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* In KingdomOfLoathing, the pieces of the Antique Arms & Armory are the first pieces of equipment to hit the power ceiling, with each of them having 200 power. However, they also have drawback effects (most notably being BreakableWeapons) that make them AwesomeButImpractical. But then again, the stuff you can dig up at the bottom of the sea are all InfinityPlusOneSwords, as are the pieces of the Legendary Regalia (old, powerful artifacts that have a connection to your class). So there are at least three examples here.
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* In KingdomOfLoathing, the pieces of the Antique Arms & Armory are the first pieces of equipment to hit the power ceiling, with each of them having 200 power. However, they also have drawback effects (most notably being BreakableWeapons) that make them AwesomeButImpractical. But then again, the stuff you can dig up at the bottom of the sea are all InfinityPlusOneSwords, [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One Swords]], as are the pieces of the Legendary Regalia (old, powerful artifacts that have a connection to your class). So there are at least three examples here.
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* Top-tier equipment (not just unique artifacts and relics) in MightAndMagic tends towards the old, generally for one of three reasons: it was made with the help of the [[LostTechnology Heavenly Forge]], it is so costly and complicated to make that most examples in existence are [[AncestralWeapon Ancestral]], or it is made from materials [[{{Unobtainium}} no longer available, or at least very, very rare]].
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* In DoctorWho, hiding in a really old building can keep the [[ClockRoaches Reapers]] away from you. For a while.
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* In DoctorWho, ''Series/DoctorWho'', hiding in a really old building can keep the [[ClockRoaches Reapers]] away from you. For a while.
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* In ''DeadliestWarrior'', the pre-Biblical Spartans were shown to outmatch enemies who wielded technology more than a thousands years more advanced than their own [[spoiler: because of their incredibly deadly bronze-age shields]].
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* In ''Deadliest Warrior'', the pre-Biblical Spartans were shown to outmatch enemies who wielded technology more than a thousands years more advanced than their own [[spoiler: because of their incredibly deadly bronze-age shields]].
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* Newer technology often depends on certain assumptions and can be ineffective or even useless outside of that context. This can result in having "obsolete" technology used in places where new technology fares poorly or kept around as a backup.
** The US military phased out pack animals in the 1950s, only to be reminded that wheels are poorly suited to the rugged terrain found in areas of Afghanistan. In 2004, the US Army printed ''Special Forces Use of Pack Animals'', which "captures some of the expertise and techniques that have been lost...over the last 50 years."
** Radio might be seen as laughably primitive compared to a cell phone...until the local cell tower stops working. Amateur radio was used extensively as means of communication in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
** Hotels may have guest information stored in a computer system and on pieces of paper. If the computer network goes down, employees can still consult the paper records.
** The US military phased out pack animals in the 1950s, only to be reminded that wheels are poorly suited to the rugged terrain found in areas of Afghanistan. In 2004, the US Army printed ''Special Forces Use of Pack Animals'', which "captures some of the expertise and techniques that have been lost...over the last 50 years."
** Radio might be seen as laughably primitive compared to a cell phone...until the local cell tower stops working. Amateur radio was used extensively as means of communication in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
** Hotels may have guest information stored in a computer system and on pieces of paper. If the computer network goes down, employees can still consult the paper records.
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* [[YehudaMoonAndTheKickstandCyclery Yehuda Moon]] is a very traditional cyclists, to the point where he almost worships the luddite-centric Lauderblumenthal Leaflet.
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*In ''Deadliest Warrior'', the pre-Biblical Spartans were shown to outmatch enemies who wielded technology more than a thousands years more advanced than their own [[spoiler: because of their incredibly deadly bronze-age shields]].
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** Magic itself also follows this rule. Servant Caster, who lived in the Age of Gods (Anciet Greece), can use very powerful spells using few (and sometimes only one) word, while modern magic users need one minute to conjure magic of such power, it's no wonder that her "High-Speed Divine Words" skill is at A level.
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** This is actually a {Nasuverse}} rule of magic in general. Creatures and magical artifacts also get stronger with age. A sufficiently aged sword can tear apart a modern mage's barrier simply by being drawn.
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** This is actually a {Nasuverse}} {{Nasuverse}} rule of magic in general. Creatures and magical artifacts also get stronger with age. A sufficiently aged sword can tear apart a modern mage's barrier simply by being drawn.
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** This is actually a {Nasuverse}} rule of magic in general. Creatures and magical artifacts also get stronger with age. A sufficiently aged sword can tear apart a modern mage's barrier simply by being drawn.
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* ''ChronoTrigger'' gear from 65,000,000 BC is better than most gear from the present, the middle ages, or even from ''the future''. Though the game is not linear about this, following the storyline rather than specific timelines.
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* ''ChronoTrigger'' gear from 65,000,000 BC is better than most gear from the present, the middle ages, or even from ''the future''. Though the game is not linear about this, [[SortingAlgorithmOfWeaponEffectiveness following the storyline rather than specific timelines.]]
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** They do generally improve, but after a while they become undrinkable. Wine will decay into vinegar (literally "sour wine").
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Partially TruthInTelevision: the idea that ancient knowledge is superior to modern knowledge exists in the real world, but if doesn't always work out that way. [[http://www.badmartialarts.com/myths/ancient_knowledge.php Bad Martial Arts]] has a page debunking this idea. It is also inferred in many pseudosciences like astrology and some alternative medicines: that these ancient knowledges and traditions have been around for so long. unchanged, must mean that they are better than modern science! It's the same logic as with the OldMaster: if a tool has lasted for centuries and is still usable, then it must be damn good. Compare with AppealToTradition, to which this is related.
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Partially TruthInTelevision: the idea that ancient knowledge is superior to modern knowledge exists in the real world, but if it doesn't always work out that way. [[http://www.badmartialarts.com/myths/ancient_knowledge.php Bad Martial Arts]] has a page debunking this idea. It is also inferred in many pseudosciences like astrology and some alternative medicines: that these ancient knowledges and traditions have been around for so long. unchanged, must mean that they are better than modern science! It's the same logic as with the OldMaster: if a tool has lasted for centuries and is still usable, then it must be damn good. Compare with AppealToTradition, to which this is related.
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* {{The Dresden Files}} Explicitly applies this to necromancy. The older the corpse being re-animated, the more powerful the result. Harry uses this rule to get around the fact that non-human zombies are less powerful than ones made from humans by re-animating a corpse several orders of magnitude older than any possible human corpse. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Zombie T-rex]]
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* {{The Dresden Files}} Explicitly applies this to necromancy. The older the corpse being re-animated, the more powerful the result. Harry uses this rule to get around the fact that non-human zombies are less powerful than ones made from humans by re-animating a corpse several orders of magnitude older than any possible human corpse. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Zombie T-rex]][[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Zombie]] [[{{HSQ}} T-rex]]]].
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** Well, considering that: 1) The original sword was made not by an elf but by a dwarf, and 2) Rivendell has some of the Valinor born living in it, it's more of a lostech improved by preserved better lostech.
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*** Well, considering that: 1) The original sword was made not by an elf but by a dwarf, and 2) Rivendell has some of the Valinor born living in it, it's more of a lostech improved by preserved better lostech.
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** Well, considering that: 1) The original sword was made not by an elf but by a dwarf, and 2) Rivendell has some of the Valinor born living in it, it's more of a lostech improved by preserved better lostech.
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*** Well, considering that: 1) The original sword was made not by an elf but by a dwarf, and 2) Rivendell has some of the Valinor born living in it, it's more of a lostech improved by preserved better lostech.
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* {{TheDresdenFiles}} Explicitly applies this to necromancy. The older the corpse being re-animated, the more powerful the result. Harry uses this rule to get around the fact that non-human zombies are less powerful than ones made from humans by re-animating a corpse several orders of magnitude older than any possible human corpse. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Zombie T-rex]]
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* {{TheDresdenFiles}} {{The Dresden Files}} Explicitly applies this to necromancy. The older the corpse being re-animated, the more powerful the result. Harry uses this rule to get around the fact that non-human zombies are less powerful than ones made from humans by re-animating a corpse several orders of magnitude older than any possible human corpse. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Zombie T-rex]]
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* {{TheDresenFiles}} {{TheDresdenFiles}} Explicitly applies this to necromancy. The older the corpse being re-animated, the more powerful the result. Harry uses this rule to get around the fact that non-human zombies are less powerful than ones made from humans by re-animating a corpse several orders of magnitude older than any possible human corpse. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Zombie T-rex]]
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* Servants from {{Fate Stay Night}} gain strength with age and fame. Gilgamesh, being the oldest Heroic Spirit, uses this to compensate by being up against more famous Heroic spirits in both the [[FateZero Fourth Grail War]] and [[FateStayNight the Fifth Grail War]]
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** [[{{JustifiedTrope}} Justified]] in that the tomes that recorded Ezra's techniques were destroyed in the lead up to a dark age.
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* ''ChronoTrigger'' gear from 65,000,000 BC is better than most gear from the present, the middle ages, or even from ''the future''. Though the game is not linear about this, following the storyline rather than specific timelines.
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*** The Wolfsbane potion is also a new invention, which is damn useful compared to other, older (and apparently non-existent) treatments for werewolves.
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* In ''SwordOfTheStars'' the player-buildable Asteroid Monitors introduced in ''Argos Naval Yard'' are inferior to the {{Random| Encounters}}ly-encountered ones built by past Morrigi.
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*** Ecept that the Firebolt is still better than Ron's new broom. But that's because it is 100 times more expensive.
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*** Ecept that the Firebolt is still better than Ron's new broom. But that's because it is 100 times more expensive.
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* In ''DiabloII'' (and clones) all of the items with more obscure ancient names are for some reason better. A falchion is better than a stock broadsword, even though broadswords proved to be the most effective weapon through Darwinian means. (It's why broadswords continued to be made all the way through the Renaissance, because they work and the old stuff doesn't.)
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* In ''DiabloII'' (and clones) all of the items with more obscure ancient names are for some reason better. A falchion is better than a stock broadsword, even though broadswords proved to be the most effective weapon through Darwinian means. (It's why broadswords continued to be made all the way through the Renaissance, because they work and the old stuff doesn't.)
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*** Since some musicans refer to their electric guitar as their "axe", would that make this an example of an AncestralWeapon? <inster {{Rimshot}} sound here>
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*** Since some musicans refer to their electric guitar as their "axe", would that make this an example of an AncestralWeapon? <inster <insert {{Rimshot}} sound here>
