LogFAQs > #885349023

Well yeah, for an MMO, the original SAO's system was badly designed. Crude skill progression and limited supply OP equipment and skills (Tower Shield, Dual Blades, Dragon Taming, and Bow), among other things. It worked great for Hollow Fragment, a single player game, but slapping a single player game system on an MMO just doesn't cut it.

And with that system, having a party does mean that each person gets a lower skill use count, because a well-coordinated team is shown to tear through everything their level like paper (stunlocks by switching in and out with Sword Skills), provided it's not a floor boss (damn no-stagger HP sponges). And I imagine most players wouldn't really want to tackle something too risky, since it's an actual matter of life and death, which is what puts them behind players dedicated to clearing floors.

Besides, the events in Progressive so far are from before Kirito loses his guild, so maybe that's why he's still cooperative and stuff. It's also implied that he power leveled like crazy after getting access to dual wield, whereas he was just as strong as an average front liner before then, except for the OP weapon he got from one of the floor bosses.

GiftedACIII posted...

Anyone read Sakurasou?

Not yet. I also haven't even watched the anime past the first episode, but plan to get back to it someday.