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

[Arlonb]

Sorry, folks, I’m one of Ruo’s biggest critics myself, but there’s absolutely no chance of Nicky writing a fight where the MC is completely superior to Ruo. Zero. Absolutely none. At best, we can expect a line like “your fists collide and it’s clear that yours is stronger” or something similar.

As for defeating EX Ruo, there’s no chance of that happening, even if Ruo didn’t have plot armour. We don’t even know what the upper limit of EX is, and it’s clear that when Ruo advances, he’ll be far superior to a normal EX, possibly even an MX. Firstly, Ruo will certainly advance with a Prismatic Star; and secondly, his dragon power will be boosted even further when he advances.

Taking the more pessimistic view, I even doubt we’ll see a fight where Ruo is using all his gear and items. I mean, how many damn full HP recovery items must Ruo have? And rings that, I don’t know, boost stats by 5 or even 10 each? A robe with 99 per cent DR? Of course, like in all Xianxia, there’s a limit to how many buffs and defences you can stack onto a low-cultivation body (otherwise Ruo wouldn’t have simply lost to LC, even though he was much weaker at the time), but until then, who knows what Ruo has at his disposal. For this reason, I fear that against Ruo, the ‘maximum’ we’ll face will be him using transformations, arts, his swords and perhaps a ‘revive’ or two (if it even comes to that).

 

[Xclusivegamer]

Sorry, folks, I’m one of Ruo’s biggest critics myself, but there’s absolutely no chance of Nicky writing a fight where the MC is completely superior to Ruo. Zero. Absolutely none. At best, we can expect a line like “your fists collide and it’s clear that yours is stronger” or something similar.

As for defeating EX Ruo, there’s no chance of that happening, even if Ruo didn’t have plot armour. We don’t even know what the upper limit of EX is, and it’s clear that when Ruo advances, he’ll be far superior to a normal EX, possibly even an MX. Firstly, Ruo will certainly advance with a Prismatic Star; and secondly, his dragon power will be boosted even further when he advances.

Sure but unlike mc that reaches the max immediately (mechanic wise) all other characters have to train to progress something you can see in tale of immortals

 

[Xclusivegamer]

Taking the more pessimistic view, I even doubt we’ll see a fight where Ruo is using all his gear and items. I mean, how many damn full HP recovery items must Ruo have? And rings that, I don’t know, boost stats by 5 or even 10 each? A robe with 99 per cent DR? Of course, like in all Xianxia, there’s a limit to how many buffs and defences you can stack onto a low-cultivation body (otherwise Ruo wouldn’t have simply lost to LC, even though he was much weaker at the time), but until then, who knows what Ruo has at his disposal. For this reason, I fear that against Ruo, the ‘maximum’ we’ll face will be him using transformations, arts, his swords and perhaps a ‘revive’ or two (if it even comes to that).

It really wouldn't be fair, ruo was much weaker than when then and still should be weaker or on par, but we're significantly more powerful than pseudo lc

 

[Xclusivegamer]

Also would be nice if niki let us be that ruo glazer at mh when he's at lh not auto make him win like we're still Eh

 

[Seyiz]

At the current estimate Ruo at xiantian would have 300+ stats and an aura to play around with so I dunno if our agenda of beating him without advancing is going to hold up

*500+

 

[any name u wish]

Taking the more pessimistic view, I even doubt we’ll see a fight where Ruo is using all his gear and items. I mean, how many damn full HP recovery items must Ruo have? And rings that, I don’t know, boost stats by 5 or even 10 each? A robe with 99 per cent DR? Of course, like in all Xianxia, there’s a limit to how many buffs and defences you can stack onto a low-cultivation body (otherwise Ruo wouldn’t have simply lost to LC, even though he was much weaker at the time), but until then, who knows what Ruo has at his disposal. For this reason, I fear that against Ruo, the ‘maximum’ we’ll face will be him using transformations, arts, his swords and perhaps a ‘revive’ or two (if it even comes to that).

If Ruo uses up a revive against us he'll never live it down.

Speaking of revives... We still don't get anything from beating Tigress. Honestly I think we should get both qi and exp when we kill her ***. Killing the bird didn't give me Qi either so I feel scammed in general. I just want kills to consistently give resources

 

[Shashwaty19]

Sorry, folks, I’m one of Ruo’s biggest critics myself, but there’s absolutely no chance of Nicky writing a fight where the MC is completely superior to Ruo. Zero. Absolutely none. At best, we can expect a line like “your fists collide and it’s clear that yours is stronger” or something similar.

As for defeating EX Ruo, there’s no chance of that happening, even if Ruo didn’t have plot armour. We don’t even know what the upper limit of EX is, and it’s clear that when Ruo advances, he’ll be far superior to a normal EX, possibly even an MX. Firstly, Ruo will certainly advance with a Prismatic Star; and secondly, his dragon power will be boosted even further when he advances.

Ruo is a MA, She doesn't have stars. If She advances to EX, I could expect her being stronger than an average EX but not MX level. With Dragon Power, I could see her being MX but Chaos Leviathan Transformation (CLT) is superior to Dragon Transformation so that can balance things out. Further CLT boosts specifically boosts Magic so It should also dramatically boost Realm Annihilating Fist. Further, No one knows when Chaos Origin Physique might decide to lock in and do some crazy b*llshit.

If all else fails, We still have the Devil and I KNOW that aurafarming mf will VIOLATE Ruo, EX or not. That aurafarming mf is moving in ways that not even Ruo can. I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if that mf just starts floating the air and says
"Above Heaven and Under Heaven, I alone am the Honored One"

 

[Shashwaty19]

Also would be nice if niki let us be that ruo glazer at mh when he's at lh not auto make him win like we're still Eh

Yeah I wanted an entire hour long torture session like the devil literally cooking Muchen alive and then making him lick our boots (Most disrespectful thing I have ever seen, like holy sh*t dude)

 

[LuciDio]

I mean, once he gets more serious there's not even a check, it's just straight up: View attachment 44621
So just by this we could assume he's a 110, maybe? If 90 STR at a moment manages to push him away and then in other does absolutely nothing.
But there are can be interpretations for him passing, significantly, this value, as I said - and is said in the Asura interaction -, he is said to be stronger than Full Asura w/ Body Dao. At that moment a Full Asura can be a 40 attributes increase depending of how you are playing. So ~130 range, let's say.
And remember that this is a base, puppeteered and battered Yang Gan. Wouldn't find absurd for a conscious, fresh YG to be ~150 base and ~200(My 10/10 as the limit) all-out.

Victims of the Celestial Vessel Baihu anyway. All of them.

I count that as the same thing that happens when the Wu Heir is prepared vs unprepared for an attack.

Even in the Tigress fight there is a specific moment when she kinda blitzes you with a trick and gorilla arms you straight to the face and it states that because you're unprepared even if you pass the con check it still blows you away and dislocates your jaw, but a few moments later she tries the same thing and you can do exactly what YG did and headbutt her gorilla fist and it breaks against your head and you don't even feel it.

So yeah it's the whole tense muscles, get ready, and then tank vs just tank without prep.

 

[Arlonb]

Ruo is a MA, She doesn't have stars.

I’m not sure about this. I mean, nothing’s been confirmed, but I reckon whether or not you have Qi and meridians doesn’t really matter much for Body Refining; it’s just how strong your body is, especially in special cases like Ruo and Tigress. So yes, I believe (again, nothing’s confirmed) that even MAs can have Stars if their bodies are strong enough (in this case, base values above 50, which is when the colours start).

In fact, I believe this is what Nicky meant when he said, “The weakest EXs have stats between 150 and 200, not counting aura”. To elaborate, these weak EXs were previously PHs who only had bodies up to 50 – that is, even lower than a Brown Star – so as EXs they are individuals with comparatively weak bodies who rely exclusively on their auras and arts (only possessing bodies of that level thanks to TW’s blood); meanwhile, geniuses who, in one way or another, have surpassed the 50 limit are the strong EXs, with bodies at Brown Star or higher.

 

[Arlonb]

Chaos Leviathan Transformation (CLT)

(╯'□')╯︵ ┻━┻ You bastard! You’ve just ruined the transformation for me. Now every time I think of it, I’ll think of CLT and I won’t be able to take it seriously.

 

[Countztime]

I still hope there is a way to get both of the chaos techniques without having to sell your soul.

 

[Arlonb]

It really wouldn't be fair, ruo was much weaker than when then and still should be weaker or on par, but we're significantly more powerful than pseudo lc

Yes, it’s really cool that this has been confirmed. If I’m not mistaken, there’s a bit in the fight against Tigress where it’s mentioned that LC’s Inner Energy power back then wasn’t even a quarter (or a third – I can’t quite remember) of what Tigress’s is now.

 

[Gone_Dead]

Speaking of 1v1s, Who would be the candidates and how many 1v1s will happen? How many will MC fight? There's not really much characters who are on par or might be an interesting fight for Wu Heir atm. YG, The Second (i think shes LDQ), and Ruo are the only ones that come to my mind. And i dont even know if YG fight will happen since six desires can absorb him or whatever he does.

 

[LuciDio]

Don’t push it. It’s a 3 at best.
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At least it’s better than Ruo, who’s either a 1 or a 0.

Just wanna point out that Tigress' stats depend very much on how many times you trained with her, how big her savagery rating is (if you try to get her to chill she's weaker), whether you bought her spells or taught her how to use her techniques better, and also whether you are arrogant towards her and say that you will outgrow her very quickly.

So her minimal stats are - 105 str, 117 agi, 81 con, 75 vit, and 113 per.

In my playthrough I got her to have 11-13 extra stat points (can't remember correctly), but the most busted thing, that is luckily bugged I believe, is the fact that for every point of savagery (which you can gain 6) it multiplies her power by 10%.

Right now in the code it's not multiplied but added for some reason and then rounded, making this bonus kinda useless (so for 6 points of savagery 2 is added to her stats, because 1.6 rounded), so I think it actually should be multiplying. But in that case, if I gained 6 savagery for her, and all the other bonuses I gathered for her would make her stats be 186 str, 205 agi, 147 con, 138 vit, and 198 per.

Which is ****ing ridiculous. Please no one inform Nicky of this hopefully potential bug.

 

[any name u wish]

Speaking of LC, we really need Ai buffs. Girl doesn't even give stats if you're at max and lacking exp output too. Not to mention the 60k surgery you have to pay. Just a hindrance... What a **** physique. I can't believe we're at a point where Tigress is infinitely more beneficial. How come she's a better stat battery then Ai?

Honestly, yeah, she can just melt. Dunno why I should even tire myself out with this matter.

Speaking of 1v1s, Who would be the candidates and how many 1v1s will happen? How many will MC fight? There's not really much characters who are on par or might be an interesting fight for Wu Heir atm. YG, The Second (i think shes LDQ), and Ruo are the only ones that come to my mind. And i dont even know if YG fight will happen since six desires can absorb him or whatever he does.

I'm hoping Ruo fights some resource sinks too because I'll riot if I have to fight freaks while he is paired up with opponents who won't even show up lol

 

[Shashwaty19]

I’m not sure about this. I mean, nothing’s been confirmed, but I reckon whether or not you have Qi and meridians doesn’t really matter much for Body Refining; it’s just how strong your body is, especially in special cases like Ruo and Tigress. So yes, I believe (again, nothing’s confirmed) that even MAs can have Stars if their bodies are strong enough (in this case, base values above 50, which is when the colours start).

In fact, I believe this is what Nicky meant when he said, “The weakest EXs have stats between 150 and 200, not counting aura”. To elaborate, these weak EXs were previously PHs who only had bodies up to 50 – that is, even lower than a Brown Star – so as EXs they are individuals with comparatively weak bodies who rely exclusively on their auras and arts (only possessing bodies of that level thanks to TW’s blood); meanwhile, geniuses who, in one way or another, have surpassed the 50 limit are the strong EXs, with bodies at Brown Star or higher.

Actually, MAs don't have stars, True Body Refining is something completely different from what MAs use. Martial Cultivation is fundamentally reliant entirely on TW's blood, no matter how hard someone works, If they don't have TW's blood, they just don't get any stronger. MA are bloodline users similar to beasts rather than true cultivaters. Only Dao is something that MAs and Cultivaters share. MA extract the body's essence to get stronger which actually degrades their potential for actual body refining.

 

[any name u wish]

Just wanna point out that Tigress' stats depend very much on how many times you trained with her, how big her savagery rating is (if you try to get her to chill she's weaker), whether you bought her spells or taught her how to use her techniques better, and also whether you are arrogant towards her and say that you will outgrow her very quickly.

So her minimal stats are - 105 str, 117 agi, 81 con, 75 vit, and 113 per.

In my playthrough I got her to have 11-13 extra stat points (can't remember correctly), but the most busted thing, that is luckily bugged I believe, is the fact that for every point of savagery (which you can gain 6) it multiplies her power by 10%.

Right now in the code it's not multiplied but added for some reason and then rounded, making this bonus kinda useless (so for 6 points of savagery 2 is added to her stats, because 1.6 rounded), so I think it actually should be multiplying. But in that case, if I gained 6 savagery for her, and all the other bonuses I gathered for her would make her stats be 186 str, 205 agi, 147 con, 138 vit, and 198 per.

Which is ****ing ridiculous. Please no one inform Nicky of this hopefully potential bug.

That's really cool and also freaky as hell

I can't actually agree with her being animalistic so I guess she'll end up on the weaker side in my game. Then again I do shittalk her a lot so maybe it'll be balanced out.

Assuming this'll affect how the artifact works and how she handles it later.

 

[LuciDio]

Yeah I actually missed that when I was playing since I didn't check what her checks were for other people here, and since I was playing story mode I didn't care too much.

But I actually made a little mistake, the bug still exists but it's not as bad if it gets fixed. It won't actually buff her whole stats by 60% but only increase the buffs you gathered for her through gameplay.

So say you got enough points to raise her stats by 12 points, then those 12 points would be increased by 60%, meaning she would get a total of +19 points in all stats from her set base of 105, 117, 81, 75, and 113.

So yeah definitely not as bad, but considering people already find it extremely difficult, adding even more to her stats would be crazy.

 

[any name u wish]

Yeah I actually missed that when I was playing since I didn't check what her checks were for other people here, and since I was playing story mode I didn't care too much.

But I actually made a little mistake, the bug still exists but it's not as bad if it gets fixed. It won't actually buff her whole stats by 60% but only increase the buffs you gathered for her through gameplay.

So say you got enough points to raise her stats by 12 points, then those 12 points would be increased by 60%, meaning she would get a total of +19 points in all stats from her set base of 105, 117, 81, 75, and 113.

So yeah definitely not as bad, but considering people already find it extremely difficult, adding even more to her stats would be crazy.

I wonder if this will matter at all for future fights like the cockatrice (how did we convince Ai this wasn't a metaphor I wonder) or just for when we fight her.

In my game it seems she only has a boost of +10 in all stats.