The long war is over. Justice is done. The revolution, the necessity of which Assassin's Creed players have discussed for a long time, has taken place. Edward's hateful blowpipe is vanquished.
In a new patch for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Ubisoft proudly declares that "The Blowpipe Can Now Be Hidden." Players, it turns out, had rather taken against Edward's handy little dart-dispatcher.