Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20170505174118/@comment-25936766-20170531234329

HookshotHotshot wrote: 1) Ohhhhhhhh. My bad again. I thought you meant in terms of the target of Yang's aggression. I thought you meant that Yang's punches were stronger because Aura blocked the force of the explosion, so I was urging we disregard Aura as a whole.

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2) I think your 5th and 6th points contradict each other. one says that the smaller the area the better (meaning the punch is better), then the other says the EC is OP because the blasts turn Yang into "a walking nuke".

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3) True, but the blast wave would pass through you, meaning it's effectively applying that 3000 N over your heart, lungs, intestines, etc.

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4) Would you care to do the math and get your own value? I'm anxious to know what you find.

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5) Also, the scaling of the explosions caused by fire dust seems... odd. When roman shoots the big whole crystal, it has a blast only slightly bigger than the ones seen in the Yellow trailer.

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6) Why do you think the Ember Celica is less powerful than Yang's Punches? You've provided the argument that 'more concentrated = better', but is that all? 1) Well, Aura would absorb at least the damage. And it's literally the only explanation for Ruby not suiciding her own Aura with a barrage of shots that would break a veteran sniper's arm.

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2) No they don't. The former refers to how the more concentrated the force, the stronger it will be regarding it's effects in the applied area. The latter refers solely to what your calculations imply.

And besides, if the explosion is weaker than her punches (due to being applied over and through the whole body, and not within a specific small area), and the explosion alone was already that strong, then her punches would be far more severe. Making the thing even more absurd.

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3) Yes, but 2000N in a specific, tiny, localized point will be far more damaging to whatever is within that point.

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4) If you're willing to wait a year or 2. I'll probably learn about explosives somewhere down the line in the Physics lane (so I can run calculations), but that time is not now.

Even then, this show runs on Cool, not on Realistic. Trying to apply Real-Life logic and math is not likely to give you certain results.

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5) Well, consider that Roman's cane is a grenade launcher (or something similar). Remember your own example: 2 boxes > 1 Box. Roman used 2 Boxes, the explosive, and the Dust. It's blowing up dynamite with dynamite.

6) Because in terms of damage performance, those explosions haven't given good results by themselves. From what I've seen, unless used point-blank to amplify her punches, these shells just don't seem effective; too weak, too slow, blast radius too small, and so on.

Meanwhile, with her punches she does get results. Though granted, she loves spamming her Semblance, so it needs to be taken with salt either way.