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2014-05-24, 09:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Real world enemies also can't do much to you if somebody with extreme strength like Sun-Il is a foot away from breaking your neck.
The whole idea of having a tank like Sun-Il is that he can block attacks intended for you and force enemies to deal with him first. He does this to monsters with aggro. He does it to humans by being dangerous enough to force them to deal with him, and hardy enough to actually weather the assault.Last edited by Olinser; 2014-05-24 at 10:03 PM.
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2014-05-24, 10:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, but "real world" enemies in this manga aren't exactly real world enemies as we know them. There are people who can move faster than they eye can track...people who can teleport...people who can destroy the entire area with you inside, etc. I'm just saying that being a glass cannon is a very bad idea in any type of situation outside of video games where you can respawn if you die.
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2014-05-24, 11:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-05-25, 02:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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That's true. He just never actually focuses on any of them long enough to actually make them useful. He's got the worst case of ADHD ever when it comes to training his abilities.
Not that I blame him. I'd probably be the same way.
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2014-05-25, 04:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-05-25, 04:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Also, since he's a gamer, there's no reason not to assume that the things he summoned won't also be game-y and will therefore get game-like powers; one common ability for tank-classes in games (especially tank summons) is a way to force enemies to attack them.
So, say, someone who tries using a flash-step or teleportation technique to reach him might find themselves pulled in by Noum's abilities and ending up adjacent to her instead; someone who tries to fire an arrow at him might find it arcing in midair to hit his tank, etc. Gravitational Pull or something like that.
On the other hand...
Well, sort of. The only irreversible choices he seems to have to make are where to allocate his stat points and which incompatible skills to learn. We've only seen one incompatible set of skills for him so far -- the Ki Flow / martial arts school choice -- and in that case it was obvious common sense to learn the style of his closest allies, since he can easily get skill books and training from them cheaply or for free.
Otherwise, though, he seems to be able to learn and train as many skills as he wants, and he at least seems to believe he can learn every elemental affinity eventually (based on what he learned from absorbing the summoning book, so it's probably true.)
Intelligence seems to have been a logical choice for him to focus on, too, for several reasons -- partially because it seems the MA school of his closest allies (and therefore the people he can get free skill books from) are heavily Intelligence-focused, with high Int requirements and powerful buffs that key off of it; and partially because spellcasting probably has more skill books out there than abilities bound to other stats.Last edited by Aquillion; 2014-05-25 at 04:24 PM.
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2014-05-25, 04:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-05-25, 05:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-05-26, 07:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-05-27, 12:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-05-28, 03:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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We've only seen him get a permanent bonus from his actions once so far, so it's possible that it is very hard, rare, or unlikely. It probably isn't reliable enough to let him significantly change his stat focus unless he attains immortality and lives thousands of years.
I don't think the classmate with high int necessarily proves anything, since I doubt other people have to play by Gamer rules except when directly interacting with his powers -- his Observe skill just translated "she is naturally really really smart and / or has studied really really hard" into game-language, which doesn't necessarily have any implications for how hard or easy it is to raise stats using the Gamer ability itself. We've seen other people with extremely unusual stat distributions before, too, like the Black Summoner's daughter and her outrageously high mental stats vs. ridiculously low physical stats when compared to her level.
(I mean, her condition justifies the low physical stats, but her high Intelligence ones seem to mostly just be his Observe's way of saying "she is really really really clever and wise, be careful about her mind" rather than saying "she has grinded these in some game-ish fashion.")
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2014-05-28, 05:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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He states outright that his friend's stats are higher than they should be for his level due to the amount of work he's put into it. So we know it's possible for other people and not necessarily uncommon. It's probably some combination of natural ability and hard work.
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2014-05-29, 11:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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New chapter.
I nearly died laughing.
SpoilerLEGENDARY class item - Ogre's Tigerskin Panties. Seriously, greatest thing EVER.
Sun-Il says he's defeated one of the bosses (I assume with some help). Confirmed that unless Jee-Han is present, nothing drops.
Other than that, nothing much happening, when he's actually in a party with Jee-Han since he's closer to his level, Sun-Il can see some of the Gamer interface now.
However, the Boss has shown up, so we should see a good fight for the next chapter or two. Perhaps actually see some of Noum's special abilities?
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2014-05-29, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerAh, the indignities we suffer for stat bonuses. He's a true gamer
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2014-05-29, 05:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-05-30, 12:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Who cares? You can just wear clothes over them.
Just don't wear them if you're expecting any "special encounters".Last edited by Anteros; 2014-05-30 at 12:02 AM.
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2014-06-01, 11:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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A manga with a somewhat similar theme was uploaded to Batoto recently: Re:Monster, about a hero who gets reincarnated as a goblin. He can learn RPG-style abilities by eating other creatures. There's also something of a focus on him organizing goblins and advancing their culture, I think, although it's hard to tell so far.
The Gamer meets Goblins meets Maoyuu Maou Yuusha?Last edited by Aquillion; 2014-06-01 at 11:38 PM.
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2014-06-02, 10:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-06-02, 02:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-06-05, 10:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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New raws out.
SpoilerBattle chapter. After some dancing around they kill the Ogre boss. He drops a club, a hat, some money, and another pair of leopard panties :P
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2014-06-05, 04:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Translation's out.
SpoilerI put on my panties and ogre hat.
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2014-06-05, 10:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-06-05, 10:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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He probably doesn't have the strength or skill to use it, even if he wanted to keep it. Plus, it's never good to get too greedy with the loot. Gotta keep your meat shields happy!
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2014-06-07, 11:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Olinser; 2014-06-07 at 11:02 AM.
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2014-06-07, 11:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-06-08, 12:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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As I understand it, this is a world where people are bought and sold as slaves. Peeping Toms don't rank high on the moral abuse of abyssal powers, so I doubt it would qualify even if I thought the sort of abuse they were talking about had a moral dimension, which I don't.
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2014-06-08, 11:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-06-11, 09:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-06-11, 11:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-06-11, 09:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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