I distinctly recall hearing there was some sort of serious hazard about using revolvers specifically related to their firing.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
Like backfires or jamming or something of that nature. That said look, the ammo situation in TLOU2 is illogical bc they can't really produce modern ammunition and gunpowder w/o large modern infrastructure & trade. They can produce *black* powder, but that's not the same.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
Notably if anyone in Jackson knows how they could leverage their stables to produce components of black powder.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
But this gets back to how weird and nebulous the entire situation is in regards to infrastructure in this setting. Like we have no idea what this world's supply lines or trade are like.)
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
Characters just get where they need to go with no real on-screen difficulty. (This for example makes the whole sailboat thing Abby and Owen are engaged in almost comical; we're supposed to believe they can easily sail down the Pacific w/no historic training as sailors?
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I mean can't they just stick close to the coast?
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The Pacific Coast is not a very easy coast to navigate, and even coastal sailing is pretty tricky! When I sailed on even a tiny yacht as part of a day cruise there were turns where the boat was practically almost 60 degrees from the water.
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Fair enough. The only sailboat operator I've known was an Atlantic coast person.
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Amusingly, the Atlantic coast of America is also pretty hard to navigate.
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I mean the person I knew had had training, told me about the degrees of licensing and such. I recall she was fairly highly skilled as amateur boat captains go
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I liked how S2 of Lost in Space, after firmly establishing that Dr Smith is a grifter with no useful skills other than social manipulation in S1, suddenly reveals she's an expert sailor Right when they run into all these reasons they need to turn the Jupiter into a sailboat
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
It turns out her backstory of being a spoiled rich girl who turned to crime when she was disowned by her parents suddenly gave her a useful skill the omnicompetent Robinsons never had any reason to learn
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feels like this should be a joke in an rpg, where the party's painstakingly minmaxed combat skills constantly take a back seat to random joke skills from their backstories
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