Mmm, somewhat. It's also a matter of how the network is panned out; by sending the energy along a set path, certain responses can be triggered. You could have a brute force of the same amount of energy down a single path, certainly- but it wouldn't mean the same result. What this does is allow for more options according to what happens...

....if I think about it, [He realizes with a blink,] this would probably work well with Modification magic.