Josh Wrote:Those are all horrible examples. Guldo, Yakon and Babidi had abilities and techniques that won't fly, they are way too powerful.The power of the examples doesn't particularly matter, in my opinion, as nobody has the power level of Goku, therefore, this is all exponentially relative.
They also died because people with higher power levels killed them.
Your second point leads me to my point about keeping the Custom Tech system we have now. If Yakon, for example, were a character in this system. Let's say he used Prestige to buy a technique that "defined his character" called Super Mega Awesome Ki Absorption. Of course, that doesn't raise his CL much because it's only one technique, but because custom tech costs aren't standardized, it's mega expensive because it's mega powerful.
He fights Goku, who has taken time to buy more PL, which is standardized, which would raise Goku's CL. Goku has a higher CL overall because he's spent it on smaller, less expensive things, while Yakon only has one technique and a low CL, because he didn't have much Prestige to spend on PL. Yakon could then give Goku a really hard time because his Custom Tech is super powerful, but Goku would still end up winning because his CL is higher. This is assuming the quality of their writing is equal.
EDIT: Let me just say that because exchanging PL for techs means that I would lose the fight in Sigfried's world, I'd have to think very hard about purchasing any techs whatsoever. It doesn't seem fair that I put work into defining my character with techniques, but I'm sacrificing victory to do it. It's like saying a Mage has no chance of beating a Warrior in WoW, which isn't true.