Can someone explain to light novel authors how MMOs work? ‘in this MMO the only thing anyone can ever do in combat is hit thing with sword’. ‘in this mmo there are four classes- spear, sword, bow, and shield- noone ever uses the shield’. ‘There’s monstrous races with extreme advantages but equally extreme disadvantages, so they’re rarely played’.
Because if there’s one thing MMO players hate, it’s(in order), trying different classes with different specialities in combat, having dedicated players whose job it is to keep the rest of the party safe, and min-maxing.
Pretty sure Log Horizon is the only time a light novel has understood MMOs.
Despite the lack of magic, Sword art online is completely modeled after early Ultima Online. A game that had no classes but many individual skills that gave the player unlimited control over the build of their character. Allowing for builds that specialized in DPS, Tanking, support, scouting etc without having defined classes. This allowed a primarily DPS character like Kirito to also specialize in stealth skills. Something that greatly helped his survivability as a solo player.
So yes the Author did know how MMOs worked at least the ones he played back in 2001 when the story was written. If that doesn’t mesh with your modern MMO stylings, then yes read Log Horizon.
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