Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20151012154515/@comment-27087951-20151023044601

SpiritedDreaming wrote: Another point against bows being a comon weapon in RWBY, and therefore better for an assassin: even in the WoR: Vytal Festival video, which covered a war from 80 years ago, not a single bow is shown. In fact, Atlas is explicitely shown weilding a gun; a pistol if I recall correctly.

But the point of an assassin is to remain hidden; a bow would be a unique identifier, meaning everyone he buys arrows off would know about him. All the police have to do is go around to all the stores and say "Who did you sell arrows to? How did you sell the components to make arrows to?" There won't be that many people, so they just need to go down the list and viola! The assassin is right there. -Since their tech advanced quicker, they could have developed guns sooner. Plus, how long has it been since they passed from bows and crossbows to firearms? They could have done the transition centuries before the show begins.

-Not all assassins hide in the crowd you know. And if someone asks for the assassin, the assassin did their job terribly, and doesn't deserve to be called such.