note, completely unrelated ...

Some advanced technologies are easy to replicate and understand. For example, the hardest part about creating a firearm is making the gunpowder.

If you were to give those Tamrielians a formula for gunpowder, they would likely be able to create firearms very quickly. Of course, they would be very rudimentary, and the biggest drawback would be a horrible trigger mechanism, or lack thereof.

Even some technologies that are very advanced and took significant time and effort to develop, are quite simple to create, such as a basic nuclear bomb. While nuclear weapons involve significant research in order to develop the understanding of an atom, and plenty of time to learn how to separate and refine uranium, once all of those prerequisites have been finished, the actual weapon can be simple to create (note there are several varieties of nuclear weapons, most of which are difficult to build). One of our nuclear technologies is based off of an older invention; a nuclear power plant is basically just a steam engine that gets energy from nuclear fission and not burning coal, of course that makes it much more complex because of dealing with hot, radioactive material, but the conversion from heat to electrical/mechanical energy is something that has been known for quite some time. (PS, attempting to recreate a nuclear device will get every organized government after you, so don't try it )

So I guess that someone from the far-far Tamrielic future could go back in time and introduce a race to firearms and assembling nuclear weapons with pre-refined uranium, and then change the future. But I guess that would mean...that the future should have already been like that, so there is an inheriant paradox. Paradoces aside, it would create a civilization with hyperadvanced war capability.

And the last thing you want to see is a zerg of EP smashing down the front door of Castle Allesia, then charging forward into a barrage of bullets from Aldmeri forces. Or EP just blowing up the walls of Dragonclaw instead of sieging.

Although, I guess explosives would be good to destroy the Allesia bridge, ending the constant fights on it.

In a world were physical magic is possible, the need for many modern technologies is reduced, thus not researched.

If I have people able to create a steady stream of fire, I do not need to invent a flame thrower.

If I can Throw rocks, accurately, with a gesture, I don't need to invent a pistol.

If I can cast spectral images of myself across a continent, I don't need to invent a telephone.

While a crossbow is superior to a short bow, in some aspects, the trade off in rate of fire is not as useful when I have someone who can hit you with a lightning bolt to get the same armor penetration. I think the Dwemer lacked any "real" magical ability, and the magical event that caused them all to vanish was Daedric in origin....but that is my thoughts, and not based in anything in lore that I can find.

Japanese daggers, what the ninja use.

obviously what's needed is another weapon that generates magicka when attacking to replace the stupidity that is using two swords

Mashille wrote: »

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