Forum:Piston powered knuckle weapon

I know the whole knuckle impact wepaon has been literally wished to death, and the replies have almost always been negative, so with this post I hope to shed some light on a possible way to make the knuckle wepaons work in the monsyer hunter universe!

This is more a carry on from a previous wish post, to illustrate what I mean by "piston powered" punching weapons. The main complaint was that the technology in the Monster hunter universe is not advanced enough for a large hand held piston to work properly, in order to understand how technilogically developed the monster hunter world is, take a look at these real world facts: The Oldest known revolver to have ever been invented was in 1835, this generally applies to how the gunlances work, just on a smaller scale, but regardless of the size, the hardware and technology required is for the most part very similar. The first flight of a hot air balloon was in 1783, the air balloon in Monster Hunter is far more advanced, with such things as a proppellor to power it along, the airial propellor invented in thee early 20th century.

This basic facts really shows that the technology in Monster hunter is very advanced and, if anything, would appear totally out of place in the Monster Hunter world. So why does a piston seem a bad idea? Its clear that the monster hunter world has the correct technology to make a piston, but still people complain; "it wouldnt work on such a small scale", Your typical small steam train piston is no longer than an outstretched arm, and judging by the hunters strength should be easily lifted. But because of this the piston would be held like a tonfa and less like a fist, but that doesnt mean the impact plate located at the front of the piston couldnt cover the hunters fist and the piston at the same time.

But how is it powered? At this point, real world facts cannot defend me, but this explanation is based off a tried and tested method: The hunter has a backpack, not too large, this backpack has a hollow tube leading from it to the piston, the back pack is filled with air. If the hunter wants th piston to fire, then he simply presses a switch conneected to a smaller tube leading to the backpack filled ith water, the water is forced up to a special compartment on the backpack, also filled with water, the extra water forced in causes a special metal plate placed between the water and the air in the backpack, to rapidly compress the air, forcing the air to shoot through the tube and into the piston mechanism, thus firing it. Special vents located on the backpack suck in air with each attack, so the piston is always in working order, the vents open up when the metal plate moves back up, the suction pulling them open.

I know I seem to have put a lot of thought into this, but what else is there to do, on holiday in Switzerland when you havent got a damn ride. If your gonna reply, try and make it short, its not an order, its a request. (I have the strangest feeling Cobalt will be first to reply tto this) In short, it is fully possible to have such a weapon, but to have the hunter rely solely on their own strength is out of the question.