Chapter 32: An Explanation Regarding Power Level Issues

Some readers have said the power levels have collapsed, but that is not the case.

Because this is a System-based story, there are some default cheats I didn't mention, assuming everyone knew them; it turns out there are indeed readers who don't understand.

For a normal person, their strength fluctuates with their condition.

When they have a cold or diarrhea, they are certainly weaker than when they are normal.

For example, Ma Wang; after he gets an infection, whether he can beat a strong adult man is uncertain.

But the protagonist is different.

The attributes on the System Panel are fixed.

That is to say, theoretically, the protagonist is always at peak strength.

This creates a problem.

If it is a long battle, will the protagonist's strength decrease as stamina is consumed?

After the protagonist is injured, will their strength decrease?

If it decreases, do the System attributes still count?

After many System-genre writers have practiced this repeatedly, a conclusion has been reached.

That is, the protagonist's strength will not decrease; otherwise, it would be very toxic and not satisfying.

In other words, an infinite stamina cheat is assumed by default.

Only in this way can logical bugs be avoided.

Just like when everyone plays Mount and Blade, if you don't lose health, you can ride a horse to kite a large group of soldiers and then hack them to death one by one; that is the logic.

As for injuries, a "minor injury blood-lock" cheat is also assumed by default.

As for serious injuries, under normal circumstances, the protagonist cannot be seriously injured.

Because they are the protagonist, the "big picture" is right here.

But if the plot requires it and the protagonist is seriously injured, then the panel attributes are ignored.

With infinite stamina and minor injury blood-lock, the protagonist is a humanoid robot powered by a nuclear reactor.

A normal person would be exhausted after hacking a few people, but the protagonist can keep hacking forever.

Moreover, the opponents are all ordinary soldiers, not experts, so naturally, it is one hammer per person.

And the matter of hammering three hundred people down does not mean three hundred people died; there were two hundred seriously injured, and they couldn't be saved because the Riverlands weather was hot and humid and there were no doctors.

When the army of House Stark from The North went south, the Long Summer had ended and it was almost autumn; the time in the book is still two or three months away from that point, so the temperatures cannot be compared.

Furthermore, in the Game of Thrones world, doctors are extremely scarce, and the Maester of each castle doubles as a doctor.

The level of poisoning is high, while for treating illnesses, most just use Poppy Milk and call it a day.

If it can't be saved, it can't be cured, so drink the flower milk and wait for death!

And there is another problem: the Sword of the Morning is strong, but that is a Knight using a sword.

Westeros soldiers, those called "people wearing iron clothes" by Ma Wang, are all soldiers in full Iron Armor.

In the show, there are many armor errors; the dignified Robert, King in the North, doesn't even have greaves or iron boots—is that possible?

The armor-piercing effect of a Dawn Sword is far inferior to a Hammer.

In 281 AC, the Year of the False Spring, at the Tourney at Harrenhal, Prince Rhaegar defeated Barristan the Bold and became the champion.

But two years later, he was hammered to death at the Ruby Ford by Robert Baratheon, who used a Great Hammer.

Why?

On the battlefield, the one who can pierce armor is the God of War.

As for Archery, the armor-piercing effect is not very good.

As for a Crossbow, I have only seen the kind with a crank that Joffrey played with; I haven't seen one widely equipped for the army.

Things like a Ballista only appeared in the later stages when shooting dragons; it seems they weren't used in the early stages.

After all, in the age of manual labor, those large crossbow bolts are incredibly expensive; killing a few people with one bolt is really not cost-effective.

It's cheaper to just let the soldiers go up and hack at each other.

It's the advantage of low human rights.

So I think the power levels haven't collapsed; if you have any questions, you are the boss.

(End of this chapter)