User blog comment:Lasifer/Welcome to Rapture: Booker DeWitt vs. Jack Ryan/@comment-98.238.161.203-20140131000804

Phoenix's "welcome to the circus of edges" edges!

Melee: Booker's skyhook was not only designed for transportation but it was designed for combat as well. as seen in the game the skyhook can be seen on many cops and vox alike and in early in the game, booker when booker is caught. A cop with a skyhook tries to rip his face off with one. The huge killing potential of rotary blade like hooks spinning at high speeds near your face is much more devastating then a simple monkey wrench. Jack's wrench was never designed to be a weapon or cause damage to anything or anyone. It was designed to loosen pipes, with bookers better range and killing power the skyhook easily gets the edge. Not to mention that if jack tried to parry the skyhook with his wrench, the spinning hooks can send his wrench flying out of his hands.

Edge: Booker Dewitt

Handgun: Booker's Mauser has the wonderful advantage of having a whopping 18 shots over jacks Webley. He has 3 times as much shots over Jack with a mediocre 6 shots. However, revolvers such as Jacks were designed to handle grater pressures of higher calibers, and Jack's revolver is no exception. With the stoping power of the 38 Special, Jack is able to kill the splicers of rapture more effectively with 1 or 2 shots. Bookers 9mm is weaker and can probably kill a splicer with 4 shots. Giving Jack the better killing potential. Another thing to note revolvers are typically more accurate then semi autos. But with jacks six shots he will be more likely to cherish those shots and make them count. With bookers size advantage, he will most likely have less accurate shooting then Jack because of his 18 shots. Bookers semi auto is way more faster to shot then a revolver, and according to Wikipedia, the Mauser's effective range is 150-200 meters and the Webley with 45 meters. Bottom line, with Bookers better magazine size, better rate of fire, and better range but with jacks better damage, better accuracy, and better shot conservation. It effectively makes it a tie.

Edge: Tie

Shotguns: Booker's china broom and Jack's Spencer are well matched in comparison. But bookers shotgun is a lever action which has a faster rate of fire then Jacks pump action. Yes Jack does have better range with the slug shot. But if he is using slugs for better range, wouldn't be more easy and faster to use his tommy gun? Plus bookers buck shot crates a wall of lead creating  huge stoping power. Plus if booker manages to get close and blast Jack with a good 12 gauge shot. It can be a total game changer.

Edge: Booker DeWitt

Submachine Guns: Jack's vastly superior Thompson submachine is better then booker's in almost every way. The power of fully automatic high velocity 45 caliber bullets will surely ruin anybody's day. Plus it is more advanced, has a better rate of fire, and bigger magazine size. Bookers submachine gun has slightly better accuracy, But a weaker 9mm round. Plus there is always the chance the Elizabeth may find more ammo during the fire fight allowing him to keep firing. But even with that perk, Jack's tommy gun easily takes the cake here.

Edge: Jack Ryan

Long Range: The birds eye is more user friendly as a weapon. As you have great power from a devastating 30-06 round. From a Great distance And you got a good scope with a good zoom giving it the range bonus. The crossbow on the other hand requires much more experience to operate well. Jack was simply just given one. With no formal training to use it or anything. You need to be fairly proficient to hit something human sized a couple dozen feet away. Plus a bolt hitting booker instead of a bullet if it hits a non vital area it would probably just annoy booker. Sure the incendiary bolts are a plus. But for all things considered, the crossbow is an obsolete weapon compared to the birds eye. No mater how many fancy mods you put one it.

Edge: Booker DeWitt

Explosives: Jack's grenade launcher is more suited for this battle because of the grenade firing capabilities are more suited for killing humans, And rockets for killing vehicles. with jacks launcher being more portable and nimble for the battlefield. It's true booker's rockets have more power and explosion radius. But Firing one in the small rooms and hallways will yield a good chance of booker getting caught in the explosion as well. Also if they survived the explosion. Everyone would be choking for air because the explosion combusted all the oxygen.

Edge: Jack Ryan

Vigors vs Plasmids

Shock Powers: bookers shock jokey is better because of its double damage intake and paring the shock jokey with the shotgun is a wonderful combo for massive damage. Plus shock jokey has a total of 8 uses before it runs dry.

Edge: Booker Dewitt

Fire Powers: Jack's incinerate plasmid is better because with Booker's devil's kiss you actually have to throw a projectile at the enemy. And when you have to throw something at someone the range and accuracy depend on how good your throwing arm is. With Jack incinerate plasmid, the fire comes out of his fingers instead of a throwing fireball.

Edge: Jack Ryan

Ice Powers: As said before in previous votes Jack's winter blast literally freezes one's adversary in place turning him into a human ice cube giving him the edge

Edge: Jack Ryan

Telekenetic Powers: Sure jack can throw small things around, but booker's return to sender can create a shield which literally catches bullets when you have bullet catching shield, you know got the better advantage. It would be especially useful against the tommy gun. If booker absorbed the contents of Jack's tommy gun he would have a high powered buckshot made entirely out of 45 caliber bullets that's going directly back at Jack.

Edge: Booker Dewitt

Swarming Powers: Well bees agenst birds is a going to be a hot topic for this blog my edge goes to the crows because not only do they have razor sharp beaks tearing off your skin, but you also have razor sharp claws digging and clawing and ripping your flesh too. Lets not forget that bees not only have one stinger. And the stinger is a one time use weapon the bee stingers get ripped out of there body's when bees sting and they soon die afterward. So bees create a swarm but the swarm diminishes over time and disperses.

Edge: Booker Dewitt

Assist Powers: Jack's enrage power might backfire on him, sending Booker to attack him even more vigorously. Booker's power with the automatons, and Jack's backfire power add upp to a DeWitt victory.

My advantage goes to jack because jack will know his surroundings better and he will know what are good enemy's to enrage such as a big daddy. However if Booker figures out that he can use Pocession on turrets he may gain an upper hand. But my say goes to jack here.

Edge: Jack Ryan

Forceful Powers: While it is pretty ironic that booker is harnessing the power of water while underwater with undertow, Jack has the the power of tornados but they do however produce the same result which is knock the enemy back, so I'm calling it even.

Edge: Even

Trap Powers: Booker's traps are quick, easy, and effective, and Jacks traps are more slow to set up. And in a raging battle, a few seconds can make all the difference between life and death plus his traps have more power then jacks traps Edge: Booker Dewitt

X-Factors: Booker's extensive list of experience from serving in the military fighting in a war being a former veteran and Pinkerton agent, plus fighting all the Columben cops and vox alike. Booker has a huge shopping list of experience. and with experience he will know what he is doing. Jack on the other hand has only been fighting ever since he arrived in rapture on such short notice. Jack also seams to have little to no tactics whatsoever. His main tactic is face them head on with no plan and mow everyone down as fast as he can. Booker however uses Elizabeth's tears to his advantage. Booker is also more smart then Jack and can probably easily outsmart him.

Edge: Booker Dewitt

Final verdict : Booker Dewitt