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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 1825 Views
Except... - 19/11/2009 04:26:32 PM 851 Views
There's no evidence for that - 19/11/2009 04:31:17 PM 797 Views
It's common sense - 19/11/2009 04:40:01 PM 749 Views
No, it's based on absolutely nothing - 19/11/2009 04:50:30 PM 817 Views
If you agree that there are stronger damane than Alivia... - 19/11/2009 05:00:05 PM 739 Views
I didn't say that - 19/11/2009 05:07:33 PM 757 Views
Well, I think you are wrong... - 19/11/2009 05:35:27 PM 744 Views
Glad to have you back. Now for the arguments to start! - 19/11/2009 04:29:01 PM 871 Views
Hmm... - 19/11/2009 04:47:12 PM 877 Views
Actually, you are the one placing Lanfear immensely high, my list reduced the strength difference... - 19/11/2009 05:05:18 PM 944 Views
But I'm not - 19/11/2009 05:17:05 PM 847 Views
Let me ask you this... - 19/11/2009 10:13:12 PM 886 Views
Very good point *NM* - 20/11/2009 01:38:55 AM 382 Views
One possibility - 20/11/2009 03:18:55 AM 825 Views
All assumption - 20/11/2009 04:11:20 AM 758 Views
Why introduce that concept, if it is just of academic importance? - 20/11/2009 07:41:54 AM 712 Views
You don't know the significance of it at all - 20/11/2009 03:14:46 PM 836 Views
Why? - 20/11/2009 03:17:51 PM 1371 Views
Re: Why? - 20/11/2009 04:30:50 PM 704 Views
How can you argue in such a way and still keep a straight face (presumably)... - 20/11/2009 05:07:39 PM 734 Views
Re: How can you argue in such a way and still keep a straight face (presumably)... - 21/11/2009 10:55:47 AM 729 Views
Is Graendal the only Forsaken NOT to overstate her own ability then? - 21/11/2009 01:53:28 PM 847 Views
Probably not in this case - 21/11/2009 11:34:25 PM 729 Views
Your rankings hinge ENTIRELY on whether you have Graendal correctly placed. - 20/11/2009 03:24:22 PM 711 Views
Yeah... entirely - 20/11/2009 04:33:45 PM 697 Views
Okay, "entirely" was a bad choice of word. - 20/11/2009 09:57:52 PM 719 Views
Re: Okay, "entirely" was a bad choice of word. - 21/11/2009 10:48:16 AM 791 Views
Re: Let me ask you this... - 23/12/2009 04:30:27 PM 767 Views
*correction*Re: Let me ask you this... - 23/12/2009 04:32:02 PM 736 Views
my comments w/ edit - 19/11/2009 04:37:27 PM 809 Views
Re: my comments w/ edit - 19/11/2009 04:54:30 PM 863 Views
Re: my comments w/ edit - 23/12/2009 04:42:15 PM 669 Views
What ever happened to all teh info from wotmania? Especially the FAQs? *NM* - 19/11/2009 05:01:45 PM 543 Views
http://13depository.blogspot.com/ *NM* - 19/11/2009 05:31:01 PM 395 Views
Re: Female Forsaken strength : a new post - 19/11/2009 05:39:10 PM 828 Views
Re: Female Forsaken strength : a new post -- What about Dexterity?? - 19/11/2009 06:44:31 PM 829 Views
This perfectly matches my understanding of the situation. - 19/11/2009 07:06:31 PM 689 Views
Agreed! This make more sense than the previous list *NM* - 20/11/2009 12:07:37 AM 435 Views
Too many levels - 20/11/2009 01:48:24 AM 824 Views
You are completely right about too many levels. - 20/11/2009 04:17:17 AM 703 Views
21 levels is largely a myth - 20/11/2009 04:27:27 AM 710 Views
Re: 21 levels is largely a myth - 20/11/2009 01:51:17 PM 853 Views
Thanks for the post. Interesting stuff there. *NM* - 20/11/2009 03:14:12 PM 365 Views
That's good to know. - 20/11/2009 07:56:41 PM 686 Views
I have to disagree for a couple of reasons. - 20/11/2009 04:14:40 AM 843 Views
Talaan is not stronger than Nynaeve - 28/11/2009 08:27:22 PM 906 Views
Re: Talaan is not stronger than Nynaeve - 28/11/2009 10:05:15 PM 948 Views
Talaan has be channeling for 6 or 7 years - 28/11/2009 10:56:12 PM 744 Views
Re: I have to disagree for a couple of reasons. - 30/12/2009 12:37:40 AM 1168 Views
Agree with nearly all - 20/11/2009 04:43:47 AM 699 Views
more hopefully to come - 20/11/2009 08:15:00 PM 683 Views
Thanks KCF, that's a great question to ask. - 20/11/2009 08:28:32 PM 927 Views
A little more evidence that Nynaeve is stronger than Semirhage - 29/11/2009 12:12:37 AM 712 Views
I agree that Graendal is the 2nd most powerful woman Forsaken - 29/11/2009 04:07:00 PM 673 Views
It's possible - 30/11/2009 08:23:28 PM 714 Views
Re: It's possible - 01/12/2009 06:18:56 PM 796 Views

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