Oh, haha

Wdym?

The fact that the POV keeps on switching off of rey is getting really annoying, ngl. He’s the main character, yet I feel only about 30% of the chapters are focused on him. Ticks me off

Believe it or not, my first idea was 'Meat Shield'. That would've been a disaster.

But I can see why it's confusing though, so I'll switch this skill to an Active one to make it easier to understand.

Passive skills can be enabled or disabled. It's like putting a shirt on or taking it off. The requirement is just a constant fixed amount of MP being used every minute. (It's usually pretty low, though. An example is Markus's [Warden's Aura] skill, which he only ever uses in battle) The true passive skills are knowledge skills, which are constantly on and don't require MP. Hope this clears things up!

I'm looking forward to it

I try, lol

Thanks. If you notice anything else, don't be afraid to tell me. I appreciate the help.

Whoops, I'll get on it.

Thank you very much!

Don't worry, I'm working on it!

Huh. I wonder why

Son of Astaroth? Why are you asking here? And, no. The only female lead that's been introduced is the MC's sister and that would be weird

Why are you asking me? This isn't my book.

? Wdym.

Let me preface this by stating that this review was written after I finished chapter 180. There may be some minor spoilers for readers who haven't reached that chapter. The writing quality is good: Not the greatest, but still passable. The author doesn't make any grammar mistakes and is a native English speaker. However, he also seems a little lazy with his writing. He doesn't flesh out any details and doesn't provide any extra remarks about the terrain or somebody's expressions. He'll say exactly what's going on without any sort of interesting embellishment. After a while, reading gets boring. The updates were rather bad for a moment, but they should be looking better soon. At the moment, he seems to be consistent. The story sucks. Half of the story is obsolete, considering nothing interesting or important happens outside of the game itself. Usually, the hook that 'video game' novels give the readers ties the two worlds together, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. The game world has no importance over the irl world. The game doesn't act as a portal, the abilities the players have don't come to the real world, the main characters disregard the lifelike personalities the NPC's have. The two settings are completely separated- to the point where they make me think the novel would've been better if the author just ignored the entire irl world side of the story and focused more on the pantheon side. Then, there's the game itself. The author seems to focus more on the RPG side of the story, rather than the whole god simulator side, yet he doesn't even do it well. The system is good- easy to follow- but isn't unique compared to other systems that other novels have. We're given a little treat with the whole 'first flame' thing, but the MC doesn't prioritize that at all. Instead, he chooses to disregard any sort of uniqueness that he builds up and chooses to make himself into a generic Thor. We've all seen Thor, we don't want to read about him too. The Hearth idea was awesome. Bring that back! Ultimately, there's no uniqueness found within the plot. The MC is just a dude, not important or noticeable. The idea of being literal gods was interesting, but it isn't the MC's main priority- despite that being what the entire story is about. The character design is horrible, probably among the worst I've ever seen. Despite having a background as a pro gamer, the MC makes a lot of rookie mistakes. He's untrusting, cold, and uncaring about what others think about him. He's not friendly in the slightest, despite being the leader of a guild (pantheon), and mostly disregards anything his followers tell him. As a guild leader, the MC's performance is less than satisfactory, so he only really pulls in defeat after defeat, yet he doesn't seem to care that he's constantly losing. The MC, ultimately, doesn't feel alive. Somehow, he feels more like an NPC than the actual NPCs. His teammates are even less alive. Only Clay and Aeri have any sort of importance, though they only ever seem to show up when it's convenient for the author. Everybody else is just an unimportant background character. I love the NPCs, though. The MC's followers feel like real people- ones that not only have their own personalities and beliefs- but also ones that fit the culture that they've been built around. Unfortunately, they don't get much of a focus, though, because it's awesome to read about them. The world background is awesome, though it isn't anywhere near detailed enough. The novel takes a kingdom-building stance once the beta test ends, but the author doesn't provide any details that explain exactly what sort of progress is made in this way. He only ever tells us what the names of the places are called, not where they are or what they're like. No maps are provided, nor are extra details about the terrain. We kinda have to imagine what we're reading from the ground up considering the lack of details. Basically: Read the book if you feel like skimming. It's good enough in that regard, but skip it if you're hoping for something to take up your time. It'll frustrate you more often than you'll enjoy it. PS: this is a tiny nitpick of mine, but why is the main character's name not based on his pantheon? The idea of a god being named Exile makes me cringe every time I think about it. Camelot has themed names, why not Ragnarok?

why is he writing as if he's telling a joke?