I don't how to explain it, but it if TES had guns it would take away a lot of it's magic to me.

Oh please no

simply: no

Breaking news: "Bethesda has just confirmed that Fallout 4 will pass in a snowy and mountainous area of the United States."

@edit double post. -.-

Maybe an elder scrolls "styled" game, aka open world quests, main plot, levelling up etc, but set in 18th century with that kinda technology would be quite good, I actually cannot think of a single first person shooter that is set in 17-18th century, the closest game I can think of, but isnt an open world is call of juarez, but thats 6 shooters and proper rifles. People are saying go play fallout, but fallout wouldnt even fall into the same category since its in the future, and has big frickin lasers

It would be an interesting game i reckon

Then whoever wrote that part of lore must've done it on a friday overtime.

The main advantage of guns is ease of use. Aim and shoot. Even muskets are much easier to use and more effective than bows and crossbows; that's why they replaced bows and crossbows.

Considering magic is even harder to learn than archery(otherwise every citizen of Tamriel would use magic and institutions like College of Winterhold would exist in every city or even every town), the reasoning is nonsensical.

They can put guns in TES if they want. Just don't expect me to buy it.

Sure, why not? So long as we don't go all '19th century' and just have them as an anachronism (like Katanas) I don't mind.

I would like to see TES more modernised. At the moment they have the technology to make magic items, sawmills and perfectly carved buildings but no guns or cannons. I think the next TES game should be about an industrial revolution not like 19th century but like 15th century so guns are just being developed.

I mean there's hundreds of ships in Tamriel, but they have no canon, they aren't gonna get far without any canons.

Play Fallout and shut up.

are you implying that ships require cannons to navigate? if no one has cannons, then there would be no need for cannons.

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It's true, while Queen Victoria technically ruled over the whole land, the Industrial Revolution was in full swing, and the navy and army were "civilising" a fair swathe of the globe, there was still that feudal stronghold of King Hargrold and his land of merry serfs up somewhere near Manchester that nobody had bothered invading for about 500 years. Gone now of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc

OT: I really wouldn't like it. Guns are for Fallout and swords, magic, and bows are for the Elder Scrolls.

Well I'm no expert, but I think it's the sails that help them move around more than the canons.

All the people saying "just play Fallout" seem to be missing the slight differences between flintlock pistols and mini-guns. Oh and between Tamriel and post-apocalyptic America too.

19th century was far past Medieval times and pretty well into the modern period so there isn't much relation left with TES universe. I would say the very 18th century at the very latest. Anyways, this could be a fun mod but I don't think there will ever be an official TES game with guns.

The numidium shuts down in the 5th era, if the dwemer could actually return they could advance TES society tenfold I'm sure.
Bringing about by my speculation an 18th century romanised steampunk empire of sorts, perhaps expanding into Akavir territories?

Now a game exploring on the concept of two alien cultures meeting together in war or colonisation would be very intriguing.
Especially if it resembles early encounters between the British Empire and that of the Manchu Qing Empire.

If Bethesda could do this with an Empire of Tamriel and an asian resembling Akaviri dynasty of sorts, all the more relatable and better.
Put one side holding traditions at it's core (akaviri/don't use guns) and the other which likes to embrace new ideas (tamriellic empire/use guns).
Then that'd make everyone happy- as you could fight for one side or the other or even have different gameplay experiences.

But maybe I'm being a little too ambitious here, better to start small and work your way up like they say. So... who wants crossbows back?

Yes obviously canons aren't required for travelling, but I'm talking about attack vessels, which are up against other fighting ships, I mean how they gonna take over or destroy the other ship without any canons, please tell me you weren't planning on taking over a ship with a wooden bow and arrows

There shouldn't be, considering it is a completely different world with complete different culture.

Naval combat existed long before the invention of gunpowder.

I'll add another "no."

Why not? Or casting fireballs at them. Or just by boarding them.

How about an 1800s themed game made by bethesda? An inbetween fallout and tes game. Steampunk themed even. Not enough games set in that time period.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc&list=FLvx06DgVMksSPgu75BRF3jQ&index=7