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Lord of Fire:
I'm 100% certain that Asuna isn't going to leave him like that and will stick with him till the very end.

Not sure what taking on the blame was meant for, but he did show them off right there and then. And I technically agree: he knows the most of the game, so people should be thankful for him lending them a hand, even if it is to ensure his own survival.

But I wonder, though, do these bosses just respawn after they are first defeated? You can't tell me that only these players made it to the first level boss. That would make the selection quite thin, if true.

Havoc10K:
Of course she will, didn't you watch OP ?

As for the bosses, it was said that nothing respawns, which means the XP points are also limited, just like he said, in the first episode, but the progress might not be meant as selection process. I'm also not quite sure if the players really die, even though what was said already is quite logical and stuff, I think that there is some sort of backfire on the players forcefully logged out, it could be a coma, but I'm not sure if they really die.

The thing about Beta Testers is that they have a certain advantage, but only because they already know stuff, that doesn't mean new players are in any way weaker than Betas. New players learn fast, and the only ones complaining about beta players are those that put the least effort into the game, lets call the super casuals, I seen this battle with the boss 2 times, and that guy that complains about beta's practically didn't do anything, he was standing behind. Talk about Hypocrisy.

Nikkoru:
The writers have been clever in the way they set up the parameters of the Sword Art Online gaming universe. The specific limitations they've included  -- eliminating mages, dedicated healers, bards, or any standard party dynamic, means Kirito doesn't have to spend time finding the usual suspects for a party before doing shit. Eliminating the respawns prevents the tedium of grinding, which would also be uncool to watch, and obviously limits the number of players who are of any use as they tower climb (and thus of any interest to us) to a minority.

In this episodes we saw how it was easier with fewer -- yet more skilled -- players in the fight. We'll probably spend the next episode learning how impossible it is to go it alone, even if classes don't exists and Kirito is awesome by default.

Let's face it, if Kirito spent the rest of the series dragging the whiny generics behind him up the tower it would get tedious fast -- but we'd be naturally skeptical if he could suddenly solo the whole thing with leet skillz knowing how MMOs typically operate -- so they're striking a balance. One that fits well with his apparent lack of social graces yet generally pragmatic attitude.

Havoc10K:
Actually Kirito already explained a lot about xp and party in the previous episode, if he took another person it would be fine, but larger  groups would be inconvenient, I can relate because I hated doing party in MMO games, even if party gets you some tasks done faster or making them possible, but a 2 person party in any MMO is usually safe and optimum.

I played SW:TOR as beta tester, MMO as a normal player, RO as beta tester and normal player, Dynasty Online as beta tester, Persona Online as Beta and normal player, and I can safely say, that a party of 2 can do a lot and you get more experience than a normal party.

Kirito and Asuna will make a great party, Asuna wasn't in a beta obviously, but she learns fast as we seen in the boss battle, she also knows how to listen to advice and as a party member she is reliable. She also doesn't complain about beta testers, in fact she spoke not a single word in a discussion about them at all so far.

At the stairs i thought she would ask about why he was a jerk, but I was pleasantly surprised that she didn't say anything about that, she simply asked about him knowing her name. Her ratings go rapidly fast. This anime is great, I only hope to play a game exactly like this someday, maybe not exactly through a nerve link but you know :)

Mimishiki19:
When I saw the hooded girl I thought to myself "Oh shit,another girls used as sex slaves theme?!" because why not?
a)Very high ratio of men to women
b)Gamers
c)No law,no police and internet anonymity

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