Last extra one for a while. Couch Crasher - Aincrad Excerpt! · 11:01pm Oct 30th, 2020
Excerpt From Episode Episode 78 - Coming Tuesday!
Bladescape opened the outside door to their castle for Doombunny and Kiefer. It was nearing 5am, which meant they could get a two hour nap in before the big day started. Bladescape jumped, avoiding a scream, as a figure sat up on the couch and looked over the back of it at them. It was a sleepy eyed Argo. She rubbed her eyes, not fully awake.
"What are you doing coming in?" Argo moaned.
"What are you doing on our couch!" Bladescape fired back.
Bladescape wasn't sure if it was a tired moan or a groan that came out of Argo. "I was resting, waiting for you guys for the morning. I thought you were all inside. Why are you not?"
Bladescape laughed heartily. "This is the best Argo moment yet. AFCK has thrown you through a few ringers, but right now, you did this to yourself."
Argo narrowed her eyes at Bladescape but didn't bite back.
Bladescape walked over to the couch and plopped down next to her. "Well, the three of us just got back from checking out that spot you asked us too. The one to evaluate the training value."
"And?" Argo asked, unable to stifle the yawn.
"Chaotic. It has potential, but it also won't make for an easy way to time things. There is no squad potential, no real tactics to the area for squad training. All you do is have a bar fight, against bandits, thieves, and vagabonds, with weapons or without, and in tighter quarters. You just spend hours bashing heads for great XP rewards. They respawn quickly, making it hard to clear out the tavern solo, and exiting when you are done isn’t easy. But, it was fun. We handled it fine. We could train up everyone there to our quotas really quick. Two weeks quick."
"That's good," Argo said, yawning again. Then she sat there, thinking over what Bladescape had just said. "Wait? Quotas! You guys have never had quotas. You have never needed them! You were always on top of the curve. Even your lowest leveled members were above most of the clearers! You were, are, the envy of so many guilds. It all came so smoothly for you. A group of friends who always have it together and never have to work hard to be at the top! That is what you are seen as."
some people are being naive it seems. they always had quotas... was just that blade and doom always did far mroe extra training outside training sessions
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It was never anything as formal as what they will be doing. No one was watching the levels like they will have to either. They were always pushing to stay on the top, now they have expanded and have to set down hard numbers that their members will have to ensure they obtain.
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im impressed the guild lasted as long as hey did with members in the high 60' like that.
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Yeah, they were on the bottom of the curve for the Clearers. But Clearers vs Assault Team is a huge difference. The don't have to be as high to be effective, especially with their numbers. They are not facing off against Floor and Field bosses.
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true enough. the bars should really help boost them though i imagine 2 or 3 in each bar at a time would be the limit? doesn't seem like a good place for large group training