Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25110963-20141106234001/@comment-25110963-20141107041708

LiveandSound wrote: ACWeapons wrote: How effective would weapon switching be between Team JNPR? Between Jaune and Pyrrha, it could work a bit, since they both use Sword and Shield. However, Pyrrha's sword is also a rifle and a spear and seems to morph somehow during attacks, and I doubt Jaune has enough skill to use something like that effectively.

Nora and Ren...that wouldn't work. Unless Nora goes from "Oh look! Flowers! BOOM!" to "I'm Princess Stabbity! Stab, Pew Pew!", she wouldn't be able to use Stormflower effectively. And Ren I doubt he has the strengh to use Manghild effectively, unless he uses his semblance...which would tire him off quickly, and he already has little stamina.

Not to mention, his fighting style is based more on agility and speed than the power and resistance Nora uses with Manghild.

Jaune and Ren...Well, Ren's weapons seem easy enough to use, but Jaune lacks flexibility, speed, agility, and concentration. He doesn't even know how to use a shield effectively, I doubt he could even evade.

Jaune and Nora...nah. Jaune doesn't have enough strengh to use a hammer, much less a grenade hammer. If he tried to use it like Nora, just launching a grenade on impact would send him flying, and he also lacks resistance. Nora, I think she could use a Sword and Shield acceptably, but she will really get bored.

Ren and Pyrrha...I don't know. Their weapons and fighting styles are completely different, and Ren is focused more on evading than blocking like Pyrrha does, and probably doesn't know how to use a morphing weapon. Pyrrha could use Stormflower well enough, being the Ace and all, unless she sucks with small, light weapons.

Pyrrha and Nora...mm...Pyrrha has enough strengh to use Manghild effectively, but I don't think that would apply to Nora and Mílo & Akuouo. I mean, Pyrrha's weapons don't rely on momentum, weight or strenght, but rather precision and skill. Nora could have a harder time using it. It doesn't always require strength to use heavy weapons. True, Jaune might not wield Pyrrha's weapons effectively, but it could work in an unorthodox way. He can use the recoil or surprisingly enough, his clumsiness. Pyrrha would lose her long range advantage, but she can always make up for it in other ways due to her semblance and skill as a warrior. Also, I can name a few ways to use a war hammer even if your not that strong to swing it around easily. So it really depends on a different number of factors to see how well it would work using another weapon, not just normal standards that are expected.