Talk:Vol.2 Ch.190: 38F - Hell Train: The Dallar Show (19)/@comment-26484417-20160222233751/@comment-26484417-20160225181159

Whether such power-up breaks the story greatly depends on what you're expecting from the story... Something that comes to mind, imagine that Baam decides to walk the path of an Irregular for some reason, which would entail tests administered by the Floor Guardians instead of the Zahard empire staff. We know these tests were all against the "wild life", so he can never be too OP for that... or maybe he can, but it would take more than "mere" High Ranker power. After all, even Yuri's group avoided the areas with mating Steel Eels. =)

We don't really need to judge the power of these individuals on such low floors, the reference frame only matters to SIU if he gifts Baam this power. Still, we know that Regulars attempted to fight with the GoG, which suggests he is less threatening to Regulars than a Ranker like Lero-ro. If this is any indicator, I suspect that when GoG says Urek was more powerful than him, it may simply mean Urek already felt like a Ranker back then.

As for the story-breaking power, only Panthaminum had that, and he isn't exactly like any other Irregular. All known Irregulars, except for Baam and Rachel, already arrived with or at some point acquired great power. This suggests that great power is one of their defining traits, and Baam and Rachel either conform to this sooner or later, or they remain anomalies... It's even possible that we learn about more Irregulars; those who never had such power, which should allow us to remove the "great power" from the expected traits.