Alomantisist he/him Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Just consider. Brandon has yet to showcase zinc feruchemy. I am here to ask: what would a twinborn zinc compounder be able to accomplish? Would time literally slow around them because of their enhanced state of perception? Or would they simply have access to Sherlock level reasoning? I don't know if this topic has been covered yet so I apologize if this is a repeat but I really want to know what you guys think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 A bit of both, bullet time is mostly steels thing but you get a bit of it from zinc too, mostly though it allows you to make intuitive leaps more easily IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFencer Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 Zinc feruchemy has been used, but very briefly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted February 4, 2016 Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 It doesn't make you smarter, but you think faster. If you're... not very bright... it won't make you a genius. Zinc probably has no effect on intelligence, but thinking faster is a big advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weltall Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 I imagine if you weren't already Sherlock Holmes you'd need a combination of Copper, Tin and Zinc to replicate what he can do siince you need to be able to spot things (Tin), draw on knowledge that makes the observations useful (Copper) and then put it all together (which is where the Zinc would help). Sherlock's talent comes from all three of those things working together, not just being good at induction. We know Zinc on its own won't help your perception and if you don't know anything about, say, forensics, the Zinc on its own isn't going to help as much there either. Though if you can figure it out on your own you'd do it faster while tapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pathfinder Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 It doesn't make you smarter, but you think faster. If you're... not very bright... it won't make you a genius. Zinc probably has no effect on intelligence, but thinking faster is a big advantage. there is a more recent WoB that says it will also help you make intuitive leaps. Now I am not saying that will necessarily make you smarter, but you may be able to come up with ideas you might not have without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 there is a more recent WoB that says it will also help you make intuitive leaps. Now I am not saying that will necessarily make you smarter, but you may be able to come up with ideas you might not have without it. Yeah, I'm aware of that, but to me "intuitive leaps" are included in faster thinking. Although I see that it can be argued it has to do with intelligence. I probably could talk about what's the difference, but I don't feel like it. It's not terribly important (and I'm not in the mood). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Faster thinking can itself be included in how intelligence is defined to be honest. "Intelligence" is not a very well defined concept . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Okay, let's assume two people, one average and one genius. Give them a problem to solve (chess situation or math problem or something with many possible solutions). Average person will work out a solution in his/her own time and genius will have another solution.Now, throwing in zinc Compounding just cuts down the time needed for both of them to work out their solutions, but wouldn't significantly alter their reasoning. That's how I see mental speed.Of course, I'm willing to agree on slight boost to intelligence, but it wouldn't be a primary effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baby he/him Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 A compounder certainly would though, which is why it'd be one of my favorites combos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardbearer he/him Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Please remember not to put BoM spoilers in any subforum other than the BoM one until Feb 9, even with spoiler tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Please keep BoM spoilers to the relevant subforum for now, once it's been two weeks since released they can be discussed elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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