Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25405817-20160511154306/@comment-25405817-20160922225712

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote:

1-You could just replace Dust with something else. For example, in the Raidou Kuzunoha games, since he's just a normal(ish) man, he cannot use actual spells. Instead, he uses elemental bullets. So you could make Weiss capable of firing weak elemental projectiles with it, doing the job against mooks, yet nowhere close to a real spell from a Persona in terms of power.

Either that, or....Option 2: you take the simple route which follows the show. You see, Weiss's Myrtenaster has Dust, but Weiss doesn't shoot the Dust from her weapon, she uses her Semblance for that. Myrtenaster can channel the Dust on the blade for elemental attacks, different from actual spells. If you take Option 2, it's the same as Physical attacks with Elemental properties, and given Weiss's strength, it's nowhere near broken.

2-It did slice off an Ursa Major's head in a single slash though, and Jaune isn't really pretty strong ATM, much less back then. So, you could balance it by making the weapon pretty powerful in sheer damage. Similar to Naoto in P4; Mediocre strength at best, but her weapons had so much Damage, that strength was meaningless. 1. I think that the second alternative you suggest would work. Having the ability to deal phys and elemental damage at the same time does work perfectly, but I think it'd be safer to limit it to just one elemental attribute (anyone can guess which one).

2. That is true. But the fact remain that, even If I give Weiss her Myrtenaster with just an ice attribute, Crocea Mors doesn't have anything else going for it, whereas you have a Scythe-Sniper Rifle, Ice-Rapier, Kama-Handgun, Gauntlet-Shotguns, Etc. Crocea Mors is still just a Sword. What'd be its plus after upgrade? the Shield?