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A comprehensive scale can measure both speed and energy feats in a fictional universe and categorize them by the power level. I believe that some universes with many notable feats (such as Marvel or DC) have many of their feats overlooked or even miscalculated. A good solution to this issue is to have a separate comprehesive scale page for that particular verse. The comprehensive scale page will attempt to list all the feats that can be seen within the particular universe in terms of speed and energy (where energy covers not only attacks, but also things that are "tanked"). In addition, a main goal is to cover the attacks on a character that actually succeed in defeating them (since the power of that specific attack actually could determine the victim's proper durability). The comprehensive scales page will help to:
1. Organize the feats that exist in the verse so that they are not all over the place
2. Encourage anyone to add in any feat that they noticed in the verse, so that it is harder to overlook a specific feat
3. Provide better calculations for durability and attack potential. Having a list of feats in a verse can make it more convenient to find the true limits of attack potency and durability, without the need for scaling.
The page might look somewhat like this (note that the example given does not pertain to an actual verse, but one I made up named X's Verse. Also note that not all levels need to be filled in):
X's Verse's Comprehensive Scale
Energy:
Wall Level
X is smashed into a wall (10^x joules)
Y destroys his room (10^x joules)
X blasts Z down (10^x joules)
Small Building Level
X pushes Y through multiple buildings (10^x tons)
Z fires the A attack at X (10^x tons)
T's apartment burns down (10^x tons)
Town Level
T tanks a small nuke (10^x tons)
Z's robot self-destructs to try to defeat X (10^x tons)
Y creates enough uranium to destroy the town (10^x tons)
Mountain Level
Z causes Mt. R to collapse (10^x tons)
Y punches X so hard that an earthquake is produced (10^x tons)
T tanks one of Y's W attacks
Continent Level
Y's casual punch slightly shortens the day (10^x tons)
T's fireball wipes out all life on planet H (10^x tons)
Planet Level
T is defeated and dies due to Y's S attack (10^x tons)
X destroys planet 6 (10^x tons)
Small Star Level
Y tanks a massive solar flare that could destroy a small star (10^x foe)
Y is finally defeated inside of a supernova (10^x foe)
Speed
SuperHuman
X outruns a cheetah (x m/s)
Y avoids X's Q move (x m/s)
Peak of T's Mega Jump move (x m/s)
Transonic
X almost outruns the blast wave (x m/s)
Y causes a sonic boom (x m/s)
Y's punch in his second fight with T (x m/s)
Hypersonic
T's maximum speed, couldn't circle the Earth in the time given (Mach x)
Y outruns the D beam (Mach x)
FTL
Y and X travel to the sun in only a few seconds (x c)
X is blasted outwards by the FTL beam (x c)
The end. Thank you for your consideration.
1. Organize the feats that exist in the verse so that they are not all over the place
2. Encourage anyone to add in any feat that they noticed in the verse, so that it is harder to overlook a specific feat
3. Provide better calculations for durability and attack potential. Having a list of feats in a verse can make it more convenient to find the true limits of attack potency and durability, without the need for scaling.
The page might look somewhat like this (note that the example given does not pertain to an actual verse, but one I made up named X's Verse. Also note that not all levels need to be filled in):
X's Verse's Comprehensive Scale
Energy:
Wall Level
X is smashed into a wall (10^x joules)
Y destroys his room (10^x joules)
X blasts Z down (10^x joules)
Small Building Level
X pushes Y through multiple buildings (10^x tons)
Z fires the A attack at X (10^x tons)
T's apartment burns down (10^x tons)
Town Level
T tanks a small nuke (10^x tons)
Z's robot self-destructs to try to defeat X (10^x tons)
Y creates enough uranium to destroy the town (10^x tons)
Mountain Level
Z causes Mt. R to collapse (10^x tons)
Y punches X so hard that an earthquake is produced (10^x tons)
T tanks one of Y's W attacks
Continent Level
Y's casual punch slightly shortens the day (10^x tons)
T's fireball wipes out all life on planet H (10^x tons)
Planet Level
T is defeated and dies due to Y's S attack (10^x tons)
X destroys planet 6 (10^x tons)
Small Star Level
Y tanks a massive solar flare that could destroy a small star (10^x foe)
Y is finally defeated inside of a supernova (10^x foe)
Speed
SuperHuman
X outruns a cheetah (x m/s)
Y avoids X's Q move (x m/s)
Peak of T's Mega Jump move (x m/s)
Transonic
X almost outruns the blast wave (x m/s)
Y causes a sonic boom (x m/s)
Y's punch in his second fight with T (x m/s)
Hypersonic
T's maximum speed, couldn't circle the Earth in the time given (Mach x)
Y outruns the D beam (Mach x)
FTL
Y and X travel to the sun in only a few seconds (x c)
X is blasted outwards by the FTL beam (x c)
The end. Thank you for your consideration.