Eternal Super Saiyan wrote:Based on the fights in the movie, power levels seem to ignore SSJ multipliers. Now you have 50x increase at SSJ, then 100x at SSJ2 and 400x at SSJ3.... Why hes only using SSJ1? I must be missing something..
You did miss something.
Goku became a Super Saiyan God, but the power of the Super Saiyan God was only temporary. However, Goku somehow managed to unconsciously absorb the power of the Super Saiyan God, so when the time was up, he reverted back to base. Because he had absorbed the power of the Super Saiyan God form, Goku's power didn't fell in his base form back to normal, since he could still put a fight against Beers (he gave Beers a hard punch in his gut, while SS3 Goku before becoming a God couldn't do shit against him). The Goku turned into a Super Saiyan, still giving an even fight with Beers, and Beers noticed that Goku's power hadn't decreased significantly from his Super Saiyan God form. For the whole fight Goku wasn't aware that he went from SSG, to base, to SS, because he thought that he was fighting as a Super Saiyan God for the whole time, so I guess there isn't a significant gap between his base, Super Saiyan, and Super Saiyan God forms now. And since Goku didn't try to go Super Saiyan 2 or 3 (because he wasn't even aware he could do it, since he thought he was in Super Saiyan God), we don't know if Goku can still use them. But if he still can, I guess they won't give him a significant boost, and they will be weaker that Super Saiyan God. So, forget the x50 multiplier for Super Saiyan Goku.
VegettoEX wrote:Because that stuff clearly doesn't matter when they want to put priority on telling an actual interesting story instead of maintaining consistency with numbers that were never intended to be consistent or relevant in the first place.
An interesting & good story should also be consistent. Not only about the power gaps, but about everything.
James Teal (Animerica 1996) wrote:When you think about it, there are a number of similarities between the Chinese-inspired Son Goku and that most American of superhero icons, Superman. Both are aliens sent to Earth shortly after birth to escape the destruction of their homeworlds; both possess super-strength, flight, super-speed, heightened senses and the ability to cast energy blasts. But the crucial difference between them lies not only in how they view the world, but in how the world views them.
Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.