Originally posted by Z Kai
Or there's something called ki control and common sense. You think Nappa's city-leveler is as dense as Frieza's Death Beam, for instance? Which destroys on a larger scale and which is more destructive? Obvious answer.Vegeta's self-destruct is yet another one of the stupidest examples you can use against the series. You mean to ask how he didn't destroy the planet he was initially trying to preserve as well as his family? Try putting that brain to use.
Good points.
I heard the "energy density" argument and it pretty much explains everything. It clearly explains how Nappa and Vegeta could stand right in the middle of Nappa's city destroying thing (when he raises his two fingers).
However, this does not explain why very sime Ki blasts from the characters, are not destroying the planet. They should be so dense and destructive that even a small Ki Blast destroys a planet. Larger ones should destroy solar systems. Really large ones, portions of galaxies.