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by Akira » Fri Dec 13, 2019 11:23 pm
I don't think it was ever stated that they couldn't increase their power, was it? Because I have long thought the same thing, that their ki attacks carried an extra punch that lined up with Goku. Even if Goku didn't have time to charge the Kamehameha, he'd already gotten mad and powered up to "over 8,000", meaning that a basic quick fire Kamehameha without charging would still be around that number.
I think you're right on the money Cabba, Nappa powered up was "around" 8,000 when firing a ki blast, hence the cancellation with Goku's quick fire Kamehameha. You are also right on about Vegeta's Gallick-ho carrying a power around 24,000, matching evenly with a Kaioken x3 powered Kamehameha, and requiring that x4 boost and gamble to overcome.
So, me being on the side of that line of thinking, it still raises the question, "what made the earthlings different?"
Simply put, the training with Mr. Popo and Kami. They were taught by Mr. Popo to sense ki, and by Kami to conserve and manipulate their power to confuse their adversaries. Goku was trained to fight at a lower level and "suppress" his ki, and then ramp it up in an instant when needed. The Saiyans could not mimic THAT aspect. It has nothing to do with not being able to power up, but powering down to conserve and confuse that was the ability and trait unique to the earthlings. (Who by that time had all trained with Mr. Popo and Kami and learned the ability to some extent.)
I think the lines stated were just mis-interpreted by fans to think that only the ability to power up was unique to the earthlings, and that wasn't the case. It was the ability to go way up or way down that was unique to them, and gave the saiyans and by extension, the rest of Freeza's forces such trouble and confusion. Later, on Namek, Ginyu states that he estimated Goku's true power to be around 60,000, given that he could ramp up and down, tricking the scouters used by the Ginyu Force. Recoome, Burter and Jeice were all in the 40,000 range, give or take, Ginyu knew this, so for someone to be able to "ramp up" for a split instant and make quick work of them, they'd have to be around at least 60,000 to be able to do that.
Ginyu wasn't even that surprised to find Goku had a battle power of 90,000 when he used his scouter on him when Goku powered up and revealed himself to them. (Ginyu had a max of 120,000, so he still wasn't too terribly worried) It was when Goku used the Kaioken x2 (Completely mastered and comfortably used by that point) and revealed 180,000 that Ginyu got scared. The unknown factor here is Goku states right then "I can go way high than that in bursts if need be" or something along those lines. (alluding to the training on the way to Namek, and his ability to use a Kaioken x10 in quick bursts, meaning that his ability to ramp up and down made him ideal for mastery of said technique. It also means that Goku could bring the heat of 900,000 in quick bursts if needed) -THAT- often overlooked contextual fact of the situation, is what prompted Ginyu to ask him if he were a Super Saiyan.
So, in closing, I think many of the higher elites of Freeza's forces, and the elite saiyans were capable of "powering up" to some extent, especially when using powered ki blasts. What they were not capable of, was ki suppression and rapid fluctuation of their power like the earthlings had been trained to do.
"Of" =/= "Have"
Contractions:
-Should have = Should've
-Could have = Could've
-Would have = Would've
The heck does "should of" even mean anyway? Think about what those two words mean individually, and then try to read them back to back in a sentence and make sense of it. Are you forming a prepositional phrase, is "should" a part of a larger grouping, or are you just typing random words based on how you think you hear them used verbally? Perhaps take a moment to contemplate this, and see if it becomes as mind jarring for you to look at as it does for me..