User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E11 - Being Weiss Is Suffering - Impressions/Recap/@comment-34633327-20180103231431/@comment-25936766-20180105021723

1) Alright, point conceded.

2) 1>True. It's too conspicuous, especially given it was made by Atlas. There's the (hypothetical) possibility that the pod did have some function to protect itself, which Ozpin didn't activate because Cinder fired the arrow by surprise and it hit Amber before Ozpin even realized (thanks to Jaune being a blind genius).

2>Because a hand cannon is not long ranged? Dude, even Qrow's own hand cannon (the gun-mode of his sword) has quite the good range. Ironwood's would be even better in this regard, being designed purely as a gun, shooting being it's primary function and purpose.

2.5>True, Ironwood has an obsession with proving to everyone he has the bigger dick. But the idea of getting his ship back during the BoB made sense. Like you said, it has access to the robots. If he got the ship back, he could've at least tried to disable the rampaging robots.

3>Let's consider the fact that while Cinder has made Glass weapons before killing Amber, she has done that trick of destroying a weapon and reforming it ONLY after she got the Full Maiden powers. Even with the Bowblade, it was just combining instead of reforming.

So perhaps Yes, she was only able to do that trick with the Full powers. Maybe it's just too complex, maybe it requires a level of Elemental Manipulation she didn't have with just half the powers.

Going with that fact, the idea that she could've done the same back then becomes debatable instead of factual. And as such, you would have to come up with some other idea of what she could've done instead.

That said, the one thing that is a fact is that you can't reliably disarm her and she has a nigh-infinite amount of arrows (though it doesn't seem like she had enough back then to make a rain of arrows). Even then, that doesn't prevent her from being hit, let alone damaged.

4>Velvet is the true UBW. Unlimited Blade Works allows Archer to create a copy of any weapon he has encountered, though with inferior stats, which he can also modify via Reinforcement.

Caladbolg, Kansho and Bakuya, Rho Aias, all those are mere reproductions of similar, but ultimately lower quality. And those are just the ones in F/SN, he can use more than that. Ex: In Fate/Extella he can also Project Excalibur, Excalibur Galatine, Aestus Estus and Gae Bolg.

Cinder creates weapons. But Velvet uses copies of other people's weapons. Inferior copies. Hence Velvet has the true Unlimited Blade Work. The only thing Cinder has in common with UBW is that she can blow up her weapons.

5>.............Say, what if Ozpin made his fancy Aura Barrier to protect Amber? It wasn't just blocking a hit like Cinder has done, it was a literal barrier in a wide radius around him, good enough to block one of Cinder's attacks with the Full Maiden powers.

Add Glynda being able to just, you know, lift Cinder herself or pin her to the ground, and Cinder can't really do anything.

3) True enough. But respect where it's due.