Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20200125231407/@comment-27144409-20200215193003

Rebinreburst wrote:

/I see no advantage to using a bow over a gun, even in RWBY. I'm sure only Cinder has used a bow (crossbows don't count) and she doesn't even use it anymore. Probably for flavoring/pun

Can't you melt/recast a bullet? Is it because Remnant uses dust for bullets? In theory you could try to melt a bullet back down, but there are some serious practicality issues.

1 bullets are not necessarily uniformm in composistion, especially with high end/specialty military rounds.

2 Unless you're doing this in bulk, that's an inefficient use of energy and time.

3 This would require digging your shots out of your vitctims and the terrain. A lengthy, tedious task, and that's assuming that all hostiles are neutralized and no more threats will show up to interupt you. A process exasperated by the range and fire rate of firearms. By comparison, an arrow is likely to be able to be fired after yanking it out or your victim by a convenient handle.

Retreiving your rounds is easier when you maihn enemy evaporates on death, but you still have to get on your hands and knees to pick them up, while hoping nothing goes after you while you're down. Then you'ree hauling dead weight around until you can get a gunsmith or someone to recycle them.