User blog comment:Leo Kazisaski/Bankai levels/@comment-3001427-20121008223759/@comment-973828-20121009022555

You do know that me agreeing with you is the first step towards Doomsday. It's a necessity!

I'd normally let Void answer this himself, since it's aimed mainly at him, but I can't quite see how a Cold War of techniques equates godmodding. It may eventually seem that way, but it's not the reality.

Now you're saying that "yeah, this next level is naturally superior to Bankai, but a character's skill with lower level power levels can still beat it." That has been a reality the entire time. But, one has to be very skilled in order to defeat a Bankai without going into Bankai himself. Ichigo's training to obtain Bankai is testament to this, since he would not have been able to defeat Byakuya otherwise, even though his reserve of spiritual energy is either on the same level or (most likely) exceeds Byakuya's.