Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24860855-20140430042530/@comment-1894786-20140718061133

From reading this discussion, I would assume that the Byakugan is actually the support of the group. Look at it as a shinobi squad.

Rinnegan - The miracle worker. It brings back the dead, it can control multiple bodies, it can even cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi. In this sense, it's like Naruto. Enough power to do just about anything.

Sharingan - The torment. It needs trauma to activate, the death of a close friend to activate the Mangekyo, the death of another Uchiha to activate the Eternal Mangekyo, etc. But this eye is far more combat oriented, whereas the Rinnegan is more of a tool used to help others (except for the IT), and in this sense, it's a lot like Sasuke.

Then we have the Byakugan - The support. Just like a medical nin, who is pretty much superfluous until needed to heal the wounded, the capabilities of the Byakugan when combined with the other two are for last-ditch support. With its wide range of 350-ish degrees (Don't forget the blind spot!) and X-Ray vision, it's very useful in long-range combat, but since most practitioners use the short-range Gentle Fist style, this makes the eye relatively useless compared to the other two. Only useable for its range of sight. In this sense, it's just like Sakura, who is a formidable kunoichi in her own right, but is relatively useless when compared to Sasuke or Naruto.