Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-107.196.24.18-20151220040402/@comment-26484417-20160203231829

@JBennet: I'm not saying you addressed this. I merely point out that an integral part is missing from your considerations, one without which you cannot really calculate the climbing speed. This is not your fault or anything, we're simply missing timeframe information for more than half the Floors our characters have ascended thus far. Did Baam climb the 2F-20F in 6 years? 5 years? 1 year? 2 months? It all depends on his ability and how long he had to stay with the FUG... Unless they capture him like this once again, this chunk cannot be disregarded or generalised, and your assumption about the climbing speed on these Floors can make a huge difference in the final estimation. Moreover, majority of the Floors since 20F can and should be considered outliers, which are most definitely going to skew the resulting estimate even more...

Considering these givens (and some lack thereof), this isn't something on which you can base an estimation, rough or otherwise... This is how (sensible) guesses are made.

Moreover, we are about to be given an entirely new climbing potential (post Revolution), and unpredictable challenges and support in the future (whatever SIU decides), which would make even an exact climbing speed into an inadequate basis for estimation of the future climbing speed. Especially when there are still 96(+) Floors to go... =P