Talk:Cinder Fall/@comment-27255656-20170519145557/@comment-25936766-20170519230553

Age obviously matters. With age, you get weaker after a certain point. Sure, Aura mitigates this, but it doesn't eliminate this natural fact. And I seriously doubt Raven is on Ozpin's level and could remain pretty much perfectly badass even after 80 years.

Speaking of Winter and Qrow, Qrow travels around and just came from a mission that involved him going to 1+ dangerous area to get info on the enemy, so while Age is a thing, he suceeds on the Polishing aspect so his skills did not get rusty at all. Hell, he might have actually gotten better while at it.

A woman who mostly kills defenseless villagers and only monsters on occassion with some help would barely remain strong. A man who travels around alone and most likely had to fight monsters constantly due to being in a dangerous territory would at least retain his strength.

On the polishing aspect, define "Has to work". Raven can simply kick the ass of anyone who tries to do something funny to her. Boom, there's the respect, born out of admiration or fear but respect nonetheless. They are bandits, not warriors trained to fight monsters like her, they don't stand a chance.

The Grimm are only a threat after pillaging, due to the fear caused. But before that, the biggest problem is the chance of a Grimm running into them, which doesn't happen if you're not an idiot while travelling. So her encounters with Grimm strong enough to actually help her retain her skills, would be very few.

Following on that, if they run into a village with more Hunters than usual, why do you think Raven would be stupid and attack anyway? Wait until most Hunters leave, then attack. Not so difficult.

And who cares about other bandit groups? If they try to attack, just kick their asses. What kind of trouble could they do to Raven?

Using her portals to go fight Grimm away from her tribe would be basically just the same as what Qrow did with RNJR. Take out 9/10 small fries that do not stand a chance so her tribe can move safely. But again, small fries. It's like a LV50 fighting a Lv2 monster, what Exp is there to gain?

....Really? You don't see her beating someone on Qrow's level? She did fine with Glynda, even though she was on an uncomfortable position during the fight, what with the plane moving around and all.

If she can deal with Glynda on a bad position, she can deal with her on a good position, and if she can deal with Glynda, she can at least do well against someone on the same general level.