Weapons were incredibly powerful, but sometimes they just lacked the necessary punch. So, I had to be able to think on my feet. Just like my girls did. From Operation Paper, they showed me how powerful out-of-the-box thinking could be.
Because we were formless, we could not just ascend to get stronger. For example, I used {Recursion} when we fought the Alpha Raptor, but it was completely useless. On the other hand, if I had a Manifested soul weapon, it would have been able to upgrade itself the more I ascended.
The girls like me all suffered from this problem. But each of them was able to find an answer. They turned to physics, soulgears, or whatever they could. It was crazy how desperate we became in our search for power.