note that there's no Sword Skill in ALO, not to mention most of them are just nerd high schooler who spend most of their time in front of PC, so even in battles, its usually just hack and slash and some random moves with the hope that it hit. Its even said in the LN that u can rarely see a very beautiful style of duel fight. but most of this is covered with the addition of magic abilities

as for the left hand, actually the controller is only for beginner who cant really get used to the wings.
As ALO is a VR environment, u can make them feel anything, even to the feeling of having a wing bone on your back. so if they can control it properly, they don't need the controller anymore(notice how Lyfa use both of her hand in the air holding her long sword)

so for why they don't equip shield, one reason might really be because of the joystick as even if they're veteran, the flight system is still hard to get used to(the leader of those lancers have shield though, meaning he can fly pretty well).
another reason might be because shield will slow them down if they focused on speed

start a new game with full stats

New Game+ indeed

alright, time for the usual novel facts thats not explained in the anime

1)<<Remain Light>>: pretty sure its called <<End Frame>> in the novel(i might be wrong on this). This is whats left of the player after they die. They'll remain like that for a few minutes. During this time, they can be revived by using the revival magic or some revival item. If after the several minutes and the player still not revived, the light will vanish, teleporting the player into their safe point that they had set before(usually their hometown). Player that have been resurrected after the light vanish will receive several penalties like skill point reduction, and if u're PKed by someone, some of your item might be given to the PKers.

2)<<Private Pixie>>: Like Yui explained before, <<Navigation Pixie>> is the little AI fairy that help the player by explaining the game basics to them, however the part that they can help and their intelligence are a bit limited. <<Private Pixie>> however have more functions in them and a lot smarter than the usual <<Navigation Pixie>>, but u need to buy them for a really high price(basically, a tool for filthy rich bastards)

3)<<Territory>>: please be reminded that PK is encouraged in this game(especially between different races), thus a common distrust to other races is normal(Recon's reaction). Like Lyfa said, the <<Territory>> is the safe place for the race, meaning other race cant attack u in your territory, but u can attack other race in your territory. Basically its like suicide if u decide to go to another race's <<Territory>>. But usually it is safe if u are accompanied by someone from that race, as it seems like u have a reason with them to be there. Oh and the <<Salamanders>> cannot enter the <<Sylph Territory>> as they are marked by the race leader as hostile, thus if they tried to enter to spy, the NPC guard at the gate will immediately kill them(there are some ways to sneak in but lets leave that for later as it might be explained in the later episode). Take note that there are <<Neutral Territory>> as well, where all race can naturally enter without any specialty given to any specific races.

4)<<Magic Spell>> system: i'll skip this part as it might be explained more to Kirito later

5)<<Log Out>> system: actually u can log out anywhere in this game, but if its not in the safe territory, you will be logged out from the game, but your character will remain in the game like a sitting duck, meaning other people can PK u and u wont even notice it. So its better to log out in a safe territory like in a town's tavern or the house u buy. Btw, noticed that Kirito is sleeping in the tavern? That's because he sets the log out setting like that. Basically u can just sleep there like its your own room, and when u fell asleep, the system will automatically log u out, and u'll wake up in the real world.

6)Lyfa's weird behavior: Noticed how Lyfa's straight forward behavior with Kirito instead of the usual Suguha's shy and awkward attitude in real world? well it seem like the player seem to be a bit influenced by their races characteristics, so a Sylph is pretty honest with themselves, just as the Salamander is a bit aggressive(might be due to the thing Sugou is researching but thats just my opinion). so as Suguha logged out, she realized how bold her action really is and really not like her at all.

7)Password required cage: some of you might think "seriously? u put a password required cage in a game? cant u just make that cage can only be opened by you? u're the freakin admin!". Seriously i think so too. But it seems like Sugou has some attachment to the real world a bit so he prefer to keep some of the real world characteristics around him(noticed how he still tried to adjust his glasses even if he doesn't wear any in the game)

8) <<Focus>> system: as u can see the game is just like SAO, where the details is made to every petals of the flower. However if they put all those details all the time, the server will require a lot more(like, tons more) space that usual. So they make the details on small thing will only becomes visible if a player tries to focus on it and the object will be zoomed and the details of the object will become clearer. So why did the image of the input key is still not clear when Asuna tries to focus on it? That because she's too far away from the gate, thus it limits her sight. Sugou also knows about this and didn't leave his guard down and only press the password when Asuna is far away.

so it seems like they'll start moving this week, so i guess we'll have to wait till next week to see



This post has been edited by Krizad: Nov 1 2012, 11:30 AM

yup, thats a salamander party
and that many player in a party with that expensive equipment is usually for boss raid(u know, tanker + support healer + magician), and they use that to chase 2 player(u can trace the plotline there)

meaning more badass Kirito moment again next week

oh and for those wondering about the mirror and the password, i'll just quote from the LN since its a bit troublesome to explain it

first of all is the door


and the mirror


This post has been edited by Krizad: Nov 4 2012, 09:22 PM

not one hit, but better than that

as all the items on the old SAO is converted to ALO, even if they're corrupted then its no surprise the money did too, and since the currency is just numerical values, i guess the Yorudo currency is the same as Yold and he still have it. Even if he splurged almost all his money to buy the house on 22nd floor, he did go down the high level dungeon solo killing those mobs straight to the bottom, and Asuna did kill that fish boss, and not to mention the 75th dungeon floor boss, so just count the money

and u'll be surprised by the exact amount of money he had later on when he used all of it

Lyfa said this in the LN

'This incantation is... Illusion attribute!?'

Lyfa held her breath for a moment— then ground her teeth. The spell Kirito is casting is an illusion magic that makes a player look like a monster. But the magic is not useful in actual combat. Because the shape depends randomly on the player's combat skills, usually the result is some weak monster, with no change in stats, since most people are aware of this it won't frighten them.

so, as u guess, Kirito's combat skill is on par with The Gleam Eyes, and ALO is a copy server of SAO

another facts:

i think i had mentioned this before but if a certain race is considered hostile by the race's leader, the race cannot enter their territory. If they try to spy in the NPC guard at the door will kill them on sight. However the 2 salamander can still enter because they hold a speacial medallion that allows the exception and can freely enter. The medallion however can only be granted by the race's leader(Sakuya) or the vice leader(Sigurd)

that Demon Sword Gram seriously doesn't look like a legendary item

thats because the character design for this anime is the one that did Working!!(same company after all)
seriously though, i would have prefer if they just hire Abec(original character designer) for the anime

i mean i prefer his art a whole lot more

WARNING, this is spoiler pic, do not open. I repeat do not open


omake

u really want me to spoil it here even when the answer is gonna come out in 3 days?
feel free to do so


This post has been edited by Krizad: Nov 22 2012, 12:57 PM

in the LN before reaching Arun, Kirito and Leafa got into some trap that throw them into a huge underground area(Jotunheim), and while searching for a way to get back up they somehow triggered the quest where the monster carry them up and show them a way to a dungeon that has the Excalibur at the end of it but they decided to just came for that later as they're in a hurry

i dunno why they skip this chapter as it can be easily done in one episode

in the novel, Kirito and Leafa somehow got lost in Jotunheimr before arriving at the world tree, but the anime decided to skip it, dunno why though
there they somehow managed to trigger a quest to acquire the sword as strong as the Demonic Sword Gram, the Holy Sword Excalibur. They decided to do the quest later as to do that they need to go through a super high level dungeon that need a full party to clear it

much much later in the novel (vol 8, anime right now vol 4) they decided to give it another shot.
so if u wanna see Excalibur, there's a need for season 2, or a typical movie

if he transform, his strength wont change at all, just that his range of attack is longer
even if he want longer range, that thing doesn't seem like it can fly, while his intention is to reach the top.

and dont say anything like just use the transform to farm at bot till all is gone(if they can do that, the grand quest should have been cleared long ago)


This post has been edited by Krizad: Dec 5 2012, 11:03 PM

yeah, that too. So its not weird at all seeing Kirito one-hit-KO'ing them

tu buku teks la bos
wajib baca

This post has been edited by Krizad: Dec 6 2012, 04:38 PM

nope, 2 more episodes. if u read the LN u know 1 episode is not enough for the epilogue. Trust me, anime cannot cut this one out. Or rather, they cut Excalibur part just so that they can mush this one in, i think

when they died, some penalty will be given to them, and one of it that was mentioned was that the skill reduction, basically like your one handed sword from 980 goes back to 979 or something like that(its not confirmed if it's just one level, but i think its higher as when the last Salamander that attack Leafa in the beginning said he would not prefer to die as he almost maxed his magic skill level)

Leafa just mentioned a small part in the anime that u might have missed it in this episode, that the dark attribute self destruct magic is really powerful, but the penalty given is definitely much worse than from normal death. Not to mention that the dark magic skill level required to use that spell is damn high(i mean, really high). So i dont think many people will really just waste tons of their times increasing dark magic skill just so that they can get one time use high level explosion.

Hope this explanation helps