Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160528034745/@comment-27966940-20160528193200

RayStrikeAbius wrote: Kirito Rose wrote: -Name: Vibration

-Purpose:

Offensive: Allows him to vibrate his body to stun enemies on contact, or weaken the atomic bonds of their weapons.

Defensive: Allows him to vibrate his molecules to phase though attacks, though he has a lot of difficulty doing this, and it uses a lot of energy to do.

-Short description: Can change the speed of his molecules to emit vibrations through any part of his body which can stun enemies, or weaken the atomic bonds of most objects. Thus

-Active ability: Tier One: He can vibrate enemy's weapons,  causing them to either break, destabilize, or liquify, depending on what frequency of vibration he’s outputting, though he has difficulty doing this, and generally doesn’t use it on other students.

-Active ability: Tier Two:  He can also vibrate the atoms of his body to phase through solid objects, though it strains his body to do so.

-Notes: He genreralluy doen't destablize Student's weapons. W hen fighting students, the most he’ll usually do, is vibrate them so the friction causes discomfort to the user of the weapon. Again, step by step through this. And this will be my only post on the matter, so don't expect a response if you start getting defensive about the points I'mabout to make.

1) You botched up the purpose. It can only one of the three options, not multiple. Least that I've been made aware.

2) I already dislike this based on he description alone. I see you're still trying to emulate the Flash here, but at least it's not as drastically OP as the last idea you had. Still OP though, and I will say why right below.

3) The tier one ability. No. It's one thing for someone like Cinder (who was a full Maiden at the time) to be able to break Pyrrha's weapon by superheating the metal. But having a power that let's you destroy other people's weapons to this degree is not okay, by my reckoning. It doesn't matter if he "doesn't use it on other students" (which, by the way, characters who self-impose limits on their own abilities really irritate me), the moment he fights any kind of human or faunus opponent, he has the means to immediately heavily cripple his opponent's combat ability. Saying that he has difficulty doing this doesn't make it much better; he still has what amounts to an instant win condition. And that is not okay.

4) The tier two ability. This is an even BIGGER nope, and I will tell you why. I explained his to someone else a little while back who had a similar idea for a Semblance. So I'll break it down for you. There are three main reasons why the Flash and his like-powered compatriots are able to vibrate through solid objects. The first is that they can travel at upwards of the speed of light. When they vibrate enough the phase through objects, they are literally vibrating their bodies at over the speed of light on a sub-atomic level. Second, the reason it works for them is because they are all wearing full body spandex. Yes. There is a reason for that. The form-fitting body suit reduces drag and allows them to use their powers with absolute minimal resistance. If they were wearing regular shirts and pants, you can be damn sure that they wouldn't be able to do half the things they do, phase-vibration included (and before you ask, we have yet to see anyone in RWBY dressed in such a way. While it certainly is possible, be prepared to stand out immensely and also look like a right idiot). And third, the Flash, Kid Flash, and all those other Speed Force dudes? They don't use weapons. Of any sort. Literally nothing but their bare fists. And this is for the same reason as the clothing. Carrying additional things on them that aren't tight to the skin or part of the suit itself would hamper them more than help them. They can't carry things like gauntlets or boots even, because those things would cause drag. So unless you plan for this guy to have no weapons aside from punching people with his vibrates fists (which is a problem in its own right), it doesn't work.

You also have to bear in mind that, again, this is RWBY. The rules are different. For example, have you considered the fact that his Aura would protect him regardless of whether or not he himself is vibrating fast enough to phase through things? Aura is an equivocal force field that manifests around the body when it is in danger, it won't vibrate with him. Conceivably, he could use it in regular scenarios, but in combat? His Aura would render it completely moot. And don't say that he could use it after his Aura depletes, because the Semblance is fueled by Aura, and at that point he'd have none left. And again, the "it takes a lot of energy" card does not immediately make all of this okay.

Look, it's fine to say that he can vibrate his body fast enough to be stun enemies that make contact. Hell, he could use the vibrations to increase the power of his weapon attacks; a vibrating blade could cut through things much easier than a normal one, and a vibrating blunt weapon packs a much meaner punch. But this? Being able to demolish weapons simply by making contact with them and being able to move through solid objects? That pushes it all too far. It takes a respectivly long time to destablize weapons. And the point of how it took Cinder a few seconds and how that alone is supposed to be impressive. Well, Yang piulled the same stunt when she faught Jr. She just punched that fucker, and it snapped in two, like nothing. (Might add m0ore to this list, but I have other things to do right now)