Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4957813-20140510034158/@comment-4485275-20140606194502

On the other hand, an external magazine has a simpler loading system, which means less points where the system can malfunction, and even in the event of a complete failure of the feeding system, the flail half of the weapon is relatively intact. If say, the hing or plate breaks lose on the internal magazine, we'd have a high likelyhood of the whole thing breaking into two pieces, rendering the whole thing unusable.

And to be honest, It might just be me, but it looks like external magazines are the norm in Vytal (Vale atleast). Other than Milo, which needs the least obstrusive magazine possible to keep it aerodynamic. and Ember Celica, which likewise requires a small size to be able to fold into bracelets, weapons in this verse tend toward the "External Magazine" type.

Given that Ruby parried a blow on the edge of Crescent rose (Roughly where the magazine was iirc), Gambol Shroud is well..........yeah, and Stormflower's design makes getting close a nessicity, and I doubt they (Especially a weapon-geek like ruby) would have weapons with a major flaw, it seems a common in-verse consensus, that, without extra advantages, the external magazine design is more effective.