Redefining dart blaster revolvers[]
I feel like we should clean up proper definition as to what makes a revolver-style blaster a revolver. As is the case right now, lots of people want to define a revolver-style blaster as one with a rotating cylinder/barrel that advances as you fire or prime it. My problem is that this is too vague of a definition. While I think some blasters such as the AlphaHawk and (maybe) the Doominator do count as revolvers, I don't think that, say, the Guardian Crossbow, the Outbreaker Bow, the Vagabond or the Lawbringer count. Do they have revolving barrels/chambers? Yes, but the style of the blaster is far more of that of, well, crossbows and rifles.
Generally, when I think of "revolver", I think small, personal firearms that can be fan-fired and dual-wielded with ease. So I'm very confused why the larger stuff gets lumped if, if not just for confusing terminology. Jet [Talk • Contributions] 22:18, September 16, 2017 (UTC)
In my opinion, revolvers with a revolving cylinder on the front that is not in something should be called a turret revolver, like a Judge. Revolvers with the cylinder in the middle like the Maverick should just be called a revolver.
LeTesla (talk) 22:23, September 16, 2017 (UTC)
- "Turret revolver" isn't really... an actual term though. I'm not trying to make a new term here, I think we should just lessen on our list of revolvers and reconsider it. Jet [Talk • Contributions] 22:37, September 16, 2017 (UTC)
Well what else could we refer them as then?
LeTesla (talk) 22:39, September 16, 2017 (UTC)
- We don't need to give a term for every blaster ever made. Half the blasters on our wikispace don't have a proper definition for the kind of blaster they are. The whole "defining a blaster type" is really only leftover from the whole N-Strike number code thing. Most don't do that anymore, so trying to file each down into a category results in blasters that don't really fit the bill. Jet [Talk • Contributions] 22:41, September 16, 2017 (UTC)
So.. We should just call them blasters?
LeTesla (talk) 22:49, September 16, 2017 (UTC)
- I mean, they're all blasters, revolver or not... Jet [Talk • Contributions] 22:53, September 16, 2017 (UTC)
Drop Out cylinders name[]
I believe "drop out cylinder" shouldn't be the term used for these kinds of blasters because in modding most drop out mods are for removable cylinders and with the new dart zone outlaw blaster (and the deuce pro before that) we have a cylinder that literally drops out of the blaster... I believe a more accurate term would be "swing out cylinder" since it more accurately reflects the action taken when loading the cylinder.