Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26299202-20150505005922/@comment-25148498-20150515215206

LiveandSound wrote:-You would think the greater reach of the scythe= more effectiveness? Ha! Fail there. You see, because of the blade's shape, like I already said, the hits need to be at a much more precise range. This means, if you are too far away you fail, but if you are too close, even if the enemy is "within reach of the scythe", it doesn't mean "within reach of the scythe's blade", making the hit be just as effective as hitting something with a pole. And if you wanted to do that, just get a real pole.

THERE IS NO NEED FOR A SCYTHE USER TO GET INTO CLOSE RANGE. THEY WILL CUT THEM DOWN AT A DISTANCE BECAUSE THEY ARE SKILLED ENOUGH TO PREVENT THEIR OPPONENT, WHO SPECIALIZES IN MID RANGE COMBAT, FROM ENTERING A PERIOD OF OFFENSIVE MANEUVERS.

-Uniquity means shit when it comes to weaponry, kid. Gunblades were rather unique weapons too. Yet they are among the most impractical weapons ever designed. There's a reason pretty much no one used them in humanity's history.

the weapons rarity and the rarity of users skilled with the weapon can both be inferred from the RWBY episodes we have as of right now, with Ozpin stating that the only other person he knew to be as highly skilled with a gunscythe as Ruby was her uncle Qrow, along with the lack of any other weapons (excluding the two) currently depicted in the series utilizing a gunscythe as its archetype.

-Sun doesn't use a gunscythe, you blind genius, he uses fucking staff-gunchakus. How can you confuse them with a gunscythe?!

difficulty gaining experience in countering fighting styles similar or identical to that of a highly skilled gunscyther, with only 3 currently listed being listed as Ruby Rose, Qrow Branwen, and Sun Wukong (SIMILAR or identical c.s)

the similarity lies in how they are both used to rapidly strike in a linear fashion without pause until either their opponent is defeated or the decide to switch to angle of attack. That said, it doesnt matter how useless the weapon is at close range, ive already made it clear, obviously not clearly enough for your muddled eyes, that when each combatant utilizes their respective weapons to their fullest potential, THERE IS NO NEED FOR A SCYTHE USER TO GET INTO CLOSE RANGE. THEY WILL CUT THEM DOWN AT A DISTANCE BECAUSE THEY ARE SKILLED ENOUGH TO PREVENT THEIR OPPONENT, WHO SPECIALIZES IN MID RANGE COMBAT, FROM ENTERING A PERIOD OF OFFENSIVE MANEUVERS.

-Ah-hem. One thing is finding a gunblader, which there are many in Remnant apparently. But one thing you clearly failed to notice: All of these gunbladers's weapons are entirely different. Compare Blake's Gambol Shroud with Ren's Stormflower or Emerald's gunsickles. They are extremely different. So your point there falls flat, for while you can find many gunbladers, all of them are different in both fighting style and the weapons themselves, so even if you know how to counter one, you won't know how to counter another one.

Of the gunblades shown, while their forms differ, the main difference in how they are portrayed individually is the skill of their respective wielders, they are all used to either slash, stab, or parry at mid-range, or specialize in doing one or more of these while being deficient in the others, examples being Blake's Gambol Shroud specializing in slashing, and deflecting whereas Dove (I think) utilizes stabbing, slashing, and gunning in succession, albeit with less skill and speed than blake. Also Emerald uses Falxes, which is a curved sickle sword specialized in slashing similar to the war scythe, albeit restricted to the mid range.

And Roman is not a Gunblader, you bloody genius. He uses a freaking cane. Cane that has no blade anywhere. As it has no blade, he doesn't count as a Gunblader (what do you think the "blade" part stands for?).

Roman uses jabs, parrys, slashes, etc just like a sword, Of the gunblades shown, while their forms differ, the main difference in how they are portrayed individually is the skill of their respective wielders, rather than them having completely different fighting styles.