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

[beepbeep]

You know I’ve thought about it and I figured another reason is he spoiled too much honestly. So people compare it to AC and honestly that’s Anon does that better than Niki. What I’m referring to is the world building in cultivation novels you hear about these figures in Poma we literally are meeting S ranked early. We are in a set location in a Sect and aren’t exploring world like in CN MCs. I feel like being in the sect is quite restricting tbh. Niki kinda failed the basic show, don’t tell premise, he told us so much lore and there’s still mysteries don’t get me wrong but compared to AC which we know how it works ranks wise I literally have no idea on certain people and such. It feels like AC MC has done so much more than Poma, like yes AC has a main base of their village but they’re exploring the world and it actually feels alive. I feel like with Poma everything revolves around the sect, go on short mission return to sect quickly rinse and repeat like up until the Expedition after that is where it goes downhill fast for some people. I don’t know how he’s going to stretch this to 3 books, if he’s still planning on the full 3 it’s going to be a difficult task. I hate to see it slandered everywhere mostly MC and I think more Cultivation IFs will keep releasing that will point out this weakness of the MC. I’m glad people are fully noticing the Ruo glaze as a day 1 Ruo hater, who used to get dragged on the discord hating on Ruo feels good more people are seeing. I used to always point out the Ruo is the real MC jokes that he said it so much I stopped believing they were jokes. I am still holding out hope he sees the slander and will make a few corrections once he’s done with main story.

Yeah, that's exactly it! Our MC in POMA feels so passive because all the story is doing is telling us what happened, but not showing us the full picture. AC on the other hand feels so active and alive, because the narrative is actually showing us what's happening.

Also, he wants to stretch POMA into 3 books?? What, 3 books of MC being sidelined for the author's #1 fav OC?100% agree with the Ruo thing, I was never a fan of Ruo too, but in the beginning, it was fine. Sure, I side-eyed the glazing a little, but whatever that's how every manhua starts anyway.

Ruo's strong, but we're gonna surpass him (using he/him bc even the author says that making Ruo gender-selectable feels wrong lol) sometime soon, right? Right? Wrong. Like I get authors have their favorites, that's normal, but come on, POMA is supposed to be about the MC's story, that's why we're the goddamn MC! If he likes Ruo that much, then why not just make a separate novel about him? Keep us out of it, man.

 

[God]

Yeah, that's exactly it! Our MC in POMA feels so passive because all the story is doing is telling us what happened, but not showing us the full picture. AC on the other hand feels so active and alive, because the narrative is actually showing us what's happening.

Also, he wants to stretch POMA into 3 books?? What, 3 books of MC being sidelined for the author's #1 fav OC?100% agree with the Ruo thing, I was never a fan of Ruo too, but in the beginning, it was fine. Sure, I side-eyed the glazing a little, but whatever that's how every manhua starts anyway.

Ruo's strong, but we're gonna surpass him (using he/him bc even the author says that making Ruo gender-selectable feels wrong lol) sometime soon, right? Right? Wrong. Like I get authors have their favorites, that's normal, but come on, POMA is supposed to be about the MC's story, that's why we're the goddamn MC! If he likes Ruo that much, then why not just make a separate novel about him? Keep us out of it, man.

Pretty sure Ruo is going to be our rival until the very end lol until we leave the world. TW even glazed him supposedly he can keep up with us lol. I mean I’m gonna assume Niki favorites are Mei and Ruo lol. Crazy thing is I’m not asking for MC to be OP just have something to make them unique, Qi should’ve just been MC thing in this world but no. Like should’ve let MC have Dao and Qi. Still wouldn’t be busted but apparently something that was supposed to be hard to come by isn’t anymore.

 

[Benu]

You know I’ve thought about it and I figured another reason is he spoiled too much honestly. So people compare it to AC and honestly that’s Anon does that better than Niki. What I’m referring to is the world building in cultivation novels you hear about these figures in Poma we literally are meeting S ranked early. We are in a set location in a Sect and aren’t exploring world like in CN MCs. I feel like being in the sect is quite restricting tbh. Niki kinda failed the basic show, don’t tell premise, he told us so much lore and there’s still mysteries don’t get me wrong but compared to AC which we know how it works ranks wise I literally have no idea on certain people and such. It feels like AC MC has done so much more than Poma, like yes AC has a main base of their village but they’re exploring the world and it actually feels alive. I feel like with Poma everything revolves around the sect, go on short mission return to sect quickly rinse and repeat like up until the Expedition after that is where it goes downhill fast for some people. I don’t know how he’s going to stretch this to 3 books, if he’s still planning on the full 3 it’s going to be a difficult task. I hate to see it slandered everywhere mostly MC and I think more Cultivation IFs will keep releasing that will point out this weakness of the MC. I’m glad people are fully noticing the Ruo glaze as a day 1 Ruo hater, who used to get dragged on the discord hating on Ruo feels good more people are seeing. I used to always point out the Ruo is the real MC jokes that he said it so much I stopped believing they were jokes. I am still holding out hope he sees the slander and will make a few corrections once he’s done with main story.

Its not even about staying on the sect, its about not having anything to do in it: we dont learn **** on it, theres no deep social aspect to it, all our relationships (masters, ro's, friends) or are being cutted or are superficial/non-existent, most resources are useless for us and we cant give them to anyone else, even the one special thing that was the tournament for the prime disciple spot doesnt have any stakes, even If you win you wont get the position so why stay on the sect?.

The lore and worldbuilding of poma is the biggest letdown, theres a lack of clarity about a lot of stuff, i know all about tang wei, lady butterfly, shen long, the clans and shangtians but to this day idk how martial artists get stronger and advance realms, basic important stuff like a map of the world is not provided, theres so much unexplored potential and stuff happening on the background that we will probably never see in game.

About the MC slander, all i have to say its: deserved, sadly wu heir will always be the underdog potential man even when he shouldnt until Nick says otherwise.

 

[Benu]

Pretty sure Ruo is going to be our rival until the very end lol until we leave the world. TW even glazed him supposedly he can keep up with us lol. I mean I’m gonna assume Niki favorites are Mei and Ruo lol. Crazy thing is I’m not asking for MC to be OP just have something to make them unique, Qi should’ve just been MC thing in this world but no. Like should’ve let MC have Dao and Qi. Still wouldn’t be busted but apparently something that was supposed to be hard to come by isn’t anymore.

Dont get your hopes up, even If we get our unique distinct powers Nicky will find a way to give It to ruo too, at this point even he gang have a unique gimmick of stealing qi, while wu heir is sucking his thumb waiting for his turn tragic...tragic .

 

[Mr lol]

And for that reason POMA dipped in popularity it used to be a house hold name seriously everyone in COG community talk abt it and now it's just silence...Niki seriously is getting carried away

 

[Benu]

Yeah, that's exactly it! Our MC in POMA feels so passive because all the story is doing is telling us what happened, but not showing us the full picture. AC on the other hand feels so active and alive, because the narrative is actually showing us what's happening.

Also, he wants to stretch POMA into 3 books?? What, 3 books of MC being sidelined for the author's #1 fav OC?100% agree with the Ruo thing, I was never a fan of Ruo too, but in the beginning, it was fine. Sure, I side-eyed the glazing a little, but whatever that's how every manhua starts anyway.

Ruo's strong, but we're gonna surpass him (using he/him bc even the author says that making Ruo gender-selectable feels wrong lol) sometime soon, right? Right? Wrong. Like I get authors have their favorites, that's normal, but come on, POMA is supposed to be about the MC's story, that's why we're the goddamn MC! If he likes Ruo that much, then why not just make a separate novel about him? Keep us out of it, man.

Also Wu Heir lacks a clear goal and motivation, i just get the feeling that he's/she's going with the flow instead of activly trying to do something, planning and stuff, a npc to his own story basically.

 

[Benu]

And for that reason POMA dipped in popularity it used to be a house hold name seriously everyone in COG community talk abt it and now it's just silence...Niki seriously is getting carried away

There's still people talking about It, Just less frequently and with a lot more criticism/mockery.

 

[Arlonb]

The plotline changed but the story structure remains the same causing this dissonance between whats being told to us and whats actually happening.

anyway i Just wanted you to know youre not the only one not excited.

 

[erek]

Like sasuke was hyped in naruto just to be surpassed by him in shippuden

like neji being hailed as a generational genius of one of the major clans, only to die from a stick

 

[Waoman21]

I used to always point out the Ruo is the real MC jokes that he said it so much I stopped believing they were jokes.

As I’ve said before—and I still think the same—the “MC” is going to die at Ruo’s hands at the end of the story. If that ends up being the conclusion, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised at all.

I know it’s been said there will be a 2v1 against Ruo later on, helping Caihon or whatever her name is (I’ve already forgotten), but that never really made sense to me unless Ruo is way stronger than the MC at that point. So I don’t get why people still think the MC is going to surpass Ruo at some point in the story. He’ll only surpass him once Ruo is dead—and that’s if he even dies, of course.

Some people argue that the MC has more potential because he can reach godhood or whatever, and Ruo can only become immortal—but what does that even matter if POMA's story is never going to reach that point?

 

[God]

As I’ve said before—and I still think the same—the “MC” is going to die at Ruo’s hands at the end of the story. If that ends up being the conclusion, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised at all.

I know it’s been said there will be a 2v1 against Ruo later on, helping Caihon or whatever her name is (I’ve already forgotten), but that never really made sense to me unless Ruo is way stronger than the MC at that point. So I don’t get why people still think the MC is going to surpass Ruo at some point in the story. He’ll only surpass him once Ruo is dead—and that’s if he even dies, of course.

Some people argue that the MC has more potential because he can reach godhood or whatever, and Ruo can only become immortal—but what does that even matter if POMA's story is never going to reach that point?

It’s because Niki said Wu Heir reaching NS and getting kicked out of Poma world by the heavens was the epilogue or whatever years ago. He said in the end we’d be stronger Ruo, but I distinctly remember him saying it won’t just be overwhelmingly stronger like Yichen is to other S.

 

[Gone_Dead]

It’s because Niki said Wu Heir reaching NS and getting kicked out of Poma world by the heavens was the epilogue or whatever years ago. He said in the end we’d be stronger Ruo, but I distinctly remember him saying it won’t just be overwhelmingly stronger like Yichen is to other S.

Is this like multiple endings branching to one common ending for all? Like the fate of POMA world and all are the branches and the common ending is MC getting kicked out after deciding the fate of POMA. But if MC consumes the POMA world, wouldn't we reach godhood? That was Tang Wei's plan, but if we will be kicked out for getting too strong, then how will the MC even be able to consume POMA world? Isn't it technically their birthright? Lmao.

I'm not a fan of just edging out Ruo in strength towards the end. After a certain point, we should just be way stronger than Ruo. I have a feeling Niki is going for the same dynamic of Naruto and Sasuke. It was good enough for an anime but I don't think it will work out well for an IF on the long run. People are already sick of Ruo being glazed and getting preferential treatment, imagine this going on till the end of the series. Ruo should match us till CF after which we should breeze past him based on how we play the game. We literally have 0 advantage over Ruo, everything we have, he has and more, our Physique is useless atm including his so it cancels out.

I don't want to think that Niki is one of those authors who coddles their character over the MC, Ruo in his case. The MC should always have the most importance when it comes to interactive fiction.

 

[God]

Is this like multiple endings branching to one common ending for all? Like the fate of POMA world and all are the branches and the common ending is MC getting kicked out after deciding the fate of POMA. But if MC consumes the POMA world, wouldn't we reach godhood? That was Tang Wei's plan, but if we will be kicked out for getting too strong, then how will the MC even be able to consume POMA world? Isn't it technically their birthright? Lmao.

I'm not a fan of just edging out Ruo in strength towards the end. After a certain point, we should just be way stronger than Ruo. I have a feeling Niki is going for the same dynamic of Naruto and Sasuke. It was good enough for an anime but I don't think it will work out well for an IF on the long run. People are already sick of Ruo being glazed and getting preferential treatment, imagine this going on till the end of the series. Ruo should match us till CF after which we should breeze past him based on how we play the game. We literally have 0 advantage over Ruo, everything we have, he has and more, our Physique is useless atm including his so it cancels out.

I don't want to think that Niki is one of those authors who coddles their character over the MC, Ruo in his case. The MC should always have the most importance when it comes to interactive fiction.

Bros talking about godhood lol, it’s so far away that yeah we won’t ever see a conclusion to MC story. He’s probably changed the plot by now so we can disregard this I think, the NS ending was before other strong cultivators started appearing. But yeah the highest you can be is S before you get kicked out or can’t enter hence why they’re using worshippers and avatars because they themselves cannot enter the world. He’s probably changed the ending so who knows now.

 

[C8B]

So, are POMA losing popularity? Why? I haven’t been following the IF for a long time, so I pretty much missed everything. Can someone explain to me what has happened?

 

[Sov]

As I’ve said before—and I still think the same—the “MC” is going to die at Ruo’s hands at the end of the story. If that ends up being the conclusion, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised at all.

I know it’s been said there will be a 2v1 against Ruo later on, helping Caihon or whatever her name is (I’ve already forgotten), but that never really made sense to me unless Ruo is way stronger than the MC at that point. So I don’t get why people still think the MC is going to surpass Ruo at some point in the story. He’ll only surpass him once Ruo is dead—and that’s if he even dies, of course.

Some people argue that the MC has more potential because he can reach godhood or whatever, and Ruo can only become immortal—but what does that even matter if POMA's story is never going to reach that point?

Niki has always been very clear that the order in b3 will be 1. Mc 2. Ruo 3.. Caihong. Saying otherwise is your own non canon speculation. Niki just said that we will be able to help either Ruo or Caihong in the rivalry but people only care about the help Caihong part and completely forget the Ruo part which I don't think anyone will say the same thing in reverse about Caihong "power" and Ruo skill issue lol

 

[Sov]

Is this like multiple endings branching to one common ending for all? Like the fate of POMA world and all are the branches and the common ending is MC getting kicked out after deciding the fate of POMA. But if MC consumes the POMA world, wouldn't we reach godhood? That was Tang Wei's plan, but if we will be kicked out for getting too strong, then how will the MC even be able to consume POMA world? Isn't it technically their birthright? Lmao.

I'm not a fan of just edging out Ruo in strength towards the end. After a certain point, we should just be way stronger than Ruo. I have a feeling Niki is going for the same dynamic of Naruto and Sasuke. It was good enough for an anime but I don't think it will work out well for an IF on the long run. People are already sick of Ruo being glazed and getting preferential treatment, imagine this going on till the end of the series. Ruo should match us till CF after which we should breeze past him based on how we play the game. We literally have 0 advantage over Ruo, everything we have, he has and more, our Physique is useless atm including his so it cancels out.

I don't want to think that Niki is one of those authors who coddles their character over the MC, Ruo in his case. The MC should always have the most importance when it comes to interactive fiction.

TW plan was to slaughter most of the world after he replaced his body with a clone which would make him strong enough to leave but he would be NS (the same power we would be) after being done and NS is like 5 realms before reaching the Immortal stage and probably 8 more realms after Immorality before reaching Godhood

 

[Waoman21]

Niki has always been very clear that the order in b3 will be 1. Mc 2. Ruo 3.. Caihong. Saying otherwise is your own non canon speculation. Niki just said that we will be able to help either Ruo or Caihong in the rivalry but people only care about the help Caihong part and completely forget the Ruo part which I don't think anyone will say the same thing in reverse about Caihong "power" and Ruo skill issue lol

Non-canon speculation? I think you're wrong there. What I'm saying is speculation—it's neither canon nor non-canon, just like what you're saying isn't canon either since we haven't reached that point yet. Niki has said a lot of things, but plans change and we don't know what will happen in the future. At first, it was said that the MC's mother was just some random maid, but that was changed. It was also said that POMA would be written more like a Wuxia, and now look—there are gods and cultivators from other worlds, so everything changes. Until what you're saying actually happens, not even you know if it’s canon or not. At this point, we don’t even know if POMA will have two or three books, so anything can change.

 

[Sov]

Non-canon speculation? I think you're wrong there. What I'm saying is speculation—it's neither canon nor non-canon, just like what you're saying isn't canon either since we haven't reached that point yet. Niki has said a lot of things, but plans change and we don't know what will happen in the future. At first, it was said that the MC's mother was just some random maid, but that was changed. It was also said that POMA would be written more like a Wuxia, and now look—there are gods and cultivators from other worlds, so everything changes. Until what you're saying actually happens, not even you know if it’s canon or not. At this point, we don’t even know if POMA will have two or three books, so anything can change.

Mom thing was known way before you did considering Niki also said that she has very high BP and that was before the expo. Wuxia thing is something that was never said and I think you confused Xianxia with Wuxia. Guo death was hinted at by Niki before he actually died...

 

[Waoman21]

Mom thing was known way before you did considering Niki also said that she has very high BP and that was before the expo. Wuxia thing is something that was never said and I think you confused Xianxia with Wuxia. Guo death was hinted at by Niki before he actually died...

Like I said, plans change, so until something actually happens in the game, it’s not canon. There are still years to go before we reach the point you’re talking about, so I don’t see how you can claim it’s canon when so many things have already changed—but oh well.

 

[Sov]

Non-canon speculation? I think you're wrong there. What I'm saying is speculation—it's neither canon nor non-canon, just like what you're saying isn't canon either since we haven't reached that point yet. Niki has said a lot of things, but plans change and we don't know what will happen in the future. At first, it was said that the MC's mother was just some random maid, but that was changed. It was also said that POMA would be written more like a Wuxia, and now look—there are gods and cultivators from other worlds, so everything changes. Until what you're saying actually happens, not even you know if it’s canon or not. At this point, we don’t even know if POMA will have two or three books

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Like I said, plans change, so until something actually happens in the game, it’s not canon. There are still years to go before we reach the point you’re talking about, so I don’t see how you can claim it’s canon when so many things have already changed—but oh well.

I guess you haven't been in the discord server