FujiwaraPhoenix

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@Animal
I do believe so. Everything's relative though, so. I dunno, I feel like a DEX or DEF stat would also fit in nicely but meh.

@Savo
Er... What?
Also, it's either 'should have' or 'should've'. Not 'should of'.

/grammarnazimode

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Nah, nothing like that. Progress slowed to a grinding halt, so everyone present voted on a reset.

A Certain Academic City

Alright, I've taken my sweet time drafting this up because thinking of powers is hard. Thank you, VVAR for giving me something usable!

Name: Kyouma Sakamoto
Age: 16
Appearance:

Kyouma

Personality: A relatively lax individual, Kyouma is usually the 'straight man' in a group, especially one in Academy City. He finds the day-to-day insanity of how the town works quite baffling, but at the same time also quite interesting... Which often leads to him accidentally sticking his nose somewhere it shouldn't be. He isn't keen on playing many video games or watching TV, since both of those bombard his eyes with too much light to mess around with; instead, he's often in the library sitting down with a nice book or two. He's a relatively friendly individual at that, but he doesn't take well to things that are 'so crazy they just might work' and all that.
Level: 4
Power: Photon Focus
By manipulating the motion and refraction/reflection of photons, Kyouma is able to bend light as he wishes. Other than basic applications, such as turning an area pitch-black or blindingly bright or even creating illusions, Kyouma is also able to focus photons into a stream as a laser or view far distances/ through things like dense fog. Due to his power not being offensively-based, he can only fire maybe one or two lasers at a time. His sight-based ability also acts like glasses for him most of the time, so honing in on things from afar usually takes a lot more effort and focus. On the downside, though, if his ability is nullified he's as blind as a bat.
History: Kyouma found himself either incredibly lucky or incredibly UNlucky, finding himself transferred straight into Nagatenjouki Academy for his second year of high school; used to the peace that his old high school had offered him, the insanity that was this school gave him instead threw him off in more ways than one. Though the school itself was famous for producing both regulars and ESPers (the prime example of the latter being the Number One), the way the school conducted itself was all over the place. The curriculum was scattered and erratic, which made it hard for him to keep up half the time. In fact, in order to keep up with the classes Kyouma would often have to study on his own, which drained away from his remaining free time. It wasn't exactly the most efficient of methods, it was better than nothing. Now, if only he could actually get to do things outside of his dorm...

Whee, completion! Totally not taking inspiration from one of the best anime this season nope not at all :D

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Cowards, I say! COWARDS!

So... I guess Fujiwara will be poof for the moment as he goes off to grind. Exactly like the first run around! :D

Ayame's actually taking a different route of development this time, so maybe she'll be steered in a different direction and develop more as a character.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

The guests viewing this RP tho

@ItsToppyTippers

ikr?

Ohhh! Instead of a cash shop, we could have a wide-shop

A Wide Shop, in my mind is a store that can be opened through the GUI menu, (Bought with IGN-money not RL money) and buy potions, but you can't buy them when in a dungeon or when being attacked. But! You can buy in the wide-store when you are in a 'safe zone' .-.

@AiyvaGuard

I dunno. That kind of shoots the idea of a player-based economy that ended up developing in the foot pretty damn hard.

(It also enables some pretty sequence-breaking things in my head so I vote no to that as well).

I mean, Kayaba seemed to want to make the world of Aincrad as close to a low fantasy world as possible, and that's kind of breaking it in my eyes.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

It's less escalating and more rapid-fire debating over the idea of a cash shop, don't worry too much, man.

But yeah, I'd think that being able to tailor clothing is a MUCH better idea than a cash shop. That way, you generate a miniature economy within the game and give more roles to players not wanting to be on the frontlines, thereby sustaining those who do and wanna look fancy while doing so. I'd think it's a healthy idea.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

When it comes to games, I buy it if it can't be obtained through normal gameplay. Like... If I can get it by grinding, I'll usually opt not to. There are a few exceptions, though.

>Stares at Sylph wings on Mabi main

But yeah, I'm all for efficiency, though. Also, wouldn't a cash shop clearly set apart the betas and ostracize them to hell and back from everyone else? I'm pretty damn sure that Kayaba wants to see a world where people aren't at each other's throats over fancy hats, especially on the first few floors.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

I'm pretty sure there'd be an age limitation if that was the case.

THIRTY DOLLARS? Hell no. That ain't happenin'. That gives waaay too much of a bonus in favor of beta.
This is a game of skill and strength, not pay2win. I'd think it'd be, at least.

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@Animal
The issue is the scythe, though. Those were a bit... Different in regards to how to obtain them. Some sorta weird sidequest that happened around week 2 or something that was initiated by the two higher-ups there.

@AiyvaGuard
Well, it was kinda obvious you were a Vindictus player. I had a group of friends that would 4man it. I think after I got held up by schoolwork, they got to Season 2 and stopped because they were unable to clear any of the raids thereafter lol.

But uh idk. I mean, I played Mabi for ages and dumped money into it because goddamn I loved the game (Still do, but haven't played in ages) and League because fancy cosmetics... But 's about it.

On the note of a Cash Shop, though, how the heck would you buy ANYTHING if you're locked in a game? Like, steal your life AND your credit card if/when you get out? What kind of business model is that?

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Wait. I just realized: Animal's character had a scythe already. Huh?

Edit: And uh... Not right away. If the game's good, maybe. If I paid to get it? Really unlikely.