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

[any name u wish]

She doesn't think it is an efficient use of resources

Yeah be sure not to let a single drop spill, Yan.

 

[AGoldenExperience]

Thanks to a friend who doesn’t share my interest in POMA and related topics, I had a brilliant realization: What matters is what’s in the game; the author’s comments are only as valuable as his mood fluctuations allow.

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Niki has got to PLEASE stop talking

 

[God]

Just remember no matter how much of a fraud Wu heir is, Ruo will always be a much bigger BUM.

 

[any name u wish]

Just remember no matter how much of a fraud Wu heir is, Ruo will always be a much bigger BUM.

It's functionally impossible to respect Ruo after seeing a glimpse of the resources he has had access to since birth.

At this point will it even matter when he reaches PH? Because other than inner energy reserves, his stats will increase by like 10... Right?

 

[AGoldenExperience]

It's functionally impossible to respect Ruo after seeing a glimpse of the resources he has had access to since birth.

If we had half the resources they had for 19+ years we'd be a Shangtian before we're even out of our diapers

 

[Seyiz]

If we had half the resources they had for 19+ years we'd be a Shangtian before we're even out of our diapers

true asl,mf stats are meant to be closer to 30-50 in ph that it is now with all these permanent stat add ons they used even if they had the dragon transformation

 

[Totenkopf]

At this point will it even matter when he reaches PH? Because other than inner energy reserves, his stats will increase by like 10... Right?

By Niki a advancement is percentual and increases its effects based on the current strength of the one advancing. This narratively, as he said, there is a reason for why 19~20 years is when someone undergo the Rebirth to Houtian, because physically someone is in a state of peak that won't interfere in future advancements(As would if someone advanced at 30+, for example).
But that statement was three years ago, and currently... We can undergo something explicitly said to be equal to a Rebirth/Breakthrough and our physical cap only increases at 10 regardless of our current stats.

So there are arguments for both sides, I still believe that they're percentual, narratively. The point is that the stat increase is exponential. 50 isn't just 25% stronger/faster/aware...etc than 40, as we know, a Top-Tier Houtian can take down tenths of weak ones. And following our own stage breakthrough, Mortal to E-H increased the same 10 in cap as E-H to M-H.
So I believe Ruo's L-H to P-H will also increase "only" 10 to her physical "cap"(Remembering that she doesn't have a hard cap as Wu Heir, just a soft one). Just my view in any case, and talking mechanically(Since saying someone have "110 STR" is just a metric for us players and not something existent within the narrative)...

 

[any name u wish]

By Niki a advancement is percentual and increases its effects based on the current strength of the one advancing. This narratively, as he said, there is a reason for why 19~20 years is when someone undergo the Rebirth to Houtian, because physically someone is in a state of peak that won't interfere in future advancements(As would if someone advanced at 30+, for example).
But that statement was three years ago, and currently... We can undergo something explicitly said to be equal to a Rebirth/Breakthrough and our physical cap only increases at 10 regardless of our current stats.

So there are arguments for both sides, I still believe that they're percentual, narratively. The point is that the stat increase is exponential. 50 isn't just 25% stronger/faster/aware...etc than 40, as we know, a Top-Tier Houtian can take down tenths of weak ones. And following our own stage breakthrough, Mortal to E-H increased the same 10 in cap as E-H to M-H.
So I believe Ruo's L-H to P-H will also increase "only" 10 to her physical "cap"(Remembering that she doesn't have a hard cap as Wu Heir, just a soft one). Just my view in any case, and talking mechanically(Since saying someone have "110 STR" is just a metric for us players and not something existent within the narrative)...

I was initially on this camp but the berserker pills straight up give a percentage boost according to our stats, right? Which matches the one described narratively?

 

[Totenkopf]

I was initially on this camp but the berserker pills straight up give a percentage boost according to our stats, right? Which matches the one described narratively?

It's the same for Mei's Hidden Dragon Pill, though. She explicitly says that this is supposed to be a ten percent increase, and is a ten percent increase over our stats. If we have 100 STR, after taking the Hidden Dragon Pill it goes to 110. It is believable that 110 is 10% stronger than 100? Absolutely no. Otherwise we'd have to say that a Peak E-H is just two times stronger than a Mortal, and we know this is false. Or that a E-X is just two times stronger than a Elite/Top-10 Houtian, which is even more unbelievable. We know by Niki and by how the book usually present the fights/Checks that the stat point increase results in a exponential actual increase.
As is constantly said through the book that someone goes two times faster or punch two times stronger, but yet, the check usually isn't even 10 points above the anterior. YG, for example, 2% of his power requires a 15 CON check and 5% requires 16.

So what am I supposed to think this is, you might be thinking. I don't know, only Niki's psychopath mind knows really. If anything I'd say that a ten percent increase isn't really a ten percent increase in stats for someone that isn't Wu Heir granted our ridiculous body(As said when we take the Battle God Pill, our Body made by TW's Blood essence monstrously increases the effects of Alchemicals)...