Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-97.95.138.90-20140330004141/@comment-3146930-20140331042930

Arkan421 wrote: I'm speculating tech levels as well, particularly the weapons tech. Because in this setting, a sword is on equal footing with a gun. Makes you wonder why they decided to advance weapons tech at all if basic weapons such as swords, and freaking blunderbusses are on equal footing with modern firearms.

You have to consider why the weapons were made the way they were. I mean Ren's bullets did very little against the Grimm he fought, but he was still able to stab them with the bladed part of his weapon. Not to mention that everyone in their world has an Aura which protects them, meaning they don't have to worry about getting in close (to a certain extent obviously). Obviously a heavy gun like Ruby's would be good for a quick kill at longer ranges, but once they get in close a short range scythe would be much more useful. Not to mention that not even her gun was able to pierce the Death Stalker's armor.