Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-85.130.101.225-20130816112245/@comment-14909251-20140407062448

Darkcloud1111 wrote:

But by itself his weapon isn't useless. In fact Jaune's weapon probably would have been more useful than Ren's was in that fight. Ren's weapons despite having the ability to fire from a distance was almost completely useless and even when he stabbed one of the heads with his gun, it didn't go deep enough to kill it and he was forced to use his Aura as a shield and later a weapon. In this case, a sword and shield would have been the better option, as Jaune (if he was skilled enough) could have blocked the fangs with his shield or maybe even wedged it in the snakes mouth (by folding it up, then unfolding it) before stabbing it with his sword or maybe taking the head off completely. The takeaway there is that Ren could take the thing down with his bare hands because of his Aura. Jaune's weapon being nothing more than a sword would really dampen his prospects of being a powerful huntsman. He would have to have one hell of a Semblance in order to make up for it. I think it is more likely that, as I said, his weapon is not all that it seems, like Jaune.