Talk:Ruby Rose/@comment-28171999-20180918210033/@comment-26018514-20180924073505

I still disagree on that.

Making 4 of them maidens = bad;

Way too much power for the protags

Making more than one a maiden = bad;

because A. it's too much power and B. because it's too much of the SAME power.

Making ONE a maiden = depends on the MC;

A. Not all the MC's are created equal; power balance between them is already crap. Ruby has SEW powers, Weiss has an insanely versatile set of skills and abilities that with mastery could make her more of a threat than a maiden with enough dust, Yang has a metal arm and low range, Blake... is reaching the peak of her skillset.

Weiss and Ruby therefor are hard no's, Yang and Blake could use the power boost.

B. However, Blake has other likely sources for power, and Yang already is the superman of the group, if she can hit it, she typically kills it already which means for her the powers don't really change anything.

C. Salem doesn't need Raven's powers to secure the relics. Even if Ozpin re-interns the relic to a vault, he's not going to be using springs power to secure it if he doesn't have spring. Salem's also likely to kill one of the other maidens after securing their relics, as it seems certain the villains need to get one or more of them to begin the endgame, and if RWBY are present, they will have increased odds of getting some, even if they end up only getting it after killing a baddie that intercepts it first or protecting an ally who got it first.

D. Raven is not invincible, neither would an MC with the powers be(well, except maybe Wiess, potentially unlimited summons or time shenanigans would be hella broken). Blake is really close to the end of her xp/learning curve, she also still isn't really strong physically, but more tactics oriented, Yang's CQC style could also utilize them well without being too OP.