hsuaisbsjsh

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You said the game never explained how power works and it's possible to change people's power by altering their brains and I'm telling you that it's not true. When Bramon talked about copying power he has explained how power works and it's impossible to change people's power just by altering their physical body. Which part do you not understand?
and this shit still doesn't explain where i said fucking copy
 
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Wait, he likes... falling?

Is that metaphorical, as in fallen angel shit, or... he literally spends his free time just chucking himself off buildings?
I think it's funnier if you take it as literal. Maybe that's why he has that weirdly serene look on his face right before he figures out how to fly. He's falling through the air, in his happy place, of course that's when he's best able to understand a complex idea.
 

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Fuck, half his power and we were still able to beat him? Man, what a disgrace, even more so after evolving. Cole obviously lost because he lacked skill, but we used tricks, two against one! It doesn't matter, when the difference in power is so great, it doesn't matter

Now, how far can skill take you? Power vs. Skill, which would be superior? Or does it all depend on how big the difference in numbers is?
 

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Fuck, half his power and we were still able to beat him? Man, what a disgrace, even more so after evolving. Cole obviously lost because he lacked skill, but we used tricks, two against one! It doesn't matter, when the difference in power is so great, it doesn't matter

Now, how far can skill take you? Power vs. Skill, which would be superior? Or does it all depend on how big the difference in numbers is?
Since WW seem heavy on the idea of Berni not being only extremely powerful, but also inhumanly skilled, it's probably a blend of both, skill and power is necessary to truly stand at the top of the food chain.

That or being a damn freak blessed with an extremely rare condition and the vessel of a dormant God, like our depressed Clown with reality warping
 
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Now, how far can skill take you? Power vs. Skill, which would be superior? Or does it all depend on how big the difference in numbers is?
Since WW seem heavy on the idea of Berni not being only extremely powerful, but also inhumanly skilled, it's probably a blend of both, skill and power is necessary to truly stand at the top of the food chain.

That or being a damn freak blessed with an extremely rare condition and the vessel of a dormant God, like our depressed Clown with reality warping
Power>Skill unless the Power difference isn't big enough. It's kinda like, "Who would win in a MMA fight, the most skilled flyweight vs a Cole tier heavyweight?"

The answer is Heavyweight. I don't care if the flyweight is Mighty Fucking Mouse. They are being snuffed out. You switch out the word "flyweight" to "bantamweight" chances of success for the weaker opponent increases, and so on for smaller weight class difference.

At a certain lack of power difference, Skill becomes much more important. A much more skilled Light Heavyweight would beat the shit out of bum Heavyweight. A Middleweight of the same skill would still win, but not as easily. A welterweight, maybe. Lightweight, hell no. If BJ Penn couldn't do it, it probably can't be done.

Now, determining how Weird World calculates thiss accurately in his story world would improbable without his input,

What should a agent in the world of Superhuman seek to improve as a Superhuman?

Depends on one's goals and circumstances. Sometimes, skill is better. Sometimes, power. But there's seems to be a limit on how powerful one can become while remaining "uncorrupted". If you have a problem with being corrupted, you should focus on skill, typically, but not always. Essentially, go for Power when there's lack of corruption and the math makes sense. What do I mean about the math making sense?

I'll explain.


I personally go for the superior percentage increases in game.


For example


Let's say there's a reward of 50 Power and 10 Skill. 50 Power sounds better without knowing current stats but let's say that your current stats is 500 Power and 30 Skill. 50 Power would be an increase of power by 10% and 10 Skill would be an increase of skill by 33.33% percent.

In that case, I'm going for the Skill boost.

It is like BenoTF25 suggested you need both. Crossfit train both of them as much as possible. Don't be a Cole.
 
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Fuck, half his power and we were still able to beat him? Man, what a disgrace, even more so after evolving. Cole obviously lost because he lacked skill, but we used tricks, two against one! It doesn't matter, when the difference in power is so great, it doesn't matter

Now, how far can skill take you? Power vs. Skill, which would be superior? Or does it all depend on how big the difference in numbers is?
I'd say that the greater the difference in Power, the more Skill you need to make up for it. If your enemy is too much stronger than you, it doesn't matter how skilled you are, you're just not going to be able to affect them. Cole was almost at that point for the MC and Deryl, they were just barely able to hurt him with their attacks and that's why they had to hit him so much to wear him down. And to take it to the extreme, put a baseline human with transcendental fighting talent against a Bernhardt Gunvald who's forgotten everything he ever learned about fighting, and Bernhardt is still winning because he's a one-man apocalypse.
 

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Fuck, half his power and we were still able to beat him? Man, what a disgrace, even more so after evolving. Cole obviously lost because he lacked skill, but we used tricks, two against one! It doesn't matter, when the difference in power is so great, it doesn't matter
To be precise it was 3 against 1, you forgot Limber. Cole would've still brute-forced us without Limber saving our asses at the last moment despite Deyrl's master plan and MC making every correct decision. And Cole's stupidity and lack of skills are one of a kind, that tells you how big of a gap between a lvl3 and a lvl4.

Now, how far can skill take you? Power vs. Skill, which would be superior? Or does it all depend on how big the difference in numbers is?
I think the fight of MC vs lvl3 Cole/lvl4 Cole already kinda answered that. Basically skills is only relevant when the difference in power is not insurmountablely large.
 
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twicethefunn

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I'd say that the greater the difference in Power, the more Skill you need to make up for it. If your enemy is too much stronger than you, it doesn't matter how skilled you are, you're just not going to be able to affect them. Cole was almost at that point for the MC and Deryl, they were just barely able to hurt him with their attacks and that's why they had to hit him so much to wear him down. And to take it to the extreme, put a baseline human with transcendental fighting talent against a Bernhardt Gunvald who's forgotten everything he ever learned about fighting, and Bernhardt is still winning because he's a one-man apocalypse.
Hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby, or Amnesiac Bernhardt vs Human Michael
 

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Yeah, he releases it from time to time. The guys on Discord post there when he releases a new one (brother Disp or someone else sends them here too). If you want, here are the ones released so far:
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Man I just noticed the weights of the big monsters are really messed up. I'm convinced the monsters were made of styrofoam or sth.
 

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Yeah, he releases it from time to time. The guys on Discord post there when he releases a new one (brother Disp or someone else sends them here too). If you want, here are the ones released so far:
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I'm now Brother Disp, that is my name.
 

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I simply agree with everything you've said, neither is the way, but the combination of both

Have enough power to crush those weaker than you, but all it takes is someone with little power but extreme skill to rub your face in the dirt. Or have the skill of 100 trained men, untouchable and tireless, only to die to a monster that can destroy a city with one hand. Simply put, there's no point in just going one way, even if it depends a lot on the circumstances, lose too much one way and you'll die

We've already had situations like this in the game, if I remember
 

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Do you guys feel like Ella was/is using Cole as a scapegoat for SIN?

I started to feel that way in convos with Doll Ella when she talks about how SIN has never done anything really evil, it was either Talos who she says they're not with, or Cole, who she blames for pretty much every negative thing SIN has done.

In a sense this is true, Cole was the guy who popped the newscaster, he's clearly the most antagonistic and bloodthirsty of the bunch, but what I'm wondering is if Ella intentionally manipulated him into being that way so she could have someone to do all the 'dirty work' for her, push MC to get stronger, and then throw away at the end once she's got MC and just go "oh nooo that was all cole bb we'reso nice and sweet pls join SIN we're not like him at all".

Ella seems to genuinely love her "siblings", but other than occasionally swooping in to save the day or giving them food/shelter (younger), training/guidance(older) she tends to take a watch-and-see approach, letting them grow however they desire. As for Cole, Ella definitely holds some disdain/frustration towards him, what with him threatening and beating up his siblings, letting his arrogance and anger dictate his actions to the point of hindering Ella's plans, and even outright threatening her at one point (to "accidentally" losing the collected artifacts). But even then she seems to just let him do as he wants, with the twist being she seems willing to let him dig his own grave. "Ella Doll: Who am I to step in between a fight among men?". The only way I'd say Ella contributed to Cole's fucked up personality was by not intervening earlier on or realizing the effect of telling him about "her chosen". From my point of view, Ella only told him about "her chosen" because of how close the two were and she wanted to open up about her hope the MC could give her. Pretty normal for a younger brother/older sister talk.

I will agree that Ella's plans and schemes play a part at times, such as manipulating Charlie against H.E.R.O. so that she will aid in Ella's plans. (Though admittedly not seeming to outright lie, there did seem to be some twisting of the truth a little.)

As for S.I.N. Ella couldn't care less for the org. It was solely created to act as a distraction to H.E.R.O. while Ella went about her schemes as well as a bargaining chip against Langdon to get his aid in finding the artifacts. Even the other siblings call S.I.N. "Cole's little pet project" considering he's the only one who cares and enjoyed adding his own fucked up preferences to the org.
 
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Man I just noticed the weights of the big monsters are really messed up. I'm convinced the monsters were made of styrofoam or sth.
It looks like Weirdworld forgot about the square-cube law. He took the scaling factor between a monster and a human for height and applied it to mass, but forgot that that only works if you only increase size on one axis. If these monsters were all extremely skinny, that would be the right mass, but they're not, so they're ridiculously low density.
 

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To be precise it was 3 against 1, you forgot Limber. Cole would've still brute-forced us without Limber saving our asses at the last moment despite Deyrl's master plan and MC making every correct decision. And Cole's stupidity and lack of skills are one of a kind, that tells you how big of a gap between a lvl3 and a lvl4.



I think the fight of MC vs lvl3 Cole/lvl4 Cole already kinda answered that. Basically skills is only relevant when the difference in power is not insurmountablely large.
I could be wrong, but a third party only jumps in and plays a major part if you are lacking in "ColeWinPoints" which depends on correct choices and a skill check. On the perfect run, Liz/Amber only shows up to deliriously question Cole (much to his confusion) and absorb a tiny amount of power before being blown away. The other two routes involve a third party needing to jump in to help and a dead end (I personally haven't seen these, will need to view them during my replay.)
 
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Some of the arguments about power and skill are too simple, there are a number of factors, power and skill just stand out because they are things we the audience can visually measure, but there could be all sorts of factors that Weird will decide matter or matter more, some powers are just better, some powers are a bad match up for another, for instance even if the MC reached level 4, if he doesn't get a handle on handling electric, a level 3 Met would wipe the floor with him. Nico is going to dominate someone who could be completely immortal and have near limitless strength but struggle with someone who is very agile. Then there could be unknown factors, that we are still only guessing at, how much does the MC's regeneration place him above the average person of his power level, how much does Alice's destructive power?

Then of absolute critical importance, the power of plot, things need to happen for the plot to continue, and some of these power levels could just be pulled out of the authors ass.

For us the readers, Cole had more power, the MC made up the difference by fighting with smarts, and you could also say, a powerset that wasn't completely at the Mercy of Cole's, so it works within the story that he can beat Cole.
 
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