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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 1736 Views
Except... - 19/11/2009 04:26:32 PM 770 Views
There's no evidence for that - 19/11/2009 04:31:17 PM 725 Views
It's common sense - 19/11/2009 04:40:01 PM 679 Views
No, it's based on absolutely nothing - 19/11/2009 04:50:30 PM 741 Views
If you agree that there are stronger damane than Alivia... - 19/11/2009 05:00:05 PM 663 Views
I didn't say that - 19/11/2009 05:07:33 PM 668 Views
Well, I think you are wrong... - 19/11/2009 05:35:27 PM 662 Views
Glad to have you back. Now for the arguments to start! - 19/11/2009 04:29:01 PM 779 Views
Hmm... - 19/11/2009 04:47:12 PM 785 Views
Actually, you are the one placing Lanfear immensely high, my list reduced the strength difference... - 19/11/2009 05:05:18 PM 857 Views
But I'm not - 19/11/2009 05:17:05 PM 756 Views
Let me ask you this... - 19/11/2009 10:13:12 PM 798 Views
Very good point *NM* - 20/11/2009 01:38:55 AM 340 Views
One possibility - 20/11/2009 03:18:55 AM 721 Views
All assumption - 20/11/2009 04:11:20 AM 665 Views
Why introduce that concept, if it is just of academic importance? - 20/11/2009 07:41:54 AM 633 Views
You don't know the significance of it at all - 20/11/2009 03:14:46 PM 754 Views
Why? - 20/11/2009 03:17:51 PM 1275 Views
Re: Why? - 20/11/2009 04:30:50 PM 621 Views
How can you argue in such a way and still keep a straight face (presumably)... - 20/11/2009 05:07:39 PM 665 Views
Re: How can you argue in such a way and still keep a straight face (presumably)... - 21/11/2009 10:55:47 AM 656 Views
Is Graendal the only Forsaken NOT to overstate her own ability then? - 21/11/2009 01:53:28 PM 757 Views
Probably not in this case - 21/11/2009 11:34:25 PM 636 Views
Your rankings hinge ENTIRELY on whether you have Graendal correctly placed. - 20/11/2009 03:24:22 PM 586 Views
Yeah... entirely - 20/11/2009 04:33:45 PM 621 Views
Okay, "entirely" was a bad choice of word. - 20/11/2009 09:57:52 PM 636 Views
Re: Okay, "entirely" was a bad choice of word. - 21/11/2009 10:48:16 AM 705 Views
Re: Let me ask you this... - 23/12/2009 04:30:27 PM 668 Views
*correction*Re: Let me ask you this... - 23/12/2009 04:32:02 PM 643 Views
my comments w/ edit - 19/11/2009 04:37:27 PM 718 Views
Re: my comments w/ edit - 19/11/2009 04:54:30 PM 780 Views
Re: my comments w/ edit - 23/12/2009 04:42:15 PM 594 Views
What ever happened to all teh info from wotmania? Especially the FAQs? *NM* - 19/11/2009 05:01:45 PM 443 Views
http://13depository.blogspot.com/ *NM* - 19/11/2009 05:31:01 PM 353 Views
Re: Female Forsaken strength : a new post - 19/11/2009 05:39:10 PM 746 Views
Re: Female Forsaken strength : a new post -- What about Dexterity?? - 19/11/2009 06:44:31 PM 753 Views
This perfectly matches my understanding of the situation. - 19/11/2009 07:06:31 PM 617 Views
Agreed! This make more sense than the previous list *NM* - 20/11/2009 12:07:37 AM 390 Views
Too many levels - 20/11/2009 01:48:24 AM 740 Views
You are completely right about too many levels. - 20/11/2009 04:17:17 AM 622 Views
21 levels is largely a myth - 20/11/2009 04:27:27 AM 628 Views
Re: 21 levels is largely a myth - 20/11/2009 01:51:17 PM 759 Views
Thanks for the post. Interesting stuff there. *NM* - 20/11/2009 03:14:12 PM 324 Views
That's good to know. - 20/11/2009 07:56:41 PM 605 Views
I have to disagree for a couple of reasons. - 20/11/2009 04:14:40 AM 761 Views
Talaan is not stronger than Nynaeve - 28/11/2009 08:27:22 PM 774 Views
Re: Talaan is not stronger than Nynaeve - 28/11/2009 10:05:15 PM 855 Views
Talaan has be channeling for 6 or 7 years - 28/11/2009 10:56:12 PM 665 Views
Re: I have to disagree for a couple of reasons. - 30/12/2009 12:37:40 AM 1081 Views
Agree with nearly all - 20/11/2009 04:43:47 AM 626 Views
more hopefully to come - 20/11/2009 08:15:00 PM 605 Views
Thanks KCF, that's a great question to ask. - 20/11/2009 08:28:32 PM 842 Views
A little more evidence that Nynaeve is stronger than Semirhage - 29/11/2009 12:12:37 AM 634 Views
I agree that Graendal is the 2nd most powerful woman Forsaken - 29/11/2009 04:07:00 PM 594 Views
It's possible - 30/11/2009 08:23:28 PM 609 Views
Re: It's possible - 01/12/2009 06:18:56 PM 714 Views

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