I disagree completely, I think it's actually brilliant that Toriyama pivoted away from power levels to focus more on hax and technique. Power levels shouldn't return and they are an inherently flawed and deceptive concept that doesn't consider a character's kit in their entirety.
Take Infinite Zamasu, for instance.
A power level scouter would probably say that his power level is possibly (potentially) below the likes of Jiren; but, in the actual facts, Jiren would stand no chance of ever beating Infinite Zamasu in a fight.
Another example, similar to Infinite Zamasu: Zeno. A power level scouter would probably identify him as a weakling (he is scrawny, physically weak, and was easily lifted up by Base Goku); but, in actuality (much like Infinite Zamasu), there's pretty much no one who can actually defeat Zeno in a fight.
Power levels are deceptive, reductive, fallacious. They do not take account of a character's full kit of strengths, therefore they are useless.
Power Levels should have more relevance
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Re: Power Levels should have more relevance
Akira Toriyama, DBS vol.4 joint interview with ToyotaroAt his core Zamasu is good like Shin, though I guess you could say he was so fastidious that it backfired. But you know, for this "Future Trunks Arc" you had to depict Zamasu and Trunks' inner conflict, right? If this was back when I was drawing the manga myself then I doubt if I could have done it. I mean, I'm not very good at depicting the characters' psychology on the page. So this all came together because now I only have to think up the story. [...] On my own, I doubt I would have been able to express Zamasu's fall to the dark side.