Mebius World Online – Mari’s VRMMO Diary, Embarking on a Laid-back Adventure as a Novice - Chapter 53
Not a text wall but there’s a lot of text.
Interlude
53. Mari-nee and wild bulletin board.
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*** First Official Event (Strategy Group) Bulletin Board ***
This is the bulletin board for the “First Official Event (Strategy Group)”.
Please use it correctly according to the rules and guidelines.
The IDs of the posters are automatically assigned and managed by the administrators.
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964: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
The black one is delivering grandiose lines, but as expected, it’s just a rush of small fries at first.
965: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Looks like the small fries from the first and second areas. Doesn’t seem to be any change in strength particularly.
966: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
The frontline is advancing ridiculously fast. Is it strange to call them small fries?
967: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Well, considering that top-class players are gathered in the strategy group, it’s expected. If anything, it’s rather too easygoing.
968: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Yeah, that’s true. And if we had a raid group, I think we could finish even faster. It’s a large-scale event, and not having a raid group is seriously unacceptable from the management.
969: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Isn’t it because allocating points is troublesome?
970: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Seems likely. But the points you get from small fries are so low, it’s demoralizing…
971: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Single digits lol
972: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Seriously? Lol
973: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Well, they’re just small fries. Their numbers are decreasing, so it’s about time.
974: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Next up, are the named monsters appearing? It’s hilarious to see the ones who were lagging behind getting sandwiched from both sides and panicking like crazy lol
975: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Isn’t it pathetic even though it’s not a field boss? Lol
976: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Because they lack both PS (Player Skill) and equipment.
977: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
>976. So, you’re saying they lack everything, right? Lol
978: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
>976. Well, there are some who focus on crafting, so I’d like to think it’s inevitable.
979: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
While we’re talking, the right side is starting to calm down as some parts of the frontline are coming back.
980: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
On the left side, huh? There’s something unusually large and white leading a train of named monsters.
981: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
What are you talking about… Seriously. And it looks like someone’s riding it too?
982: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
No way. I didn’t hear anything about finding a mount.
983: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Who’s the jealous one here?!
984: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
My turn has come as someone with the [Enhanced Vision] skill… It seems like my eyes are glitching. It looks like a school kid is riding it.
985: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Don’t worry, it looks like a middle schooler is riding it for me too!
986: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
You guys aren’t even trying to hide it lol
987: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
What on earth is that? And wait, upon closer inspection, there’s even someone chasing after it while effortlessly taking down named monsters. That figure… feels like I’ve seen it somewhere before… Can’t remember.
988: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Oh, looks like the frontline on the left side has merged too. And it’s Leon’s group. Looks like they’ve finished off their named monsters too.
989: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Named monsters are out, so is it time for the boss?
990: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
That would be too fast. We’re not even halfway through the two-hour event yet.
991: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
No sooner said than done, another production. Enough of that, just bring out the monsters and give me points already! I haven’t defeated many named monsters yet! Oh…
992: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
>991. Desperate, huh? lol Wait, huh? Those guys who were in front of the newly appeared gate, aren’t they gone?
993: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
You might not understand what I’m saying, but I’ll tell you exactly what happened. Suddenly, I respawned. And that was me, 991, right in front of the gate.
994: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Ogre Claus, never heard of these monsters. And wait, why aren’t magic spells working on them?!
995: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Calm down, idiot. First, let’s draw aggro with a tank.
996: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
About that tank, they respawned, blown by the axe.
997: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Oh no!
998: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
997
RIP
999: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
997
DE-AD
1000: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
(´;?;`)
1001: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Damn it, physical damage works but it’s annoying how the staff holder keeps healing it. And when you target the staff holder, the others go into defense mode.
1002: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
And there’s me, AGI type firepower with paper defense. When trying to Beat the staff holder, all of the attackers also did the same, what’s the point.
1003: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Even the named ones didn’t go over 100 points, so it’s probably not a big deal… You could have told us sooner, you know?!
1004: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
10,000.
1005: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Huh?
1006: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
10,000. Ten thousand.
1007: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
I get it, no need to repeat that! Wait, 10,000? Isn’t that strange!? The points for the monsters so far have been way too negligible.
1008: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
This is it, if we don’t earn here, we won’t make it to the top ranks.
1009: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
>1008. Could you please explain what you mean?
1010: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
That tsundere-like behavior is annoying.
1011: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
This ogre is quite strong, so the next one might be the boss. Assuming we all gang up on the boss, the damage dealt by 5,000 players is considerable, right? That means the points obtained from the damage dealt to the boss won’t have much difference. Do you get it now?
1012: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Alright, I’m gonna go hunt for the staff holder for a bit.
1013: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Me too, me too.
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1062: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
That boss is ridiculous! Equipment destruction? The hell, man!
1063: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
How are we supposed to fight with a tank that lost its equipment? This must be a bug, devs!
1064: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Long-range attacks are brutal, and the area is too wide, lol. We were buffed up, but the backline got wiped out in an instant, it’s just laughable, lol. Ahahaha, lol!
1065: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
>1064. Get it together! Hey, someone! Medic!
1066: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
>1065. No good, 1064 is a cleric.
1067: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Damn it, there’s no salvation.
1068: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Does it even make sense to keep fighting this bugged boss? The decrease in points is worse than when we died to the ogre…
1069: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Seriously… Who benefits from this event with equipment destruction risk? Since we can’t buy equipment with real money, if we lose our gear and our points decrease, it’s not just a loss but a lot of players will become unrecoverable.
1070: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
The tanks already look devastated, or rather, bewildered.
1071: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Oh, Leon’s party also bit the dust.
1072: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Seriously? Isn’t this already hopeless?
1073: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Seems like it. So, what is the black thing saying? …You can retire from the event with guaranteed points! ?
1074: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
OH MY!
1075: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
OH MY GOD!
1076: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Hey, you guys can go ahead without forcing yourselves, you know?
1077: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
No, no, you should go first.
1078: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
No, no, no, you should.
1079: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
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1080: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
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1081: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
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1082: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Oh, Leon went off.
1083: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Well, if the top players of the strategy group go, then, well, it can’t be helped, right?
1084: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Well, I guess you could see it that way, too.
1085: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
…Well, that’s how it is.
1086: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Oh, count me in too!
1087: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
I’ll keep going since there’s no other choice!
*** Bulletin Board for Post-First Official Event (Strategy Group) ***
This is the bulletin board for discussions related to the post-first official event (strategy group).
Please use it correctly and according to the rules.
Note that the IDs of the posters are automatically assigned and managed by the administration.
321: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
So, in essence, the AI just said it’s all our fault, right?
322: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Why the hell do we have to be told that by some AI?! I can’t deal with this crappy game anymore!!
323: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Yeah, a lot of guys are crying over their broken gear. There might be quite a few retirees after this.
324: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Yeah, but if it was just equipment, you could still start over. The uncertainty of the negative Karma impact is what’s troubling.
325: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Exactly. Even in the second town before the event, some were ignored or couldn’t sell anything. It’s alright if your name is still light red, but for those with deep red names… who knows what’s going to happen…
326: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
A friend of mine got a bright red name as a gift and said he’s going to reset his character, then he just quit.
327: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Does he even know how strict character resets are in this game? You can only make one character per account. So after a reset, you can’t even inherit what you had before.
328: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
And that’s not all. You can’t even entrust items to friends and receive them after resetting your character. It’s not written anywhere in the item descriptions. Moreover, even if you intentionally drop something and try to pick it up, you can’t. Maybe the mask data is encoded, but it’s like the admins have a grudge against character resets.
329: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Let’s see the impact of Karma first. Since most of the strategy group had their Karma drop in this event.
330: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Karma… How much effort does it take to get it back to positive?
331: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Exactly. That said, there’s a chance Karma might reset if you go to another country. But since there’s no information on other countries, it’s just anxiety-inducing.
332: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Those who’ve cleared the quest by now are probably laughing at us.
333: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
They’re probably enjoying their safe Karma. Wasn’t it Maria at the top of the rankings? How much Karma do you need to be awarded a million points?
334: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
It’s unimaginable, probably immense. But someone did it. At that place where we were transferred after retiring, we all saw it through the screen. Only one person, facing that boss in a zombie attack style.
335: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
There’s no death penalty, but with MP depletion, worsening health, hunger, and the boss’s damage, it was painful. When those first two overlap, it’s dangerous. But the boss’s damage was so painful, it felt like it ignored the pain settings. Are there people who can do the same thing again? At least, I can’t.
336: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Me neither. Although, in my case, my lack of AGI probably got me moved forward before I respawned, and it’s assumed the town was destroyed by the time I reached the boss.
337: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
…I’m thinking of resetting my character.
338: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
What, are you scared of negative Karma?
339: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Nah, I mean, I might give it another shot. That’s all. Well then, good luck to the rest of you.
340: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
Gone, huh…? When it comes to this, you can’t help but think about it, whether you want to or not. What are we playing this game for?
341: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
For now, we’ve shared all the important information. There should be some official announcement for players who didn’t participate in the event, for awareness. How about waiting for that before deciding?
342: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
No objections.
343: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
No objections.
344: Name: Anonymous Adventurer
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