Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25814498-20150505201606/@comment-27900912-20160305070940

Just to keep things clear, a Nen master could implement all 5 categories (except specialization) at 100%, but at lower levels - a lot like how Kurapika's ability works. A Master Level 10 Enhancer would be able to use the other categories at 100%, but at only Level 8 for Emission and Transmutation and Level 6 for Manipulation and Conjuration.

The levels are pretty much arbitrary, but realistically seem to be based off of one's talent/potential. Like, comparing Kurapika, Leorio, Gon, and Killua - let's say Kurapika is a Level 10 Conjurer. Leorio is probably something like a Level 6 or 7 Emitter. Killua is probably a Level 9 or 10 Transmuter, and Gon a Level 11 or 12 Enhancer. These are just my guestimations, I know they aren't really accurate, don't hate me! :P

Now my comments on that chitin armor ability:

I would label it as an Enhancement + Conjuration ability. The Conjuration part to create it, and the Enhancement part to make it really tough. The user would probably have to be mainly an Enhancer to get the desired toughness. And, from the description, it sounds like if the user takes 30 steps, the armor will break. In my opinion, this armor isn't invincible - yes, it will stop anything, but only for a certain number of times. I think the countdown condition is fairly reasonable, at least in principle if not in number. If, for example, the user was fighting the King, a single hit from the King would most likely send the user flying, likely bouncing off of stuff or at least needing to land again, which uses up multiple, um, counters. Of course, this armor would be really weak against machine gun fire or any rapid-hitting attack. Mostly useful for surviving things like a Big Bang Impact and that sort of attacks.

To finish my comments, I'll just say that I think either 30 is too large a number or 2 minutes too short a time.