Which, of course, is short for Gunnhildr. We need many Gunnhildrs, preferably in coquettish barmaid outfits :hubbahubba:

Seriously though, I've opened those old gangrenous wounds surrounding the issue of guns in TES to sincerely broach the idea of siege weapons (ballistae, trebuchet, etc.), to which the name Gunnhildr is actually relevant (no that wasn't just a bad attempt at trolling, my thread has a unified purpose). You see, relatively recent etymological research posits that the word 'gun' is actually short for, you guessed it, Gunnhildr. Then, just as now, man felt the need to give his city-leveling weapons ridiculous names. These original guns were of course torque or counterweight driven weapons; only later was the name applied to cannons.

So yeah, linguistics lesson aside, there's a civil war going on in Skyrim. Siege weapons would be pretty swank, if a tad incongruous.

could have gotten onto the topic better and I think a mod may lock it for that
I hope we can get siege weapons I loved the siege engine in Oblivion

The topic name is enough to get this thread locked.

... like we need a third World War. We don't.

why isn't the cold war considered world war 3? everyone was involved in it, and war is a boom for our economy and there is way too many people in the world right now

Did you think you were being cute with that title? Pissing people off before they even read your post? You're a smart one!

....No....
I'll only accept crossbows, no more..

No. This isn't gears of war.

You will not speak the "G" word again :stare:

Skyrim is a place where several warriors can line up and collectively shout at a city until the walls collapse.

it doesn't need battering rams or siege towers.

Lol wut

You might want to check your history books.

Have you played gears...

Um, crossbows have been in the Elder Scrolls before. Try Morrowind out. And crossbows were around long before Gears of War.

With the new Havok behaviors, and new engine designed with dragon flights in mind... The siege engine could possibly work with Havok controlled rocks and/ or PC/NPCs.

**I'd have no qualms about matchlocks or blunderbuss in the game either.

the best part about this statement is that Morrowind is the only TES game that actually had crossbows.

ed also for real there's absolutely no reason for siege engines at all. rule of cool doesn't even apply - SHOUTING AT SOMETHING TO DESTROY IT is infinitely cooler than a big wooden thing that flings smaller things at other things.

I know. But still, there's a precedant. And, hey, a boy can dream, can't he?

Can't ever agree with that.

You're title scared the crap out of me. I was about to go into raging anti-gun rant mode, but never mind.

I don't actually care one way or the other, but I just really enjoyed reading your post

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow aren't a Gears of War specific weapon?


And I guess some quests with siege weapons wouldn't hurt, or some broken down, and or abandoned catapults, ballistas and such wouldn't any harm as far as I know.

Also, why is everyone freaking out about the title, it did it's job, and that was to bring people to this thread, no? :foodndrink:

Elder Scrolls certainly does not need guns in any shape or form. Siege weapons I can accept. Since you know, Mehrunes Dagon's minions used a Daedric one to destroy Kvatch.

this isnt about guns but still just the fact your misleading people will likely be this threads downfall

No we don't. Go play Fable.

How has no on mention that it would just be a freaking Fallout Game! you want guns... go play Fallout New Vegas!!

i move to banish topic titles from this forum from this day forward, leaving only truncated summaries of the topic starter, which would force people to actually read a little bit before replying.