Iron sharpens iron. Adversity, challenges and rivalries all have a meaningful role to play in developing talent, that's been touched on several times.
Ultimately, a Great General is forged by experience, so I don't think it likely a 6GG tier talent was close to their peak without 6GG experience, i.e. warfare at the highest level in terms of scale and difficulty.
It seems to me you're trying to find the logic in a system (stats) that is inherently arbitrary. It doesn't work.
YTW being the aggressor in a conflict - which invaders typically are - doesn't mean her style is aggressive. She doesn't set the military agenda, she just executes it, and we've seen different looks from her in pretty much every battle. Not dramatic changes, per se, but her approach is not distinct its in aggressiveness.
I don't doubt that it was a decent size, but I am saying it wasn't really anything that the Qin would pay notice to, and they evidently hadn't because they were shocked by what they found (chapter 19 if you're curious).
YTW carved out her kingdom by consolidating mountain tribes under her rule and that is deeply impressive, but it should be acknowledged and kept with that context because it's not like she was a known quantity to Qin, much less actively resisting them.
It's not YTW I'm doubting, it's the level of competition and opportunity she had to develop as rapidly.
Kyou came up under Ou Ki's wing, and I don't think a man of his talents wasted much time on low priority tasks. She was slaying generals and commanders with regularity as a teenager and accumulated the necessary experience quickly.
I don't think YTW consolidating dozens (hundreds?) of clans into a kingdom provided that level of competition and experience even if I do actually believe she could've replicated Kyou's career trajectory.
I don't think YTW had much, if any, experience with 100K armies, or even battlefields. Certainly not with any kind of regularity. That kind of stuff would not go unnoticed and the Qin would've undoubtedly done something about. YTW's place in the story as designed wouldn't really work if she wasn't a hidden gem in her own right.
So I understand correctly, do you think they will surpass Ou Ki by the end of unification, or that being a part of unification is what will wish them ahead?
I certainly agree Tou won't hold on to his seat. Maybe third try's the charm for Kou Yoku and he's killed or retires due to injuries, but whatever the case may be, we know Tou's primer for being this unification game is Ou Ki, and he's personally been invested in the growth of the younger generations. GOAT shit.
Ultimately, a Great General is forged by experience, so I don't think it likely a 6GG tier talent was close to their peak without 6GG experience, i.e. warfare at the highest level in terms of scale and difficulty.
It seems to me you're trying to find the logic in a system (stats) that is inherently arbitrary. It doesn't work.
YTW being the aggressor in a conflict - which invaders typically are - doesn't mean her style is aggressive. She doesn't set the military agenda, she just executes it, and we've seen different looks from her in pretty much every battle. Not dramatic changes, per se, but her approach is not distinct its in aggressiveness.
I don't doubt that it was a decent size, but I am saying it wasn't really anything that the Qin would pay notice to, and they evidently hadn't because they were shocked by what they found (chapter 19 if you're curious).
YTW carved out her kingdom by consolidating mountain tribes under her rule and that is deeply impressive, but it should be acknowledged and kept with that context because it's not like she was a known quantity to Qin, much less actively resisting them.
It's not YTW I'm doubting, it's the level of competition and opportunity she had to develop as rapidly.
Kyou came up under Ou Ki's wing, and I don't think a man of his talents wasted much time on low priority tasks. She was slaying generals and commanders with regularity as a teenager and accumulated the necessary experience quickly.
I don't think YTW consolidating dozens (hundreds?) of clans into a kingdom provided that level of competition and experience even if I do actually believe she could've replicated Kyou's career trajectory.
I don't think YTW had much, if any, experience with 100K armies, or even battlefields. Certainly not with any kind of regularity. That kind of stuff would not go unnoticed and the Qin would've undoubtedly done something about. YTW's place in the story as designed wouldn't really work if she wasn't a hidden gem in her own right.
So I understand correctly, do you think they will surpass Ou Ki by the end of unification, or that being a part of unification is what will wish them ahead?
I certainly agree Tou won't hold on to his seat. Maybe third try's the charm for Kou Yoku and he's killed or retires due to injuries, but whatever the case may be, we know Tou's primer for being this unification game is Ou Ki, and he's personally been invested in the growth of the younger generations. GOAT shit.
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