Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20160103163552/@comment-26872876-20160103202924

VedranTheII wrote: But this isn’t you and me getting tunnel vision and tripping on a rock. This is a trained Hunter that fights hordes of monsters as a life job.

He’d have to be so bad at multifocus he should have been dead LONG ago in order for me to buy the “oh he didn’t get a clear view" excuse.

To be fair, identifying Grimm is infinitely easier to identify than 3 specific people who've masked part of their appearance. Especially when Grimm come in large numbers of the exact same appearance.

Even so, Qrow still had the skill to know there were three attackers AND know they are at Beacon. For minimal time seeing them, being able to get any lead on them without knowing their exact identity shows he's good at his job.

Also consider his approach. He never sees Cinder face to face. He may see the side of Emerald and Mercury, but that's what we see with a skewed camera angle. When he does get close, he immediately focuses on cutting the connection. And looks down at Amber immediately after. So while he can describe what they are wearing and skin color, he may not know enough facial details to pick them out of a crowd. Add on Cinder was certain and despite what we want to think, it has been implied Qrow didn't get enough detail. Otherwise, I would imagine Ozpin and Co. would have dealt with them by now.