[Sunder the Gold]

Originally Posted by Tusjecht

It still might be. That rule so far is seen applying to Abilities, rather than Enhanced Armaments.

Avatars like Sky Raker and Cyan Pile which start off with an Enhanced Armament would likely have most of their ability unlocked, in this case. The 'same rule, same potential' rule is not violated, I believe, because so long as it is able to be unlocked the avatar can potentially be as strong as an avatar with a starting EA.

But in the meantime, the avatar with the secret, locked ability is outright inferior and doesn't generally have a chance in hell of winning. Silver Crow's victory against Ash Roller was a one-time fluke that Roller would never fall for again. Silver Crow would have had no chance at all against a Level 1 Cyan Pile.

(Seriously, Pile didn't need Splash Stinger. A lightweight like Silver Crow couldn't keep Pile pinned down in that position, especially when Pile had TWO working arms. All he had to do was grab Crow's remaining wrist, put his Pile Driver right up against his gut, and shoot.)

And what about AFTER the secret ability is unlocked? If there's any sort of balance, the ability would need to be that much more powerful than the Enhanced Armament to make for the weakness the avatar suffered before having it.

But that just violates the "same potential rule" in both directions, because it means that an avatar can be helplessly inferior to another avatar based on nothing but sheer dumb luck. The luck of "did I just happen to meet the circumstances to unlock my killer ability" or "did this other guy happen to meet those circumstances".

If Silver Crow had never fought that exact battle with Cyan Pile (who was his childhood friend) in defense of Kuroyukihime, would he have never acquired Flight? Without Flight, the avatar would be worthless.

Dusk Taker apparently never unlocked his own ability, and not even his first couple of Level Upgrades gave him anything to work with. It's like he didn't even get any choices at all until he hit Level 3 or 4 and got Demonic Commandeer.

It's absolute bullshit.

Black Lotus' limbs should fall under 'specialised body parts,' and she gained the deadly passive skill Terminating Sword

No real evidence that it isn't a Level Upgrade.

Raker had nothing else other than a 300m jump height with her Gale Thruster at Level 8 as well.

That's conjecture! At the very least, we know she can cut other avatars in half with her bare hands, and her legs ought to be capable of powerful kicks. She probably has a Special Attack kick.

or the same-same rule is being twisted here. :/

It seems like the author violating his own rules no damned reason.

Shit, if he wants Silver Crow to gain the power to defend against laser attacks, there's ALREADY a feature in the game for gaining power outside of your level potential: Enhanced Armaments!

The author even already used that trick! Black Lotus gained the Mystic Reins, Sky Raker gifted the Gale Thruster to Silver Crow, the Kings of Pure Color gathered the Sacred Arcs, Chrome Falcon acquired the Star Caster.

The author ALSO already included ways for Burst Linkers to learn <<Out of System Skills>. Black Lotus has the Soft Act skill which is neither a feature of her avatar nor an Incarnate Skill, and Black Lotus has a number of Incarnate Skills as well.

Nega Nebulus could have hunted an Enemy for a mirror-shield or mirror-armor, and have the member who equips it learn a skill or Incarnate Skill for defending against laser attacks with that tool. The mirror could have gone to their main-tank (Pile) or support-tank (Bell) rather than tying up their speedy-attacker (Crow).

This is bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.