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Originally Posted by Death knight dunn
Muskeeteers i beleve did exist in medievel times. Correct me if iam wrong.
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You are wrong. The earliest firearms were a far cry from the musket, they were hand-gonnes and the like, essentially a tube with powder and a ball, with a touch hole to activate them. Carry a burning brand to touch to the hole, and hope it doesn't blow up. In order to handle recoil, many of these were equipped with a projecting hook which could be placed to catch the recoil by hooking the "gun" over a wall or similarly solid object. Since the medieval period is defined as ending by 1450, when hackbutts and hand-gonnes were still around and the matchlock, wheel lock and flintlock were the stuff of dreams, I'd say that there were no "muskets" in the medieval ages.
The dwarves
do have blasting powder already, though, so I don't think that GW is that far off giving them weapons based on it. Come on, wouldn't you be using it for something?
I am against the idea of bringing guns into the game. It does seem as if GW may be leading that way, given the kegs of powder all over.