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View Poll Results: Critique of Episode 09 | |||
10 out of 10: Near Perfect... | 113 | 61.08% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent... | 44 | 23.78% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good... | 13 | 7.03% | |
7 out of 10 : Good... | 7 | 3.78% | |
6 out of 10 : Average... | 4 | 2.16% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average... | 1 | 0.54% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor... | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad... | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad... | 1 | 0.54% | |
1 out of 10: Torturous... | 2 | 1.08% | |
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2012-09-02, 07:54 | Link #243 | |
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And switch constantly and such. Probably their tactic would be to use the tankers to support the main vanguard and hope they kill the boss as fast as possible... or something |
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2012-09-02, 08:01 | Link #244 | |
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2012-09-02, 08:12 | Link #246 | |
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About the Dual Wield Swords, I think everyone can USE 2 swords, but they CAN NOT use its skills. What I think it was meant was the 2 Swords Skills was unique, and not using 2 swords for the style. And no one would use 2 Swords in a battle for style if you can't use skills, however, if you use 1 Handed Sword you can clearly use skills with it, just like Asuna, Kirito and Klein are able to. About how to get and why it's an unique skill, I think it's because you have to push yourself to your limit, like getting the highest reaction speed or something like that, therefore he would be the only one to get it. What's the point in surpassing everyone else if everyone can have that skill? I don't get it... Anyways, I'll start reading the LN, I can't hold on anymore, this episode was too much for me, I gotta read it. |
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2012-09-02, 08:14 | Link #247 | |
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She's running the boss strategy meetings, and likely has for a long time. We saw her doing it somewhere in the 50's, and she's likely still running them. If she stepped out of her guild and became a solo'er... there would be political problems (If her guild is the strongest, her guild probably supplies more people to the boss fights than other guilds). If she stepped out of her guild and joined a beater (we keep seeing how certain people look down upon Kirito) there wouldd be even more potential problems (we can assume she's got a bodyguard for a good, off-screen reason). And those problems would probably result in player deaths. And I think this episode showed exactly how Asuna feels about seeing people die in front of her. I imagine she'd never get over quitting KoB (even if it's just in terms of mental stress). Asuna obviously feels like she's pushed her guild in a bad direction, and she's suffering the consequences of it... but if she stepped down or retired people would die. I think it's perfectly understandable that she wants to feel protected and safe for a little while. Without waking up screaming in the middle of the night because one stupid little mistake she made caused a full on party wipe and likely doomed everyone in SAO to be trapped there forever. Remember an earlier episode when she mentioned that fewer people were on the front lines, and were growing more comfortable 'living' in SAO? That means she has less resources for the boss fights... which means there's more risk. Eventually you reach a breaking point where stuff hits the fan. And that's probably a lot of stress on Asuna. Really... I think some people are forgetting the types of stress Asuna must be under. As the person in charge of the boss strategy meetings I'm fairly certain she feels it's her fault every single time someone dies. Also, to the folks wondering why this boss was so easy... if you compare the room layout to the boss room in Ep2, it's a WHOLE lot smaller. I can't imagine shoving 50 people into a room that small vs. a boss with an pretty nasty AoE breath attack, and big sweeping blows. Look at those scenes again, look at how close Asuna and Kirito were at the beginning of this episode when the room lit up, and look at how small the room was at the end of the fight. It's probably designed as a quicker / shorter fight allowing for less people to enter at once. It's got nothing on the massive field you saw for the ep2 boss fight. Which makes sense as well, when you consider it's a boss fight with an entirely new 'gimmick'. If you look at the exchange of blows towards the end of the boss fight when Kirito keeps chanting "faster, faster" he's actually hitting the boss three or four times for every blow the boss gets. Later on in the fight he's landing long series of hits for each return blow. Regardless of how slow the boss is, it's fairly obvious Kirito is a whole lot faster than the boss... So reaction times doesn't seem too unlikely... doubly so in a game where you mind is literally hooked into the system. |
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2012-09-02, 08:37 | Link #250 |
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So I watched the episode last night, not knowing how to express how incredible it was.
Until now. I tell you, I was grinning like a 5 year old girl (or guy?) who actually got her pony on Christmas morning. The intro was awesome, the fight was spectacular, Kirito's expressions throughout were superb, and all of the Asuna x Kirito in it was downright fantastic.
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2012-09-02, 08:37 | Link #251 | |
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So uhm, if your girlfriend could die, you'd let her die because it's a sexist notion? Not to mention, Kirito had that special ability, which would make him far more prepared to fight the boss, he also has a higher level than her, and he doesn't have a " useless " ( I don't really consider it useless, but it's kind of a way to put it, since you can't use it in battle ) like Cooking ability or anything. I really don't get how could you say it's sexist. He is more prepared than her, he knows, and I wouldn't ever dare to let my girlfriend endanger herself when I could do it instead. If my girlfriend died because I didn't want to " mess up her pride", I would be pretty much horrified at myself. I know that your power in this game is different from real life, but still, in this part, Kirito is stronger. It's true that Asuna can use her skills to find weakest points and do critical damage, but Kirito had the advantage even in there, atleast in my opinion. Edit: I'm not judging your persona in real life, I just put it in a way you could see things, I don't know you, and I have no reasons or rights to judge you. |
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2012-09-02, 08:54 | Link #252 | |
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Kirito has a much heavier sword (this has been pointed out in previous episodes) and even he has trouble completely stopping the bosses blows. Asuna probably takes more damage stopping the bosses swings than Kirito. As shown in the episode, she would merely use her speed to dodge... but getting that wrong even once would be very bad. |
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2012-09-02, 08:57 | Link #253 | |
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2012-09-02, 09:07 | Link #254 | |
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2012-09-02, 09:07 | Link #255 |
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If I was a girl and my boyfriend was in danger, I would try to save him too. Gender has nothing to do with that.
Your previous comment carries a sexist notion because you brought the gender issue into the equation. You said "it's a man's duty to protect a woman" but that isn't true. It's your duty to protect your loved ones whether you're male or female, gender is besides the point.
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You know what? Screw this. Think of how Dual Blades can be countered: it's actually very simple: use a sword+shield. The shield blocks one sword, the other sword parries the other. Then it'll be simply a tactical game. Quote:
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I think it's what Kirito think... so Kirito's a sexist then.
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2012-09-02, 09:11 | Link #259 | |
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But I'm not saying every person should be that way, if everyone made the same decisions the world would be boring. But even when you put it that way, I can't find it sexist...I know I may be acting as a dumb person but, men are stronger by nature...even in games the best players are usually men ( Kirito is obviously stronger than Asuna in SAO, atleast for now ), so why would a man not help a woman? Is it really wrong to do it, when you know you can do something the woman can't do by herself? Edit: jzmagic, it wasn't Asuna, it was Sachi. He saw her for a second, because she is still in his heart. I found that rather awesome. Edit 2: Kazu-kun, as I had already mentioned, men are stronger by nature, and even this time Kirito is stronger, I don't think you can deny it...I can't find it sexist in any way. IF the girl was stronger ( which is pretty much unlikely in real life, because I have never seen some girl stronger than a boy, only on tv ) then yes, it would have been sexist, but this isn't the case, nor is it the case in 99% of the times... |
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2012-09-02, 09:13 | Link #260 | |
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