Quote Originally Posted by Assertn
Yeah but even so, all of the rookies at this point are supposed to be comparatively respected for their accomplishments, but imagine putting some of them in Luffy's previous positions. The defeat of Arlong, the defeat of Baroque works, the defeat of Enis Lobby. They must have experienced similar challenges to earn the bounties they have. Could something like a cavalry in your body solve those problems?

I'd have to say though....most of the higher-level Baroque works members had far more practical abilities...
Similar challenges but not necessarily of the same level. Based on Luffy's accomplishments heck just based on the people he is associated with, Robin, Ace, Shanks, Garp, Dragon, his bounty should be much much higher but ever since the Crocodile incident the marines have been trying as hard as possible to down play Luffy's strength, so I think we should take that into consideration. So comparitively, I don't think there are any other rookies near Luffy's level except for Kid, his bounty is 315 Million.

Secondly the way people get recognition and especially bounties in One Piece is just too random for anyone to make any conclusions based on that. I mean you can simply just piss off the wrong people and get yourself an extremely high bounty.

Yeah well I get your Baroque works point but Baroque works was an organization created by Crocodile and he recruited people who had abilities he deemed useful, so its rational that their abilities would seem far more practical. Heck I bet CP9 could wipe the floor with most of these rookies.