User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-5489419-20121212200009

My brother and I were having a good discussion last night about a possible new weapon they could add to all this goodness, and we were really focusing our attention on the Gunner side. There aren't a lot of Gunner weapons, and that's probably because there's not much you can do with projectile weapons; but the gunners need a weapon that they could be proud of, you know? Gunners have three weapons, two of which are slightly similar (the Light Bowgun and Heavy Bowgun) and one other, the Bow, which is different but I feel is a lot easier to utilize effectively than the Bowguns. We need a counterpart to the Bow maybe, or something with a focus on quick, accurate shots to fill the gunning gap, like a Dual Swords of gunning.

My idea, personally, was one that involved a wrist-mounted crossbow + a sort of revolver in the other hand This will be a quick, versatile weapon, and one that would blur the Bow and the LBG together.

The pistol would be mainly a raw damaging weapon with different shot types, but can also be an element attacker. Shot types could include a sort of Pellet S style, a Pierce S style or the Normal S style. Respectively, the capacity for each of these would be 4, 3 and 6 just so it doesn't get too crazy. The shots for this weapon will be infinite, like the bow, and no phials can be added to the shots. This weapon will be low damage, but impressive DPS.

On the other hand, literally, the wrist crossbow will be the status-dealer, capable of using the Bowguns' Poison S, Paralyze S, Sleep S, Paint S, Tranq S and Recovery S shots and load them three at a time without Capacity Up. Without loading it with these shots, it will also be able to fire Normal S shots and maybe even an Element S if the weapon will take it, so you have the opportunity to dual-element like a Dual Sword can. Maybe we could even call this a Dual Gun? Who knows! It probably won't even be implemented, anyway!

Do you have an idea for a nifty Gunner weapon? If so, post below! Or if you have any comments on my dream weapon, post that, too. Let's give the Gunners a little love!