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1) There are the combat schools though like Signal, ones I believe Ozpin does not have direct influence over. And this would include before Raven became leader too, if the tribesman all needed to git gud, then why not send more then just Qrow and Raven to the Academy? Why not send 2 to Haven, 2 to Shade, 2 to Atlas, so this way they then have 8 skilled Tribesmen instead of just 2, then 1 when one up and ditches them?___________________________________________________________________________

Actually, it should be worse in regards to Emerald:

> Since Ruby seemed to be actual friends with Emerald, it would make the betrayal hurt more compared to being betrayed by someone you ran into in the hall.

> The one she killed was Penny, someone Ruby had a closer connection to than Pyrrha. Looking back at V1-3, Ruby barely interacted with Pyrrha outside of the groups being together, and she only really started showing a bond of any sort at the beginning of Volume 3.

In contrast, Ruby had at least 3 meaningful conversations with Penny, two of which involving Penny doing what she wants to do despite being "a robot", like being a real girl or staying at Beacon. It's another thing about the SEW powers that pisses me off, considering that with both Pyrrha and Penny, Ruby got there just as they had died, yet it was the one Ruby had less of a connection with that set the powers off.

> You can also add the fact that what Emerald did was the trigger to start the fall of Beacon, since Cinder wouldn't have been able to make her little speech as easily had Penny not been outed as a Robot, meaning Emerald is the reason the fall could even start.

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That I blame more on them having an argument over where Blake is more needed. Blake wanted to stay and help, Ghira telling her to go find Kali, Sun telling her he'll help Ghira out, etc. Again, time and a place, they picked the wrong one. But, ya know, stress and emotions flaring up. If anything, it was more Ghira causing the issue since he was the one telling Blake to go find Kali, ya know, rather than accepting her help and the three of them triple teaming the Albain's in two seconds, then all going for Kali?___________________________________________________________________________

Yeah, but even that Beringal one I don't think counts as strategy. That's like me picking up a rabid animal and tossing it at someone. The animal will attack them, but not out of tactics or strategy, it will just do what it does. Even ones with experience don't seem to do shit. The Goliath's circling Mt. Glenn were massive and said to be waiting, yet not a single one showed up during the fall, only lesser Goliaths showed up, their size being only slightly bigger than a Beowulf. And Knucks was alive for around a decade, and his main plan was "Charge, Stab, Scream, Spin". ___________________________________________________________________________

I'm not so sure. The only training mission we got a peek at was Team RWBY's, but their mission was initially off limits to first years. Based on what SN and JNPR were doing, their missions seemed less field training and more "mundane", SN being "Junior Detectives" (Do the police even do anything in Remnant? Most we saw of them was checking out the dust shop, chasing Sun, and being at the docks after BSPR already took care of it), and JNPR going to a village..... granted there was probably Grimm surrounding the village, but thats just speculation. The only mission we got in terms of Second Years was CFVY's mission, which was delayed by all the Grimm, that sounds like actual Field Training.

So it seems 1st years don't get as much field work in comparrison to the 2nd years, which seems stupid considering that the 1st years would need it too so that they can get work done and don't get themselves into bigger shit. Trial and Error ya know, go on smaller missions like Small Grimm Extermination first (Which could be the Village one, but again, speculation), then slowly build their way up. ___________________________________________________________________________

Let me give you the response I gave Spirited:

 " The only times fights had more than one against one, there was a noticeable lack of teamwork. Yes, CRDL vs Pyrrha had none cause Cardin sucks as a leader and his team sucks ass......"

 The entire fight CRDL kept getting in each others way, and it was the only time we saw anything like this. There was no follow up, and considering Mercury got to challenge her solo afterwards, I think it was just freeform/volunteer sparring, and considering CRDL are a bunch of dumb assholes, they thought they could quadruple team her. In all likelyhood, the only reason we had the scene was to show how much a badass Pyrrha was that would cause Cinder to add her to "the list". _________________________________________________________________ _____

 Except Cinder said the day was still a success, and that the mission had only gone ahead of schedule, considering it was called a success despite the Breach failing, leads me to suspect that even it had been on schedule, the breach was suppossed to fail.

 Salem wanted Cinder to cause panic at Beacon so she could go and find Amber, then grab the relic, but she also wanted to have the Kingdom's turn on each other, hence the making it seem Atlas was preparing for war with Beacon. And given that they could only do that once Roman was on Ironwood's flagship and given the King Virus, along with his maniacal laughter after being caught, gives the impression it was planned. Plus, it was Em and Merc who "captured him", so unless Cinder is the master of Improv and came up with that on the fly, I don't think it was a changed plan. ___________________________________________________________________________

2)

1> Yes, you explained the problems, but there is something still need to be considered, and that is what the training mission actually entailed. If the mission was simple Grimm extermination, then she was clearly not ready to join Beacon if she died to say, a Beowulf, something most characters slaughter en masse. If the mission however was one reserved normally for higher level students, then she shouldn't have been on it anyway, and seeing as Oz is known to give certain teams favoritism, Gretchen could have been on one such team. Just unlike STRQ or RWBY, said favoritism got a member killed.

2> That's not my point still (I am really bad at getting my points across it seems) My point is that he is facing Hazel, who he knows is pissed Gretchen died, yet instead of having a hint of emotion (Like Sympathy or Empathy) towards Hazel but still acknowledging he needs to be stopped or that he won't listen to reason, he just says it like he's talking about the weather. "Today's pretty rainy, the Grimm have been taken care of, Gretchen Rainart died, lunch today is Taco's." It just rubs me the wrong way.

Did Ozpin ever try and just talk with Hazel, apologize for her death (Not out of responsibility but out of empathy) and do what Oscar did, telling Hazel Gretchen chose to do this? I can't help but feel that had Ozpin managed to at the least restrain Hazel and talk to him for once, like say Gretchen wouldn't want Hazel destroying himself over her, or that Ozpin knows he could never gain Hazel's forgiveness but wants to try, maybe Hazel wouldn't be so murderous over him. Does anyone in this show actually talk about there problems anymore without first snapping at people? Remnant could use some therapists. Maybe then Tai wouldn't have shut down for so long and Yang wouldn't snap at the thought of Blake.