A Stoned Orc said:
I mean, when time and time again the show proves that giving them a numerical value is an adventure in folly (even the latest Freeza Force scouter as worn by Cheelai in DBS:Broly could only detect up to 99,999 before a safety feature clicked it off to prevent it from exploding), I'm pretty sure they're meant to be taken about as seriously and matter-of-fact as anything Mr. Satan says in front of a camera.
Power levels are bullshit, and they always have been. Nail, who got easily stomped by First Form Freeza, was clocked by Freeza's scouter at 42,000 when he powered up. Piccolo could not have possibly been much stronger when he fused with Nail, yet somehow he's able to fight with Second Form Freeza with no problems. If Namekian fusion worked by addition, Piccolo would have gotten stomped. If Namekian fusion worked by multiplication, and even if Piccolo and Nail were even in strength, Piccolo's power level would have made even 100% Final Form Freeza (whom the semi-reliable databooks states has a power level of 150,000,000) look weak, as he'd have a power level of 1,764,000,000---or 1.764 billion.
Power levels have always been an arbitrary concept. DBSuper is just rolling with it and having fun with it. Considering the story framework is laid out by Toriyama himself, you can attribute the major plot instances of power level fuckery in the series to the man himself.
No, that doesn't mean they are bulshit, it mean technology doesn't grow as fast as the characters's power, that's all.
And when every single time a fight happened, the one with the highter power level won, i'm pretty sure it mean they work, like the author himself said.
Power level aren't bulshit and repeating a meme again and again won't make it true, Nail had a PL of 42K and fought Freezer who had a PL of 530000 and got the shit beaten out of him.
Except Fusion is openly OP in dragon ball, for all we know it multiplier Piccolo's power by 42K or it added their PL and multiplied, who the hell know ? what we do know is that it rised Piccolo's power level to be above Second Form Freezer.
No, Power level have always been a very clear indicator of who was stronger, 4K Nappa had no chance to even scratch 18K Vegeta, we litteraly never saw someone with a lower power level win, the only way to win was always to grow your power level beyond the other guys, like with Radditz, who was winning until Piccolo raised his PL above Radditz's thanks to his makokansappo.
There is no power level fuckery, they are clear number that Toriyama said gave away who would win in a fight too much to keep using them and what we see in the actual manga fit that.
