With the development of the times, thermal weapons have replaced cold weapons on the stage of history, but in the past for a long time, cold weapons can coexist with hot weapons, such as the great voyage period, pirates can use both cold weapons and firearms, and steam pirate war game "ATLAS" can give us an answer to why cold weapons can be active on the battlefield at this stage when firearms have become popular.
In order to reproduce the original cruel pirate war, the development team of ATLAS reviewed a large number of materials and restored the firearms, and there were three kinds of firearms that were restored, namely maosui robbery, muskets and gun guns, which were also the prototypes of sniper rifles, pistols and shotguns of the descendants, which had the characteristics of long range, easy to carry and powerful.
Although atlas firearms have been able to attack enemies from a distance and are not weak, but it has two fatal flaws, one is that the ammunition loading is too complicated, the player must first pour out the old gunpowder after firing a bullet, and then fill the new gunpowder and bullets in turn to be strong before it can be used, the whole process takes about 15 seconds, and the enemy can easily rush up to kill the player during this gap. The second major flaw is that once the gunpowder is wet, the firearm is basically discarded, and the sea is one of the most likely areas to make the gunpowder ineffective.
Because of these two major flaws, cold weapons can still be active in atlas pirate wars at this time, and even sometimes better than firearms. However, the firearms of "ATLAS" were updated again, and heavy weapons such as artillery and revolver guns appeared, at this time, cold weapons were not so powerful, until today firearms have been highly developed, and even can be fired continuously, it is precisely for this reason that cold weapons will basically withdraw from the historical stage, and only a few portable weapons such as daggers are still being equipped in modern armies.