Path of martial arts: leaked sneak peaks, and discussing thread

[Amara]

The RO's in the book is secondary to me. Im more interested in the story and MC progression which is very rare in IF's. Very few IF's actually have a good story and to complement that, a good MC. Infinite series comes to mind first. Still, idk what Niki is planning to do with Caihong in terms of romance. She feels a lot like a kid. Tigress has a subplot going on so most prob it will be tied to her romance. Ai's romance is also tied to her subplot. Ruo i have no clue whats gonna happen there. Xiwen is also clear ig. Tbh i dont see Caihong and Ruo romance happening anytime soon unlike Ai or even Tigress which i can kind of see happening. Mei has her own thing going on and ***** is clearly using us. Male RO's getting the short stick unusually, thats a first in IF's.

Couldn't kill long, our lookalike, if you ignore the arrogance, bro is actually chill.
I decided to do two playthrough, one has a good guy and the other as a bad guy and in both play through, I refuse to be a puppet for that b**** (mei) especially after that her family did.
I long to fight He chang or whatever his name is and beat him to a bloody pulp! And ruin his family! Is that too much to ask for?

 

[Amara]

I mean getting jumped is the highest honor a villain can get tbh, you know most reasons I see people don’t play poma is
1. It only has 1 male Ro other one made gender selectable, which I understand I get annoyed when I see 3 male Ros 1 female Ro and a gender selectable.
2. It’s straight romance only which isn’t niki fault.
3. Idk why they call it a power fantasy it’s literally not a power fantasy??? They just see action and call it a power fantasy it actually gets me upset. There’s only a few true power fantasy COG games and this isn’t one.

I can't lie to y'all, evil MC has more aura than good MC, imagine being jumped, survive and everyone in the tournament sees you as a threat!!
Tho the evil that evil MC had to commit, damn... I low key see why we are hated... We did massacre an entire village....

 

[shot]

Impressive? In all the fights you've mentioned, the MC hasn't won a single one on his own. In the fight against LC, the MC didn’t even participate, if you remember—he just landed the final attack on a tired/mortally wounded opponent who was also extremely nerfed. Against BH, it was the same—he was poisoned, and Mei had to help the MC twice in that fight. And against the Demon Squad, the MC literally lost that fight. His demon possessing him doesn’t count as a victory if it’s literally someone else controlling his body.

Its' highly implied that Demon is MC's Alternate personality and a personnification of his demonic urges.
So Wu Devil is not a Kurama like demon but more smth like White Ichigo.

 

[shot]

Immortality is the limit for Ruo and I doubt He Gang can even reach that

He prolly won't touch close even to that.
Only Ruo and Wu Heir have that potential and even then Lady B mentionned their cultivation is trash and they'd need to have a big Big correction in it.
In the case of Ruo maybe it'll be easier signe he's a favourite
MC idk.

 

[God]

I mean wasn’t that literally the point of TW giving us his blood, and new body?IE was useless he created an inferior method just to collect them all later? Also let me address something I hate seeing, “Mc being overpowered would be boring to win everything from the start” we literally are not asking that, but it’s a popular genre for a reason. Let’s talk about one of the greatest Xianxia protagonists ever Fang yuan he is kinda op right? However done right. He loses at times, has to run away at times, and is backed in a corner multiple times. The reason he’s so good though is because it feels like he’s in control of what he’s going to do. He has a goal and he’s going to do whatever to strive for it, he’s not one shorting everyone, but there are parts where he is like Shang city. He’s struggled with life and death, one of my favorite moments ever in anything is the river, where all enemies are outside waiting to kill him and he just keeps moving forward that’s how determined he is when all hope was lost. You can be overpowered and still struggle idk why people think it’s one or the other?

 

[Xclusivegamer]

I mean wasn’t that literally the point of TW giving us his blood, and new body?IE was useless he created an inferior method just to collect them all later? Also let me address something I hate seeing, “Mc being overpowered would be boring to win everything from the start” we literally are not asking that, but it’s a popular genre for a reason. Let’s talk about one of the greatest Xianxia protagonists ever Fang yuan he is kinda op right? However done right. He loses at times, has to run away at times, and is backed in a corner multiple times. The reason he’s so good though is because it feels like he’s in control of what he’s going to do. He has a goal and he’s going to do whatever to strive for it, he’s not one shorting everyone, but there are parts where he is like Shang city. He’s struggled with life and death, one of my favorite moments ever in anything is the river, where all enemies are outside waiting to kill him and he just keeps moving forward that’s how determined he is when all hope was lost. You can be overpowered and still struggle idk why people think it’s one or the other?

It'd be nice if the plot was written cooler. Gojo was overpowered but his fights were also cool

 

[Zeus]

He prolly won't touch close even to that.
Only Ruo and Wu Heir have that potential and even then Lady B mentionned their cultivation is trash and they'd need to have a big Big correction in it.
In the case of Ruo maybe it'll be easier signe he's a favourite
MC idk.

Yup can't wait to stomp the clown

 

[shot]

I mean wasn’t that literally the point of TW giving us his blood, and new body?IE was useless he created an inferior method just to collect them all later? Also let me address something I hate seeing, “Mc being overpowered would be boring to win everything from the start” we literally are not asking that, but it’s a popular genre for a reason. Let’s talk about one of the greatest Xianxia protagonists ever Fang yuan he is kinda op right? However done right. He loses at times, has to run away at times, and is backed in a corner multiple times. The reason he’s so good though is because it feels like he’s in control of what he’s going to do. He has a goal and he’s going to do whatever to strive for it, he’s not one shorting everyone, but there are parts where he is like Shang city. He’s struggled with life and death, one of my favorite moments ever in anything is the river, where all enemies are outside waiting to kill him and he just keeps moving forward that’s how determined he is when all hope was lost. You can be overpowered and still struggle idk why people think it’s one or the other?

There is a profound difference between Fang Yuan who is a Regression protag.
Fang Yuan is an experienced MC who already had knowledge on the martial world. So him being in control is a given ,the opposite would be weird I understand the message the example doesn't work.
Tho I can understand the fact that playin' as Wu Heir doesn't make you feel (debatable)powerful .
Well at this point in the story it's Niki way of writing MC maybe it'll change in book 2 but I doubt that.

 

[Arlonb]

At the very least, I’d like you to give me an example where the opposite is true.

If I'm not mistaken, it's possible to beat LDQ and Fu Lanfen, two MH, even if the MC is an EH. I could be wrong, but I remember doing this once.

 

[Waoman21]

If I'm not mistaken, it's possible to beat LDQ and Fu Lanfen, two MH, even if the MC is an EH. I could be wrong, but I remember doing this once.

With the ring items, now you can beat LDQ in EH. At the beginning, it was possible in EH, but then the fight was balanced, and you just took too much damage to do it in EH unless you cheated. I don’t remember the other fight very well—I think I had tried it before, and she beat me pretty quickly in EH for the same reason. But now it’s easy with the new items that was added. I’m not sure if there’s any mention if you defeat Fu Lanfen in EH or if the game is technically written assuming you’re already MH.

Honestly, the gameplay and narrative are completely disconnected from each other in Poma.

 

[Arlonb]

No, no cheats. Anyway, victory is victory. These were the examples I could think of, both higher level than MC and strong for their respective levels.

Yeah, I agree that these fights were probably created with an MH MC in mind.

 

[God]

Eh all the problems will be mostly fixed when he implements the critical stat checks. Mc is properly ranked atm and think it will be better shown in the 1vs1s instead of mc constantly getting jumped. Trust me Mc will not struggle in the next round. (Im coping) yes I know they’re strong so Wu heir isn’t expected to win easily.

 

[Xclusivegamer]

Its changed before you fight them now you automatically advance

If I'm not mistaken, it's possible to beat LDQ and Fu Lanfen, two MH, even if the MC is an EH. I could be wrong, but I remember doing this once.

 

[adibhait21]

I am still having the theory that due to continuous devil breakout tang wei alter ego take over MC just like sukuna taking over Yuji and megumi

 

[Sov]

There is a profound difference between Fang Yuan who is a Regression protag.
Fang Yuan is an experienced MC who already had knowledge on the martial world. So him being in control is a given ,the opposite would be weird I understand the message the example doesn't work.
Tho I can understand the fact that playin' as Wu Heir doesn't make you feel (debatable)powerful .
Well at this point in the story it's Niki way of writing MC maybe it'll change in book 2 but I doubt that.

Already had knowledge is insanely underselling it. Fang Yuan was 500 years old at the start vs a 19 year old POMA mc.

Even with that he works in a novel format but I feel like people would complain about him far more than POMA mc if Reverend Insanity was somehow made into an IF

 

[Foulwarden]

@Foulwarden new poma sneak peek please

Updated with the latest sneak peek

 

[God]

Wu Heir about to get one shotted. Look at baldy intrigued and probably jealous lol he wants the source.

 

[Waoman21]

Wu heir about to get one shotted. Look at baldy intrigued and probably jealous lol

That's what happens when you have to rely on a demon you can't control to win your fights, it ends up getting you into even more trouble.

 

[God]

That's what happens when you have to rely on a demon you can't control to win your fights, it ends up getting you into even more trouble.

Yup that’s what I have myself for, I prefer to get myself into trouble. Learned my lesson after getting slapped. I was done with the breakouts after getting whipped after the 3vs1 I think? I decided to chill out. I don’t like losing control of my actions.

 

[Jorgoe]

I think Bohai is the only master that cares about you. He'll probably defend you like he defended you and your family against Demon Queen. What are elders compare to DQ? their nothing.