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The Low 7-B feat for Thunder and Storm is invalid, as the feat assumes the storm is 8 kilometers tall with an area of 20 km^2 (that's almost 3,800 football fields, mind you), which obviously isn't true, as the battle is confined within a cave.
We cannot assume Tier 7 results every time "storm" is mentioned. The storm could've only been this big and we'd have no way of truly knowing because it is not visually represented due to how vague RPG battle descriptions tend to be.
At most, I'd say this feat gets Tier 8 results, but I'm going to have to calc it first. Until then, we're going to go about the profiles as follows:
In Earthbound, Ness and co. fight:
So in summary, Tier 9 and 8 are far more consistent than Tier 7, which renders the 7-C feat moot in terms of consistency, and that's assuming that the vague statement of "nuke that will nuke everything" isn't hyperbole.
8-C+ also has a good case to be made as its only about 9 times that of mid end 9-A (Which is where I presume most of the feats lie), and each sanctuary guardian that is defeated after Thunder and Storm should be increasingly stronger, but 8-A is out of the question as that feat is almost another 300x higher than that, and it comes before Thunder and Storm.
Also, I believe it would be optimal to create separate keys for the cast, since they learn stronger PSI attacks as they progress, and the casts of both games mentioned here don't consistently start fighting Tier 8 opponents until later in the game.
I haven't played the original Mother, so I don't know how the characters in that game would get affected by this.
In this thread we can discuss which downgrades and rankings apply to whom.
Also, Low 2-C Ness stays. I have no complaints with that feat.
TL;DR:
The Low 7-B feat is invalid due to a false premise.
The 7-C feat is an outlier that comes from a vague statement.
The 8-A feat is well over 300x that of the normal showings and is thus also an outlier.
The most consistent feats lie within Tier 9, particularly 9-A. And that is what the characters in the verse should be downgraded to, with 8-C+ being a possibility.
Low 2-C Ness stays.
We cannot assume Tier 7 results every time "storm" is mentioned. The storm could've only been this big and we'd have no way of truly knowing because it is not visually represented due to how vague RPG battle descriptions tend to be.
At most, I'd say this feat gets Tier 8 results, but I'm going to have to calc it first. Until then, we're going to go about the profiles as follows:
In Earthbound, Ness and co. fight:
- Bears (9-B)
- Crocodiles (9-C to 9-B)
- Large cavemen (At least 9-C)
- Buffalo (9-B)
- Sentient Oak Trees that can kamikaze attack by exploding (9-B)
- Sentient Taxis that attack by revving up and accelerating (At least 9-B)
- Giant dinosaurs and other entities that absolutely tower over them in the overworld (9-A)
- Thunder and Storm can summon lightning bolts from storms (8-C+)
- The Electro Specter and the Carbon Dog should both be superior, making 8-C+ a bit more consistent
- The Kraken of the Sea, who dwarfs a ship, and can attack by creating tornadoes (9-A, possibly 8-A)
- A giant mechanical gorilla with wrecking balls on chains for hands (At least 9-B, likely 9-A)
- A Pork Tank (9-B to 9-A)
- The Mecha Drago, who should be superior to the regular Drago, which can crush said tanks by stomping on them (At least 9-A)
- Mr. Genetor, who attacks with 1,000,000 V chops (Possibly 9-B)
- The Natural Killer Cyborg, which practically takes up an entire room and should be far, far superior to pretty much every boss Lucas and the gang have fought up to this point, save for the Pig King Statue (At least 9-A)
So in summary, Tier 9 and 8 are far more consistent than Tier 7, which renders the 7-C feat moot in terms of consistency, and that's assuming that the vague statement of "nuke that will nuke everything" isn't hyperbole.
8-C+ also has a good case to be made as its only about 9 times that of mid end 9-A (Which is where I presume most of the feats lie), and each sanctuary guardian that is defeated after Thunder and Storm should be increasingly stronger, but 8-A is out of the question as that feat is almost another 300x higher than that, and it comes before Thunder and Storm.
Also, I believe it would be optimal to create separate keys for the cast, since they learn stronger PSI attacks as they progress, and the casts of both games mentioned here don't consistently start fighting Tier 8 opponents until later in the game.
I haven't played the original Mother, so I don't know how the characters in that game would get affected by this.
In this thread we can discuss which downgrades and rankings apply to whom.
Also, Low 2-C Ness stays. I have no complaints with that feat.
TL;DR:
The Low 7-B feat is invalid due to a false premise.
The 7-C feat is an outlier that comes from a vague statement.
The 8-A feat is well over 300x that of the normal showings and is thus also an outlier.
The most consistent feats lie within Tier 9, particularly 9-A. And that is what the characters in the verse should be downgraded to, with 8-C+ being a possibility.
Low 2-C Ness stays.