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Re: Yes, really Datakim Send a noteboard - 06/02/2010 11:29:17 PM

As it was established in the book, creating something requires a weave. Creating something more requires more weaves.

You provided the wrong quote. There is a paragraph after the one you've provided where Myrddraal attacks Rand and Rand weaves 100 Arrows at once.


While I sorta agree with you that what Rand did was very impressive, I must disagree with you here.

The text strongly suggests that what Rand does, is create a single weave on his hands and this single weave (composed of two flows, earth and fire) then creates all the arrow-filaments that Rand uses.

Essentially, rather than creating separate weaves for each arrow, Rand creates a single weave which then spews out a continuous stream of filaments. An analogy to this could be what Nynaeve did to Rahvin. She summoned fire and filled the whole hallway where Rahvin was with it, but I doubt she created a separate weave for each distinct flame.

Though if you think of it, this actually makes what Rand did far better than otherwise. I mean having to create a separate weave for each filament would be horribly inefficient. If this were truly the case, Rand would have been better off creating a blossom of fire (which only requires 1 more flow) since that causes destruction on a wide area, rather than just a single arrow-filament.

Instead, Rand creates a single weave composed of just 2 flows. And this single weave is capable of shooting lots and lots of filaments with Rand just having to maintain this weave. I think this is a demonstration of a truly master-level channeling, doing something so strong with something so little. If you compare that to standard AS tactic of just throwing fireballs (which Egwene does btw), the AS look just plain silly in comparison.

With just 2 flows and a single extraordinarily intricate weave, Rand creates what is essentially an OP-machinegun. If Egwene could have created this, she could probably have killed all of the Raken and prevented Seanchan from gaining Traveling. But then Egwene is just a politician and an average channeler. I suppose you cannot blame her for not having the skill that the experts have.
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Who would win in a fight? (yes, you read that right! ) - 04/02/2010 10:38:01 PM 2743 Views
Gawyn. *chokes back the vomit that rushes up his throat* - 04/02/2010 10:53:37 PM 1508 Views
There there - 04/02/2010 11:15:00 PM 1418 Views
Huh? He was even WORSE in TGS. - 05/02/2010 05:14:16 AM 1284 Views
I dunno. He actaully DID stuff this time - 05/02/2010 05:24:48 AM 1354 Views
I agree he was much better than before - 05/02/2010 04:39:33 PM 1236 Views
It pains me to say it, but Gawyn would win. - 04/02/2010 11:15:19 PM 1419 Views
Re: It pains me to say it, but Gawyn would win. - 05/02/2010 01:13:52 AM 1343 Views
Gawyn is incredibly irritating - 05/02/2010 01:55:40 AM 1361 Views
No matter how many times people say it, this is still not true. - 05/02/2010 10:21:45 PM 1270 Views
Re: No matter how many times people say it, this is still not true. - 05/02/2010 10:44:47 PM 1277 Views
Re: No matter how many times people say it, this is still not true. - 05/02/2010 11:53:18 PM 1377 Views
Perhaps the key is that Gawyn is an even more simplistic thinker than Galad. - 06/02/2010 06:20:06 AM 1236 Views
Again, what? When? - 06/02/2010 08:08:47 AM 1243 Views
Well, the fact that he's had access to one of the best educations in Randland - 06/02/2010 09:22:28 AM 1212 Views
Completely different subjects, and pretty insignificant, really. *NM* - 06/02/2010 06:44:35 PM 887 Views
the person to beat Gawyn is Mat - 06/02/2010 06:36:03 AM 1497 Views
Perrin would beat Lan?! *NM* - 06/02/2010 05:52:47 PM 1192 Views
Sure, Gawyn is better - 05/02/2010 02:26:45 AM 1274 Views
Re: Who would win in a fight? (yes, you read that right! ) - 05/02/2010 04:27:16 AM 1412 Views
- 05/02/2010 04:47:17 AM 1133 Views
Add Nynaeve and Egwene to the fight, that's something worth seeing then. - 05/02/2010 05:20:53 AM 1399 Views
Egwene would hand Nynaeve her ass - 05/02/2010 04:55:51 PM 1360 Views
I agree. - 05/02/2010 05:10:34 PM 1305 Views
Re: I agree. - 05/02/2010 05:25:52 PM 1532 Views
You're forgeting Nynaeve's fight vs Trollocs in KoD. - 05/02/2010 07:41:28 PM 1404 Views
Re: You're forgeting Nynaeve's fight vs Trollocs in KoD. - 05/02/2010 09:42:32 PM 1342 Views
I just mentioned it since you said Egwene had more combat experience. - 06/02/2010 06:21:38 AM 1280 Views
I think you are missunderstanding me - 07/02/2010 02:04:13 AM 1329 Views
Re: Egwene would hand Nynaeve her ass - 05/02/2010 07:49:27 PM 1885 Views
Totally agree. *NM* - 05/02/2010 07:52:48 PM 1307 Views
yet RJ has told us that Nynaeve would barely pass the AS test - 05/02/2010 09:41:09 PM 1312 Views
Re: yet RJ has told us that Nynaeve would barely pass the AS test - 05/02/2010 10:00:11 PM 1220 Views
Nynaeve might have trouble... - 05/02/2010 10:24:56 PM 1315 Views
That's not what RJ said. He said Nynaeve would be a little hard pressed - 05/02/2010 10:18:42 PM 1122 Views
she might be a little hard pressed to pass a test she should pass without thought! - 06/02/2010 05:56:38 PM 1011 Views
Moiraine was hard pressed to pass, and she practiced for ages and is the #1 Battle AS. - 06/02/2010 08:27:26 PM 1243 Views
she passed pretty easily IMO - 06/02/2010 09:12:13 PM 1318 Views
The test for the Shawl has little to nothing to do with channeling, you know this right? *NM* - 05/02/2010 10:23:16 PM 787 Views
Are you being serious? *NM* - 06/02/2010 08:57:33 AM 836 Views
of course it does - 06/02/2010 05:48:41 PM 1291 Views
That's not how it happens in New Spring. - 06/02/2010 07:00:52 PM 1186 Views
that's because Moiraine trained and is relatively skilled (for AS) - 06/02/2010 07:34:05 PM 1285 Views
That's nonsensical. - 06/02/2010 09:02:13 PM 1287 Views
It's what RJ said ... "too much specialization" - 06/02/2010 09:14:38 PM 1197 Views
Well, if RJ said it, I guess it must be true. - 06/02/2010 11:17:19 PM 1202 Views
*shrugs* - 07/02/2010 12:59:00 AM 1200 Views
Towers of Midnight spoilers: - 09/11/2010 05:29:05 AM 1215 Views
Re: That's not how it happens in New Spring. - 06/02/2010 08:28:52 PM 1185 Views
Right... - 06/02/2010 08:58:04 PM 1131 Views
About splitting weaves 14 ways - 05/02/2010 10:55:28 PM 1299 Views
Re: About splitting weaves 14 ways - 05/02/2010 11:08:50 PM 1132 Views
Can you provide that quote? - 06/02/2010 07:34:49 PM 1260 Views
Re: Can you provide that quote? - 06/02/2010 08:19:08 PM 1269 Views
there is nothing to say that multiple weaves are involved. - 06/02/2010 09:16:29 PM 1185 Views
That's the nature on the weaving. - 06/02/2010 09:24:39 PM 1243 Views
Not really - 06/02/2010 10:46:52 PM 1273 Views
Yes, really - 06/02/2010 10:55:22 PM 1292 Views
Re: Yes, really - 06/02/2010 11:29:17 PM 1174 Views
Re: Yes, really - 06/02/2010 11:48:14 PM 1171 Views
Re: Yes, really - 07/02/2010 12:18:12 AM 1235 Views
Oh! Forgot another analogy - 07/02/2010 01:13:27 AM 1199 Views
Re: Yes, really - 07/02/2010 01:46:14 AM 1187 Views
Re: Yes, really - 07/02/2010 01:59:44 AM 1118 Views
Re: Yes, really - 07/02/2010 06:36:48 PM 1184 Views
IMO fighting with the Power has little to do with skill - 06/02/2010 09:01:23 AM 1203 Views
Re: IMO fighting with the Power has little to do with skill - 06/02/2010 09:29:06 AM 1348 Views
I agree ... it's much like Rand's approach to Graendal - 06/02/2010 05:51:17 PM 1238 Views
so you've learned nothing from Cyndane v. Alivia. - 06/02/2010 05:45:19 PM 1159 Views
Cyndane v. Alivia are probably of similar strength. - 06/02/2010 08:33:08 PM 1285 Views
Re: Cyndane v. Alivia are probably of similar strength. - 06/02/2010 09:17:40 PM 1279 Views
It's a lone example contested by many other examples - 07/02/2010 09:53:51 AM 1188 Views
the only dueling where a channeler tries to overpower is Nynaeve v. Moghedien - 07/02/2010 01:57:43 PM 1276 Views
Re: the only dueling where a channeler tries to overpower is Nynaeve v. Moghedien - 07/02/2010 04:25:57 PM 1185 Views
from RJs lips to your ears ... - 07/02/2010 06:55:27 PM 1288 Views
Re: from RJs lips to your ears ... - 07/02/2010 08:04:57 PM 1129 Views
Re: from RJs lips to your ears ... - 07/02/2010 08:20:31 PM 1119 Views
... but I can't let this one go... - 07/02/2010 11:09:04 PM 1367 Views
Thank you Robert, Sidious, Jordan - 07/02/2010 11:16:30 PM 1363 Views
Re: Thank you Robert, Sidious, Jordan - 08/02/2010 09:43:15 AM 1157 Views
Hmm... - 07/02/2010 11:05:00 PM 1188 Views
I disagree - 06/02/2010 05:30:40 AM 1162 Views
Egwene never even got into that fight and we are talking about Lanfear - 06/02/2010 05:46:27 PM 1212 Views
Re: Egwene never even got into that fight and we are talking about Lanfear - 06/02/2010 08:23:20 PM 1199 Views
she got hit with a pain weave before she did a damn thing - 06/02/2010 09:21:11 PM 1217 Views
lol - 07/02/2010 01:55:18 AM 1219 Views
Go look below at some of the quotes I've provided - 07/02/2010 01:59:51 AM 1267 Views
If the Power was used, I would agree - 06/02/2010 05:59:14 PM 1211 Views
On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... - 06/02/2010 10:43:43 PM 1133 Views
Exactly my point - 06/02/2010 10:49:49 PM 1152 Views
Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... - 06/02/2010 11:12:27 PM 2446 Views
plenty of evidence that Nynaeve is unskilled outside of Healing - 07/02/2010 01:21:20 AM 1273 Views
Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... - 07/02/2010 08:02:40 AM 1250 Views
There was one other very skilled Healer in the series... - 07/02/2010 06:44:41 PM 1187 Views
I'm sure she could if she bothered to train - 07/02/2010 06:57:17 PM 1026 Views
Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... - 06/02/2010 11:15:59 PM 1193 Views
Nope - 07/02/2010 01:26:19 AM 1225 Views
Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... - 07/02/2010 08:21:19 AM 1385 Views
Egwene and Nynaeve had already confront each other - 07/02/2010 08:45:23 AM 1317 Views
but whoever wins - 05/02/2010 04:54:52 AM 1248 Views
*nods* That's cuz ... - 05/02/2010 05:26:57 AM 1313 Views
I actually think Lan would win - 05/02/2010 04:57:24 PM 1251 Views
Agreed - 05/02/2010 08:22:26 PM 1226 Views
I think Lan, hands down. - 05/02/2010 03:30:20 PM 1116 Views
THANK you. - 05/02/2010 11:41:43 PM 9751 Views
Re: THANK you. - 06/02/2010 06:26:04 AM 1229 Views
Gawyn and Galad have become tough - 06/02/2010 09:04:25 AM 1397 Views
Re: Gawyn and Galad have become tough - 06/02/2010 09:31:51 AM 1098 Views
Gawyn is destined to protect the Great Mother ( Egwene ) - 05/02/2010 04:11:51 PM 1280 Views
Hopper!!!!! *NM* - 06/02/2010 12:21:25 AM 776 Views
Hasn't Hopper already lost in a fight? *NM* - 06/02/2010 01:48:19 AM 743 Views
According to the Theoryland database RJ apparently said once... - 06/02/2010 08:55:50 AM 1279 Views
That can't be right, can it? - 06/02/2010 05:51:04 PM 1259 Views
Even in NS only Ryne is known to be better than Lan - 07/02/2010 01:57:29 AM 1313 Views
Huh .... - 06/02/2010 06:23:10 PM 1267 Views
I don't recall Rand loosing to Riatin. - 06/02/2010 06:39:31 PM 1249 Views
Well, to be fair, the text doesn't mention much - 07/02/2010 12:48:59 AM 1224 Views
Re: According to the Theoryland database RJ apparently said once... - 06/02/2010 06:28:15 PM 1228 Views
"Gawhine"... I like it. *NM* - 06/02/2010 08:40:32 PM 767 Views
If Gawyn is the best because he defeated two Warders, what about Rand? - 06/02/2010 09:15:34 PM 1241 Views
These are pointless. - 09/02/2010 12:52:21 AM 1276 Views
These are scalar comparatives - 24/02/2010 09:45:11 PM 1246 Views

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