Talk:Tier Magic/@comment-88.203.126.251-20170428183010/@comment-50.69.235.186-20170721103749

People can't learn beyond 5th tier because magic isn't like technology. A mage has to study and practice for decades to reach 3rd tier, and only truly tallented individuals can understand the magic and have the power required to cast 4th tier and higher. Fluder, who is considered a genius, took 200 years to learn 6th tier magic. Compared to science and technology thsi process is slow and promotes stagnation.

Technology has the advantage of people being able to easilly learn all past discoveries. Think of it like this: a scientist has to gain ability by reading books and understanding the information within, a mage has to read and understand the same amount of material for each spell tier before even trying to cast known spells, let alone create new spells AND fit in a huge workout to slowly boost their mana reserves to the level where they can cast spells in the first place.