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Alright, this thread will be posted in tandem with the ability threads. The goal of this thread is to start AP, Durability, and Speed revisions for the verse starting with Issei. I'll be revising speed via Boost Multipliers and Light feats, revising AP using the consistent Boost Multipliers and new calcs for old feats. Removing outdated information as well.
Current Issei Profile, New Sandbox (Blogs below back this up, if there are any changes or additions I should make, let me know. This new proposed scaling is vastly more accurate given it takes previously unconsidered canon information into consideration, and removes non canon scaling info from the page. Any other additions to the sandbox in the P&A section will be covered in a separate thread, as this thread won't be about the P&A section. This is specifically a stat and appearance CRT.)
The Boost Multiplier Blog, Boosts currently aren't accepted as shown on Issei's profile due to inconsistencies but as I've shown in this blog, there are very little to none.
Boosts fit the standard, having dozens of reliable statements, major importance, having consistently depicted multiplier feats (via large AP gaps between characters) in the series, and having basically no contradictions.
"However, a good statement alone is not enough to get a high multiplier accepted. The amount of extra evidence one has to provide to get larger multipliers accepted is proportional to the size of the multiplier. For lower multipliers, like things much less than times 100, evidence can take the form of a clear increase in combat strength against priorly equal or superior opponents. For higher multipliers, like times 100 and above, the importance of stronger evidence, such as feats displaying power of a similar magnitude as the value the multiplier points to or the multipliers importance to the plot of the story, and a higher amount of evidence becomes increasingly necessary."
DxD has good statements in regards to the multipliers (dozens that are consistent), clear increases in power via those multipliers (Characters one-shotting Issei before boosts but the situation reversing after), major story significance (Is the MC's main ability), and some DC feats that correlate with the multipliers (Vaporizing a Mountain via Boosts when he was previously much weaker and the size of Issei's energy attacks increasing proportionately to the amount of boosts), everything needed to get high and low multipliers accepted.
Power Systems and general speed scaling. (The multipliers (shown in the multiplier blog) refer to doubling of "power", in DxD, "power" refers to the various energy systems like holy power, demonic power, dragon power, magic power, etc (explained in the light feats blog). Power being a UES that is consistently shown to affect speed. And the Boost ability (which is used to obtain some of these higher values) has been consistently depicted as increasing speed which aligns with everything else.
DxD Light fits the standard (And one user's use of the technique is currently accepted but for some unexplained reason, the rest aren't), as they reflect off of non magic mirrors and metal, are called natural light/rays of light/beams of light (recreation of natural phenomena) dozens of times, are said to be made of photons, has a similar effect as natural sunlight (damages devils), are always moving in a straight line, diffuses in a realistic way ("returns to nothing"), are never interacted with by normal humans, require the user to have an extensive knowledge on the scientific and mathematic properties of natural light before recreating it in that image, characters around the level of Raynare (minimum speed of light users) have speed feats that are ftl and are unrelated to light, and are only shown at different speeds via abilities that alter the phenomena of light itself (magic, which makes the natural into supernatural causing impossible phenomena like photons moving beyond the SoL, essentially altering the physical laws of matter). And the amount of evidence for it far outweighs the evidence against it which is acceptable by VSBW's standards. "Should there be great evidence in favor of the light being real or lightspeed, comparably minor showing against it being real can be overruled."
Remember to read everything before commenting to get the full picture even if there's a lot to go through.
Note: I will halt on implementing this for a while. Even if this gets accepted, I'd like to create sandboxes for the rest of the cast using this as a basis and those sandboxes can't be made until this is accepted. Meaning that I'll wait until this is approved and every other character gets their own updates for one mass update to be implemented. Thanks for reading and please remember to keep the conversation peaceful and respectful. Also, feel free to tackle my points one at a time or point out any flaws, and if you disagree on a specific topic, please clarify. This is a major CRT that will end up affecting the whole verse. Please tell me if there's a mistake in my calculations somewhere as well.
I'll continue updating this post with more info until the end of the thread. And I'll maybe remake the blogs (for reference on the verse page) when the CRT is accepted, the current ones are exclusively to provide arguments in this CRT to get the scaling accepted.
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(Non-Staff Votes will be counted based on an explicit Agree, Disagree, or Neutral)
Agree: CurrySenpai, TotalMasterInfinity, Ar1216789, DarkDragonMedeus (Agrees with usage of light feats), Phoenks (AP)
Neutral: Digital_Franz, Burning_Full_Fingers
Disagree: Phoenks (Boost applying to speed/Light)
 
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This needs a lot of collapsibles (and maybe scrollboxes for the images), as of now the point you're making and the evidence supporting it totally blend together and make something unreadable, collapsibles are as follows:

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This needs a lot of collapsibles (and maybe scrollboxes for the images), as of now the point you're making and the evidence supporting it totally blend together and make something unreadable, collapsibles are as follows:

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Sorry but could you show me an example from another page? I'm not the best with this kinda stuff.
 
Just copy the code I put down, copy-paste a quote into the "text" section and it'll work

While I'm here, I don't believe anything genuinely proves lightspeed?

All I'm seeing in the dedicated section to explaining it is a mirror with an ability to reflect "any" attack twice as strong (as demonstrated against a sword swing), images showing that light beams do look like light, and trying to explain away why lightning moves as fast as it

Beyond that it's a lot of stuff about subjective reality and the mention of calculations being a factor that can be overwhelmed and replaced with supernatural phenomenon, which doesn't exactly tell me that the light beam must be moving at lightspeed or faster.

In fact I believe I'm getting more information about Issei's desire to peer under a woman's clothes, which I'd like to officially note as a much more prominent and unpleasant detail
 
Just copy the code I put down, copy-paste a quote into the "text" section and it'll work
Working on this now.
While I'm here, I don't believe anything genuinely proves lightspeed?

All I'm seeing in the dedicated section to explaining it is a mirror with an ability to reflect "any" attack twice as strong (as demonstrated against a sword swing), images showing that light beams do look like light, and trying to explain away why lightning moves as fast as it

Beyond that it's a lot of stuff about subjective reality and the mention of calculations being a factor that can be overwhelmed and replaced with supernatural phenomenon, which doesn't exactly tell me that the light beam must be moving at lightspeed or faster.

In fact I believe I'm getting more information about Issei's desire to peer under a woman's clothes, which I'd like to officially note as a much more prominent and unpleasant detail
I'll cover this later.
 
On issei's profile, it'd probably be better if the speed values were in percentages of the speed of light/times faster than light rather than MPH
 
While I'm here, I don't believe anything genuinely proves lightspeed?
One of the examples I've shown of Rossweisse's Light Magic being reflected by Crocell's magic is already accepted on this site as being real light, which moves at the speed of light. All light depicted originates from the same technique (Light Magic) which originates from being an enhanced recreation of natural light. There is no reason to assume that one person's use of the technique would be any different unless explicitly depicted as such. And like I've shown earlier, it fits many of the requirements without having major contradictions.
All I'm seeing in the dedicated section to explaining it is a mirror with an ability to reflect "any" attack twice as strong (as demonstrated against a sword swing), images showing that light beams do look like light, and trying to explain away why lightning moves as fast as it
Yes, just one example, Mirror Alice and Crocell's Golden mirror are two different things. It was just to show that there is a precedent of Magic Light reflecting off of mirrors and similar surfaces. And it wasn't the sword swing that was reflected but the Holy Power within Durandal, which is light.
Beyond that it's a lot of stuff about subjective reality and the mention of calculations being a factor that can be overwhelmed and replaced with supernatural phenomenon, which doesn't exactly tell me that the light beam must be moving at lightspeed or faster.
Regardless of whether it is subjective reality or not, it doesn't change that it is a recreation of what the user imagines (light), and requires extensive knowledge on both mathematics and the working of the recreated object. Obviously implying that the initial recreation needs to be exactly the same as what the user is attempting to recreate. And being called "natural phenomena" literally means that it's the same as that which is found in nature. And "supernatural" implies some superiority to "natural" which is supported Ajuka's description of being able to edit the statistics of the recreation when a magic circle is used.
In fact I believe I'm getting more information about Issei's desire to peer under a woman's clothes, which I'd like to officially note as a much more prominent and unpleasant detail
If you'd like me to remove these particular examples, I'd be fine with doing so. I just wanted to leave everything on the table but if you are uncomfortable, I'd be more than happy to accommodate.
 
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One of the examples I've shown of Rossweisse's Light Magic being reflected by Crocell's magic is already accepted on this site as being real light, which moves at the speed of light.
What's the point of this thread then, exactly? If light magic is already acknowledged as a thing, why are you trying to prove it's a thing, much less with examples that don't really support that?
It was just to show that there is a precedent of Magic Light reflecting off of mirrors and similar surfaces.
It doesn't.
 
What's the point of this thread then, exactly? If light magic is already acknowledged as a thing, why are you trying to prove it's a thing, much less with examples that don't really support that?
Well, VSBW currently differentiates between the Light Magic of different species, the light part of this thread is to prove that there's no reason to. I believe the examples that I've shown to support what I've been saying.
It doesn't.
Are you saying that light reflecting off of a mirror isn't light reflecting off of a mirror? That doesn't exactly make the most sense but I may be misunderstanding your point.
But what are your thought regarding the non-speed-related parts of this thread? I'd appreciate opinions.
 
Are you saying that light reflecting off of a mirror isn't light reflecting off of a mirror? That doesn't exactly make the most sense but I may be misunderstanding your point.
But what are your thought regarding the non-speed-related parts of this thread? I'd appreciate opinions.
It's just expressly stated to be general attack reflection with a special property of doubling it's power in the process, so it doesn't prove the light is reflectable
Well, VSBW currently differentiates between the Light Magic of different species, the light part of this thread is to prove that there's no reason to. I believe the examples that I've shown to support what I've been saying.
Alright
 
It's just expressly stated to be general attack reflection with a special property of doubling it's power in the process, so it doesn't prove the light is reflectable
Sure, but it is an example of reflection off of a "non magic" mirror, there is reasoning for the reflection unrelated to the properties of light, but it still fits the requirement. (I understand if you don't accept that tho, it's fine.) But the Crocell Example is undoubtedly enough proof.
 
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You do realize you have to tell us what all the new additions are to the Issei profile, right? You can't just propose a new profile and not explain what the differences are for those who haven't memorized the entire thing.

Also, I absolutely, vehemently, totally disagree with using Boost for speed scaling it isn't consistent at all and EXTREMELY INFLATIONARY. Holy hell.

@DarkDragonMedeus no offense but I genuinely can't take you seriously if you accepted this without looking further into it.
 
You do realize you have to tell us what all the new additions are to the Issei profile, right? You can't just propose a new profile and not explain what the differences are for those who haven't memorized the entire thing.
I explained that the AP, Speed, and Durability sections were being completely revised. I linked to the ability thread which explains the PaA section changes, aside from that, the only differences are aesthetic.
Also, I absolutely, vehemently, totally disagree with using Boost for speed scaling it isn't consistent at all and EXTREMELY INFLATIONARY. Holy hell.
Okay... but can you provide an actual reason why you disagree other than the numbers being large? And do you have anything to say regarding the light section and using boost for AP?
@DarkDragonMedeus no offense but I genuinely can't take you seriously if you accepted this without looking further into it.
May be interpreting this wrong but please try to maintain positivity throughout the thread.
 
Also, as a heads up, I'll be pretty busy from 9-4 EDT so if I don't respond during that time, I will before and after.
 
ok so i had like a cursory look through your speed scaling blog
(Kiba at this point was closer to this version of Issei in speed at the latter could somewhat tag Kiba whereas someone 2^6x faster would be unable to be tagged by someone even 5x Issei's speed, 5x as it's a typical blitz speed)
we don't just assign random multipliers to things like this. don't do that.
 
ok so i had like a cursory look through your speed scaling blog

we don't just assign random multipliers to things like this. don't do that.
Didn't realize I used that, I'll edit it out.
Edit: Reading it again, I'm not sure that I used it as a multiplier, just as a passing mention that a character 5x or faster than another character should be able to blitz them. I explicitly stated that Kiba was 2^6x Issei's speed, and that someone who could blitz Issei would likely be slower than Kiba.
 
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Volume 1​

VSBW outlines a general average speed of lightning to be Mach 1,282.798834, 984,251.96864263 MPH. (Massively Hypersonic+)

Issei: Described himself as such "My walking pace increased, and my heart shook with joy when I blended in with the darkness of the night. I dashed out at night on a whim and to my surprise I had incredible speed. If I joined the track team, I could easily become the main runner.", which on its own only says that he's vaguely above average human level. This instance however when Issei is 16x his normal speed, he is able to deflect an attack moving at SoL from melee range and subsequently catch the person who used the attack.

Raynare once again has a spear of light in both her hands.

BUUN.

I hit it to the side with my fist. The spears of light disappear easily.

Seeing me hit away her spears with ease
, Raynare’s face gets even paler.

“N-No!”

Raynare is flapping her black wings, and is about to fly away.

Is she trying to run away? Hey hey, you were looking down and laughing at me till a few seconds ago.

You run away as soon as you find out that you can’t win? Who do you think you are?

But I won’t let you escape. Like hell I would!

TAP

I went up to her at the same time she’s about to fly, and I grabbed her arm. I have unbelievable speed. A speed that even the Fallen Angel can’t react to.
I am confused as to how you took this to be SoL. Using a weapon made of light, doesn't mean that you're using it at the speed of light. Is there some additional context? Unless she threw the spear at him from melee range, this doesn't track. Also, light makes a BUUN sound when it reflects off of metal?
 
I am confused as to how you took this to be SoL. Using a weapon made of light, doesn't mean that you're using it at the speed of light. Is there some additional context? Unless she threw the spear at him from melee range, this doesn't track. Also, light makes a BUUN sound when it reflects off of metal?
It has all of the properties of light and no disqualifiers, they were at most, a few meters apart, and the "Buun" is just a sound effect. Not something actually happening in the story (like in comics), obviously, nothing hitting metal makes that noise.
 
I'll respond to anything else later. (And I'll be revising the speed section again when I get time, so please focus on the AP changes for now.)
 
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Why would we not use boost if it’s consistent? The point of this CRT is establish its consistent and can be used for scaling, doesn’t matter if it’s inflationary or whatever big word that was used, that’s how the series works and that doesn’t bar it from being used.
 
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Also I will say, why can’t Vali be SoL by the first encounter, if anything it makes sense and is more consistent with the scale of the verse, especially considering the fact that he’s a very clear checkpoint of power in the series.
 
Why would we not use boost if it’s consistent? The point of this CRT is establish its consistent and can be used for scaling, doesn’t matter if it’s inflationary or whatever big word that was used, that’s how the serious works and that doesn’t bar it from being used.
The blog does not establish that it is consistent for speed and there are multiple issues.

1. Never in the series is it mentioned that Boost explicitly "doubles" speed. It says it doubles strength / power, which are distinct from speed unless proven otherwise.
2. Arbitrary amplifications of speed do not prove that it also doubles speed. It needs to be explicitly stated for that to be the case.
3. Speed multipliers require significantly more evidence to be accepted than power multipliers because of the tendency for fiction to not showcase such multipliers properly.
4. There are moments in the blog where the explanations don't make sense or prove inconsistencies. Such as when Vali gets tagged by Issei while still being faster, but then Issei is only barely faster than Vali after boosting multiple times (An amp that would make him tens to even hundreds of times faster). This is blatant inconsistency and it's being used to inflate the ratings.

I mentioned these issues to the OP over discord which is why he is telling people not to focus on speed. This is so blatantly and incredibly not acceptable that it makes DDM look bad, gotta be honest with ya.

Curry, I don't know if you're trolling or what, but I seriously suggest you familiarize yourself with standards before you go blindly supporting stuff like this.



As for the speed of light stuff, I don't support that either. The examples brought up, as stated by DMUA, don't fly. One example of light magic being okay doesn't make the rest of the verse okay. Especially considering Raynore is a fodder character that apparently couldn't even hit a slightly amped human with "light."

Also light spear =/= beam of light.

There are so many things wrong with this thread overall. I wish you guys would properly organize and reference stuff rather than rushing and pumping out these terribly written and formatted blogs/threads.

I'm not trying to be mean, it is just genuinely an unfortunate occurrence.
 
The blog does not establish that it is consistent for speed and there are multiple issues.

1. Never in the series is it mentioned that Boost explicitly "doubles" speed. It says it doubles strength / power, which are distinct from speed unless proven otherwise.
There is a statement lol, it's in a pretty early volume too, you must be the trool if you somehow missed it but I'll post it here just for you.
 
If boost has very specific statements that are uncontradicted, I still do not really have contentions with using the 5x multipliers if they're outright stated.

Likewise, our lightspeed standards have often gone back and forth where the restrictions and leniency often keep going back and forth. But after I double checked some things, some of the standards for light requirements seem to just be simplified statements rather than demonstrations. Sure it's consistent for fire, lightning, ect to be real fire or lightning, but that doesn't really prove light and darkness being real light and darkness just because "It's the same magic system." Like are there at least comparisons to sun light and what not? Or does it demonstrate refractions or bouncing of mirrors or shiny objects?

I do not might step by step multiplier scaling, but now my concern is if it meets criteria for light.
 
It has all of the properties of light and no disqualifiers, they were at most, a few meters apart, and the "Buun" is just a sound effect. Not something actually happening in the story (like in comics), obviously, nothing hitting metal makes that noise.
I’m not saying it’s not real light. I’m saying using a weapon made of light doesn’t mean you’re moving at lightspeed.
 
In reality, the only thing I disagree with is not using Vali's Speed Of Light statements as a baseline for when Light Speed starts coming into the scaling, especially since it can be pretty consistent at times (in both the anime, manga, and light novel).

But the important thing to remember about DxD as a series, is that a lot of fights and buildup usually revolve around there being a large gap in power which characters must overcome, either through training, some sort of power, or in Issei's case: [BOOST]. The Boost Multiplier not only makes sense because it's consistent, but because the series has Issei constantly overcome gaps in AP and Speed, and other characters also do the same, just not through his BOOSTED GEAR method.
 
If boost has very specific statements that are uncontradicted, I still do not really have contentions with using the 5x multipliers if they're outright stated.
What statements? And what do you mean? It contradicts itself all the time, even in the very blog itself. I gave an example above. Speed multipliers are not treated nearly to the extent they would be needed to in order to accept them. Let alone STACKING them on top of the other and using them for base-scaling.

When you accepted that blog there was literally a statement in there that just gave characters a completely arbitrary 5x speed multiplier for "blitzing," even though there was nothing to suggest that. It was just a random multiplier.

I recommend you give it a more thorough read before commenting again, please.
 
Anyways, it's not as direct as I remember, but this is from the LN and the fight between Kiba and Issei vs. Xenovia and Irinia

There's probably better examples, but when they say BOOST increases your Power, it doesn't just mean how hard Issei or his attacks can hit, they mean all of your power, including your speed. In these examples, Irina says that if Issei boosted again he would have been able to evade, not tank, evade.

Also says if he didn't boost he wouldn't have been able to do anything in their match, and this probably doesn't mean getting one shot as Issei had a training arc that should let him match these characters in base/
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