Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-111.68.32.71-20131007122233/@comment-24042984-20140501053007

Arkan421 wrote: Pyrrhomaniac wrote:

Aren't 1 & 2 pretty much the same (except one has increased capability)? I am also having difficulty on how skateboarding techniques can be combined with hacking/slashing moves to create something that is both interesting and effective.

Well to be fair, Marvel Comic's Night Thrasher of The New Warriors uses a "High-Tech Armored Fiberglass Skateboard" that has a retractable blade, can be used as a shield, and serves as his personal transportation when he doesn't have access to his private helicopter, jet, and motorcycle. He sometimes just holds the end of the board and uses it like a bludgeon. The thing is the characters in RWBY use all the functions of their weapons very fluidly and mix the fighting styles of both quite thoroughly. I find it difficult to imagine how you could smoothly change from the hybrids of 1 and 2 being on your feet as transportation, to on your hands as a weapon. That is the main problem I have with them.