01-09-2011, 12:03 AM
I don;t think that CL is suppsoe to be the "new CA". Power Level, as far as I understand it, will operate like, you know, POWER LEVEL in every sense that it worked in the show. CL is just a measure of your overall activity and basically a writer score/overall work and effort put into the character.
This system is preferable because it allows you to DECIDE where your prestige goes and how much "raw power" you character has as opposed to gear, custom techs etc.
For example, I have always imagined Vad as a beefy, power slinging muh fugger without a whole lot of fluff and shit all around him. Jus' good ol metal control and RAW MIGHT. In contrast, Sigfried has a power level of like... maybe like, a thousand? TOPS?! But he has all kinds of crazy ass techs and customs.
So, will he win a fight with Vad? Prolly fucking not cause Vad would make like, a metal salvo round of concentrated badass and blow him the fuck up. Sigfried, however, is capable of doing some CRAZY SHIT with his powers cause that's what he CHOSE to put his bits and bobs into.
Victoria always notes herself as "RPing a lower PL". That's cause shes not a BITCH. She's putting self-enforced controls on her PL so that it's a more level playing field. I think if given the option most people here would do that by NOT BUYING A SHITTON OF PL. It's a system of checks and balances.
CL doesn't change the fight world nearly as much as PL in my mind, but if it's a close call of near-ish PLs and good writing, the fight would go to the more senior writer (eg: higher CL).
Saying tht CL would be the new "gold standard" misses the point IMO.
This system is preferable because it allows you to DECIDE where your prestige goes and how much "raw power" you character has as opposed to gear, custom techs etc.
For example, I have always imagined Vad as a beefy, power slinging muh fugger without a whole lot of fluff and shit all around him. Jus' good ol metal control and RAW MIGHT. In contrast, Sigfried has a power level of like... maybe like, a thousand? TOPS?! But he has all kinds of crazy ass techs and customs.
So, will he win a fight with Vad? Prolly fucking not cause Vad would make like, a metal salvo round of concentrated badass and blow him the fuck up. Sigfried, however, is capable of doing some CRAZY SHIT with his powers cause that's what he CHOSE to put his bits and bobs into.
Victoria always notes herself as "RPing a lower PL". That's cause shes not a BITCH. She's putting self-enforced controls on her PL so that it's a more level playing field. I think if given the option most people here would do that by NOT BUYING A SHITTON OF PL. It's a system of checks and balances.
CL doesn't change the fight world nearly as much as PL in my mind, but if it's a close call of near-ish PLs and good writing, the fight would go to the more senior writer (eg: higher CL).
Saying tht CL would be the new "gold standard" misses the point IMO.
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