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Re: Female Forsaken strength : a new post -- What about Dexterity?? Tedtheman Send a noteboard - 19/11/2009 06:44:31 PM
I decided to make a new post because there are over a hundred views in the previous post and it's getting crowded. Thanks to Shannow and all the debating there - I loved all the bickering.


I love how the post had DEFINITIVE in all caps, but it's full of hemming and hawing and maybes and arguing.

Let me start off by saying that Brandon seems like a nice guy, but he shoots from the hip. He's answering things incorrectly and causing all manner of scandals. If we didn't know better about Cyndane, we'd all be in a fuss, but he's making major errors in his answers. I also find it very unlikely that the guy knows the strength tree to any reasonable degree. I'm sure he knows some landmarks, but his own words show that he's 'reasonably' this 'pretty sure' that. It's all very vague and unreliable information. It would actually be better to get a RAFO than to get wrong information based on guessing.


He may have access to things we do not, but when he is unable to look at that information, he's a lot like the rest of us. A fan who is fallible and prone to error when trying to explain minutiae from memory. I have a theory about his "little detail from books 4-6" that addresses this in part as well.

As for the OP rankings, I'm not sold on anybody's list so far.


I agree, because mostly it seems that the list has changed as the series went on, sometimes as the wind blows. Nynaeve went from "Holy crap" to "LOL so last year" back to "OMG didn't you know shes badass?".

I don't ever remember reading about the two Nynaeve strength lists (before\after or whatever) as a comment from RJ on wotmania, but I think that illustrates how other relative strengths may have changed.

I'm still harping on it but I hate that the whole Dexterity side seems to have gone by the wayside.
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Female Forsaken strength : a new post - 19/11/2009 04:12:35 PM 1721 Views
Except... - 19/11/2009 04:26:32 PM 754 Views
There's no evidence for that - 19/11/2009 04:31:17 PM 707 Views
It's common sense - 19/11/2009 04:40:01 PM 664 Views
No, it's based on absolutely nothing - 19/11/2009 04:50:30 PM 727 Views
If you agree that there are stronger damane than Alivia... - 19/11/2009 05:00:05 PM 648 Views
I didn't say that - 19/11/2009 05:07:33 PM 650 Views
Well, I think you are wrong... - 19/11/2009 05:35:27 PM 646 Views
Glad to have you back. Now for the arguments to start! - 19/11/2009 04:29:01 PM 762 Views
Hmm... - 19/11/2009 04:47:12 PM 766 Views
Actually, you are the one placing Lanfear immensely high, my list reduced the strength difference... - 19/11/2009 05:05:18 PM 836 Views
But I'm not - 19/11/2009 05:17:05 PM 738 Views
Let me ask you this... - 19/11/2009 10:13:12 PM 781 Views
Very good point *NM* - 20/11/2009 01:38:55 AM 334 Views
One possibility - 20/11/2009 03:18:55 AM 704 Views
All assumption - 20/11/2009 04:11:20 AM 645 Views
Why introduce that concept, if it is just of academic importance? - 20/11/2009 07:41:54 AM 619 Views
You don't know the significance of it at all - 20/11/2009 03:14:46 PM 736 Views
Why? - 20/11/2009 03:17:51 PM 1258 Views
Re: Why? - 20/11/2009 04:30:50 PM 603 Views
How can you argue in such a way and still keep a straight face (presumably)... - 20/11/2009 05:07:39 PM 644 Views
Re: How can you argue in such a way and still keep a straight face (presumably)... - 21/11/2009 10:55:47 AM 631 Views
Is Graendal the only Forsaken NOT to overstate her own ability then? - 21/11/2009 01:53:28 PM 734 Views
Probably not in this case - 21/11/2009 11:34:25 PM 620 Views
Your rankings hinge ENTIRELY on whether you have Graendal correctly placed. - 20/11/2009 03:24:22 PM 569 Views
Yeah... entirely - 20/11/2009 04:33:45 PM 606 Views
Okay, "entirely" was a bad choice of word. - 20/11/2009 09:57:52 PM 621 Views
Re: Okay, "entirely" was a bad choice of word. - 21/11/2009 10:48:16 AM 685 Views
Re: Let me ask you this... - 23/12/2009 04:30:27 PM 652 Views
*correction*Re: Let me ask you this... - 23/12/2009 04:32:02 PM 624 Views
my comments w/ edit - 19/11/2009 04:37:27 PM 706 Views
Re: my comments w/ edit - 19/11/2009 04:54:30 PM 762 Views
Re: my comments w/ edit - 23/12/2009 04:42:15 PM 577 Views
What ever happened to all teh info from wotmania? Especially the FAQs? *NM* - 19/11/2009 05:01:45 PM 418 Views
http://13depository.blogspot.com/ *NM* - 19/11/2009 05:31:01 PM 347 Views
Re: Female Forsaken strength : a new post - 19/11/2009 05:39:10 PM 732 Views
Re: Female Forsaken strength : a new post -- What about Dexterity?? - 19/11/2009 06:44:31 PM 736 Views
This perfectly matches my understanding of the situation. - 19/11/2009 07:06:31 PM 602 Views
Agreed! This make more sense than the previous list *NM* - 20/11/2009 12:07:37 AM 384 Views
Too many levels - 20/11/2009 01:48:24 AM 725 Views
You are completely right about too many levels. - 20/11/2009 04:17:17 AM 605 Views
21 levels is largely a myth - 20/11/2009 04:27:27 AM 612 Views
Re: 21 levels is largely a myth - 20/11/2009 01:51:17 PM 747 Views
Thanks for the post. Interesting stuff there. *NM* - 20/11/2009 03:14:12 PM 318 Views
That's good to know. - 20/11/2009 07:56:41 PM 588 Views
I have to disagree for a couple of reasons. - 20/11/2009 04:14:40 AM 733 Views
Talaan is not stronger than Nynaeve - 28/11/2009 08:27:22 PM 755 Views
Re: Talaan is not stronger than Nynaeve - 28/11/2009 10:05:15 PM 837 Views
Talaan has be channeling for 6 or 7 years - 28/11/2009 10:56:12 PM 648 Views
Re: I have to disagree for a couple of reasons. - 30/12/2009 12:37:40 AM 1057 Views
Agree with nearly all - 20/11/2009 04:43:47 AM 610 Views
more hopefully to come - 20/11/2009 08:15:00 PM 589 Views
Thanks KCF, that's a great question to ask. - 20/11/2009 08:28:32 PM 815 Views
A little more evidence that Nynaeve is stronger than Semirhage - 29/11/2009 12:12:37 AM 616 Views
I agree that Graendal is the 2nd most powerful woman Forsaken - 29/11/2009 04:07:00 PM 578 Views
It's possible - 30/11/2009 08:23:28 PM 586 Views
Re: It's possible - 01/12/2009 06:18:56 PM 698 Views

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