i will iterate one last time before heading off for the mods..
Th
e paths function like a system of access rather than a fixed power cap especially since they are infinite in capacity similar to how the weave works in D&D. meaning the system is fully available to anyone. so what matters and how u reach higher "levels" depends on:
- how much someone studies it
- how much effort they invest
- how far they push their connection to it
- how strong their willpower is
- how strong their characteristics are
- how strong their belief is
- etc etc etc
(ofc the weave is limited rn but in actuality it isnt)
some pathstriders being limited doesn’t prove the paths are limited or their potential is. it just shows most individuals don’t reach high levels. thats a user limitation, not a system limitation.
So theoretically, any Path could be developed to very high levels by anyone not because everyone will, but because the system itself doesn’t impose a ceiling...
Then we move to emanators. emanators are not just regular Pathstriders. they are blessed by aeons aka:
- they start from a higher baseline (a minimum threshold)
- this baseline should logically place them above regular Pathstriders by default
this threshold should be
relatively consistent across emanators, because the source of their power (direct eeon blessing) is categorically different from normal progression. they have a headstart. but they are also already CANDIDATES to be chosen to progress further in it and reach said threshold. that also means that they have already progressed down a path by themselves anyway making them high level pathstriders beforehand. such as emanators of erudition. If emanators didn’t have a consistent minimum threshold above normal pthstriders, the category itself would lose meaning. The whole point of labeling them separately is that they represent a qualitatively different level of connection entirely the same way himeko compares them to an ocean or smth. Even if u keep insisting on ur scans that emanators differ based on power received, they should all still have a baseline and only scale upwards since the max level is aeonhood and that is accessible by anyone. especially since every patch we keep seeing emanators reach greater and greater heights. its literally nonsense to deny this and pure agendaposting no offense.
i guess this could be clearer but if you want to understand, you will.
goodnight.