Why is FFXIV using rubber bullets in the wild west?

[Flick]

It's actually a pretty good idea. You can settle your spat without murder. Who knew?

[Daralii]

It's actually a pretty good idea. You can settle your spat without murder. Who knew?

Merlwyb and Sicard had a duel with normal musket balls and neither was even injured. Bullets even hitting a person was far from the norm in duels in the historical Old West.

[Flick]

Skill issue. Just aim better. ^^

[LibitIncarne]

Merlwyb and Sicard had a duel with normal musket balls and neither was even injured. Bullets even hitting a person was far from the norm in duels in the historical Old West.

And even if they did, there was always a doctor nearby (who they had contacted between the duel's announcement and when it happened) who very conveniently wasn't looking at the fight so that they had plausible deniability if someone wanted to report what happened to the authorities.

[Raven2014]

And even if they did, there was always a doctor nearby (who they had contacted between the duel's announcement and when it happened) who very conveniently wasn't looking at the fight so that they had plausible deniability if someone wanted to report what happened to the authorities.

The point is if they want to avoid having a murder as an issue, there is a ton of ways to write around it without cheapening the scene. The rubber bullet is literally the most silly way to do it, and they decide to do it that way. Comparing to Merlwyb and Sicard duel, despite no one died the scene still have a lot of tension and suspend. And I'm willing to bet none of that tension would have exist if the pretext was they're using rubber bullet.

Like the poster above said it's a clear regression at least in term of maturity. We went from pirates with real gun to cowboys with rubber bullet.