Quote Originally Posted by Vandark View Post
Lame ass gun user, no respect! Face the Samurai like a man, guns are for wimps. Guns are the cowards tool in the heart of battle!
When samurai were relevant they used Guns. They used Bows, They used Spears. They used a sword if and only if they had nothing else to use. This was when Japan actually fought wars amongst itself. They even imported weapons and armor from Europe. One Daimyo even aquired western style plate armor because it made him "invincible to Japanese weapons"

Then japan was united(by guns) and the samurai class sat around and began fetishizing swords, which had up til then been the weakest and least important part of their weapon choices. So be samurai, Fetishize things that meant nothing when it was relevant. Or be the samurai who die holding to the old ways, honored for their honor but never shown as a reason to return to it..