Okay... so borderlands
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Each shotgun has an individualised metamorphose chamber whereby standard bullets are changed on a subatomic level to split into a different number of pellets.
The same way you can generate ammo, fire two (Or four, or even eight) bullets at once and the same way you have grenades which "Steal Life" (Although, the same could be said for all grenades.).
When you care enough to question the shotgun shells but ignore say EVERYTHING else that is insane about that game you only get the explanation you deserve; A wizard did it...
Electric guns are a possibility in the future, matter disappearing and reappearing in different shotgun shells is a psychical impossibilityAlternatePFG said:
True, but regardless I think you're giving the idea more thought than the developers did that's for sure.Levitas1234 said:
A better question.
How does one modify a double barreled shotgun to fire 10 rounds in rapid succession, without adding some sort of auto-loading mechanism? How would one even know thats what the modification could do?
Also, all shotguns fire slugs, the slugs are split into "pellets" when fired. Different splitting for different weapons. Easy. The one that fires "rockets" modifies the slugs with a small quantity of plasma to increase muzzle velocity and blast radius.
How does one modify a double barreled shotgun to fire 10 rounds in rapid succession, without adding some sort of auto-loading mechanism? How would one even know thats what the modification could do?
Also, all shotguns fire slugs, the slugs are split into "pellets" when fired. Different splitting for different weapons. Easy. The one that fires "rockets" modifies the slugs with a small quantity of plasma to increase muzzle velocity and blast radius.
I like " a witch" , but my answer would be...
like the grenades in Borderlands,
they are Protean sgotgun shells, and the gun "mods" them.
it's biotechnology, man, those are bio-mechanical stem cells.
YEAH, thats it.
Hey, I enjoyed borderlands, ALOT...
But HONESTLY of all the things in the game it was the SHOTGUN AMMO that struck your suspension of disbelief nerve? SERIOUSLY?
It's fun, it's NOt menat to be thought about too much, methinks.
like the grenades in Borderlands,
they are Protean sgotgun shells, and the gun "mods" them.
it's biotechnology, man, those are bio-mechanical stem cells.
YEAH, thats it.
Hey, I enjoyed borderlands, ALOT...
But HONESTLY of all the things in the game it was the SHOTGUN AMMO that struck your suspension of disbelief nerve? SERIOUSLY?
It's fun, it's NOt menat to be thought about too much, methinks.
I've never played Borderlands, but if it's anything like i hear it is.
Don't think about shit.
Just blow the shit up.
Don't think about shit.
Just blow the shit up.
Each shotgun uses a different percentage of the pellets in a shell. Shotgun Model A uses 50% of the pellets in a shell with, we'll say(for simplicity's sake), 100 pellets. This means it fires 50 pellets, discarding the other 50. Shotgun Model B uses 70% of the pellets, using 70 and discarding 30. Shotgun Model C uses 80%, Model D uses 90%,(<---Oxford Comma) and Model E uses a whopping 100% of the pellets in the shell.
Why would shotguns be made like this, you ask? Profit, I say.
See the shotgun manufacturers realize that by producing shotguns of higher and lower value they could easily make more profit than making a single model that always uses 100% of the pellets in a shell.
Say making a shotgun costs an average of $50(convert that on your own Europeans). If they then sell this for $70 they will always make a $20 profit. They average 500 sales a year(a low number I know, but this is just an example). They average a yearly profit of $10000. However, not everybody has a disposable income that will allow them to pay $70 for a shotgun(though I find that poorer people still own more guns than the middle class person[or maybe that's just a stereotype, I really don't know]). To make their item more affordable to the poor man, thus making more sales with a wider audience, they decide to slash the price to $60, always making a $10 profit. With the wider audience they average 1200 sales a year. They average a yearly profit of $12000.
Here's where they get smart. They decide that, while they could make their current standard shotgun and make their current average profit, if they make different models, and charge corresponding prices depending on quality they could make much larger profits.
So, they decide to make their current product the Model E Shotgun, jacking the price up to $170, making a $120 profit for each sale. A nice increase. This will be the rich enthusiast's/collector's shotgun. They sell 40 a year. Total profit is $4800
For the Model D Shotgun, they, at a nominal extra cost, place a limiter on the number of pellets used per shell. 90% of the pellets are fired. The price is $150. Profit- $99. Sales-80 a year. Total Profit- $7920
For the Model C Shotgun, they fire 80% of pellets. Price is $110. Profit- $59. Sales- 140/yr.
TP- $8260
Model B-70% pellets. Price- $90. Profit- $39. Sales- 550/yr. TP- $21450
Model A-50% pellets. Price- $61. Profit- $10. Sales- 390/yr. TP- $3900
Old System Yearly Profits- $12000
New System Yearly Profits- $45700
Which system works better?
Is that enough rationale for you, Mr. OP?
TL;DR- Evil Capitalists.
Why would shotguns be made like this, you ask? Profit, I say.
See the shotgun manufacturers realize that by producing shotguns of higher and lower value they could easily make more profit than making a single model that always uses 100% of the pellets in a shell.
Say making a shotgun costs an average of $50(convert that on your own Europeans). If they then sell this for $70 they will always make a $20 profit. They average 500 sales a year(a low number I know, but this is just an example). They average a yearly profit of $10000. However, not everybody has a disposable income that will allow them to pay $70 for a shotgun(though I find that poorer people still own more guns than the middle class person[or maybe that's just a stereotype, I really don't know]). To make their item more affordable to the poor man, thus making more sales with a wider audience, they decide to slash the price to $60, always making a $10 profit. With the wider audience they average 1200 sales a year. They average a yearly profit of $12000.
Here's where they get smart. They decide that, while they could make their current standard shotgun and make their current average profit, if they make different models, and charge corresponding prices depending on quality they could make much larger profits.
So, they decide to make their current product the Model E Shotgun, jacking the price up to $170, making a $120 profit for each sale. A nice increase. This will be the rich enthusiast's/collector's shotgun. They sell 40 a year. Total profit is $4800
For the Model D Shotgun, they, at a nominal extra cost, place a limiter on the number of pellets used per shell. 90% of the pellets are fired. The price is $150. Profit- $99. Sales-80 a year. Total Profit- $7920
For the Model C Shotgun, they fire 80% of pellets. Price is $110. Profit- $59. Sales- 140/yr.
TP- $8260
Model B-70% pellets. Price- $90. Profit- $39. Sales- 550/yr. TP- $21450
Model A-50% pellets. Price- $61. Profit- $10. Sales- 390/yr. TP- $3900
Old System Yearly Profits- $12000
New System Yearly Profits- $45700
Which system works better?
Is that enough rationale for you, Mr. OP?
TL;DR- Evil Capitalists.
You see first the shell is shot via spring into a portal to Narnia where the goatmen hammer it into different bullets which are then fused with the flux capacitor and travels to the 40s and gets made into another type of shell by the proud dwarves of Middle Earth who then drop the bullets down the Stairway to Heaven where they get hit with musical notes to change their shape. (I'm really enjoying this) Eventually they drop into the Durance of Hate (Level 2) where they get sent to the realm of oblivion via the gate. In oblivion, Ekans chomps them into different shapes and sizes. After that they are spit back into the picture of the bom-ombs and gradually slide down the spiral mountian into the shotgun which falls through the orange portal back into the hands of the person firing the gun.
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That one isn't so bad. The one that makes me scratch my head is when you increase the ammo capacity of a revolver, yet it still only has like 6 chambers, instead of changing visibly as you increase the number of bullets it can hold. So I fire 6 times, and then continue to fire, even though all bullets should technically be gone according to my weapon's physical design. Owell, it's a game.
The Chronicles Of Narnia. Back To The Future. Lord Of The Rings. Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin. Diablo 2. Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. Pokemon. Super Mario 64. Portal.Judgement101 said:
Give me my fucking cookie.