Chapter 84

Episode 84. It’s a Trap! (2)

And as this hidden system was discovered, the reactions of the users were quite divided.

Well, to explain in detail, it’s quite complicated…

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Title: The update content is actually better than expected, huh?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Summary image of the notice content]

Well, people keep saying it’s tough and all, but from the perspective of a newbie like me, it feels like the gap between the veterans and the old-timers with no backbone is shrinking.

Honestly, if they had just gone ahead without this, the veterans who already know everything would have maxed out their trust from the start and hogged all the high-level quests and events, sucking up all the sweet rewards.

But thanks to the group-wide trust debuff, it seems like the devs put some thought into balancing things to prevent the veterans from mindlessly getting stronger.

Comments:

– [Agreed]

– [That seems about right]

– [Honestly, if there wasn’t that safety net, it would’ve been a total mess]

– [I agree with that part]

– [The veterans must be pissed that their exclusive knowledge got nerfed, huh?]

– [No feeding the trolls]

– [True]

– [‘Strange, I acted like a gallery user, why am I getting flamed?’]

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Title: But honestly, it’s kinda BS

Author: 말코

Content: [Screaming toad]

I mean, I’m not asking for much. Just a line in the update notice saying, “Please note these points^^” would suffice.

But it’s annoying as hell that they act like this, knowing full well that many of them are returnees.

If you don’t like it, just figure it out yourself?

What the hell are we supposed to figure out when they don’t even give us time and just kidnap us like this?

Comments:

– [The true feelings came out at the end]

– [Agreed]

– [Honestly, it’s BS, this isn’t the first time they’ve left out update details]

– [It’s not even a stealth patch, but we have to ask other users to find out what’s going on? WTF?]

– [The management seems a bit off]

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To sum it up, it’s like half welcoming, half opposing…?

That’s the vibe, I guess.

Of course, aside from that.

As the saying goes, when your neighbor buys land, it’s painful.

There were also those who insisted that they shouldn’t be the only ones suffering, and that their neighbors(?) should suffer too…

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Title: I can’t be the only one suffering, damn it

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Trust -20 proof]

Damn it, my character keeps losing trust because it’s ugly.

If this keeps up, I’ll be the only one screwed over in events.

If they don’t fix this BS, I’ll keep accepting quests to make sure everyone else gets the trust debuff too.

Comments:

– [???]

– [What?]

– [What’s the point of that?]

– [I dunno, I’m just doing it because I’m pissed]

– [It’s… something]

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Title: But I just realized, if everyone accepts a lot of quests, doesn’t that slow down the trust gain rate?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Smiling toad image]

I mean, think about it.

Isn’t the trust debuff based on the real-time quest volume of the users?

So the more people try to progress quests, the slower the trust gain for other users, right?

Comments:

– [Oh]

– [Why are you figuring that out?]

– [LOL, let’s go full quest mode]

– [Typical Hell Peninsula behavior, immediately screwing over the neighbors –;]

– [Level LOL]

– [Damn;;]

– [Immediately turning on “kill everyone but me”]

– [Is this what they call the “bug swarm”?]

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It was pure chaos, but…

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Title: As a dignified high-trust owner, shall I give a thumbs up?

Author: Mona Lisa

Content: [Trust +50 proof], [Additional quest notification proof after breaking 50 trust]

Please step aside, all you amateurs who couldn’t even manage trustworthiness before.

It stinks, you know? Yeah.

Ugh, the level of the lower class.

Comments:

– [Is this the guy who made that elf go crazy with that face?]

– [You little brat, just wait and see, you jerk.]

– [Wow, I’m so jealous of that trust level.]

– [How did you already build up 50 trust? So jealous, seriously.]

– [50 trust is a thumbs up.]

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Meanwhile, due to hitting a certain level of trustworthiness, the fakers who feel no issues with earning points continue to show off.

It seems like fuel is being continuously added to the already chaotic gallery’s public sentiment.

But as those of us lurking in the gallery’s chat, and the over 110,000 users drawn to this game now, all suspect…

The price for such excessive faking is always brutally harsh.

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Title: Looking for people to catch and beat up the guy who just faked it.

Author: Raksha

Content: [Image for archiving faking posts]

Where does this brat dare to fake it?

Looking for people to raid this guy’s base with me.

Just need to deal damage from behind.

Just gotta beat this guy up, you know? Yeah.

Comments:

– [Oh, wait a sec, dude.]

– [After faking it, the 2nd ranker sharpens his blade and charges, so he hurriedly calls ‘Time’.]

– [Isn’t it the guy who tempted us with PVP during the event?]

– [Agreed.]

– [I’m in too.]

– [Eliminating fakers is… our wish.]

– [Watch over us, Elsa-bro!]

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“Haha, what a mess.”

Seeing everyone going crazy over ‘trustworthiness’, I couldn’t help but shake my head.

It’s understandable, though, since the key point of this event isn’t trustworthiness but just earning a ton of reward points through quests.

Seeing me so smooth and relaxed, Jessica, who had been watching me after finishing Ignis’s support, expressed her doubts.

“Commander, but isn’t it true that the higher the trustworthiness, the more points you earn from quests?”

“Hmm.”

“Moreover, by processing a lot of points, trustworthiness naturally increases through quests… So, there’s no need to distinguish between the two, right?”

I clicked my tongue and waved my finger at Jessica, who was such a noob.

“Tsk tsk, Jessica, you’re such a baby.”

“…Huh?”

“I’ll explain, so listen up.”

“Oh, okay.”

Of course, my gesture caused a slight crack in Jessica’s expression.

But since I was in a truly confident state, I put on a nonchalant face, brought up the command console, and said.

“Nothing else, just… to put it bluntly, there’s no need to work hard on high-level quests in such events.”

“…Huh? What do you mean?”

Seeing her puzzled, I brought up one of the existing quest windows and continued with additional explanations.

“My words keep going off track, so let me be straightforward.”

“Sure.”

“The developers, to consider newbies, made it so that the ‘points’ you get from doing 10 so-called ‘low-level quests’ are better than those from ‘high-level quests’ in such events.”

After hearing my words, Jessica repeated some calculations in her head.

Then she made a face as if questioning how such a bizarre structure could exist.

And in that expression, it seemed like she was filled with thoughts about how such ‘game management’ could possibly exist.

I nodded at Jessica’s inner thoughts, showing some agreement.

At the same time, I calmly recited just one sentence in my heart.

‘That’s why people curse it as a crappy game and kids quit.’

Of course, there were more than one or two issues with the game’s management being a total mess.

But since now isn’t the time to bash this god-awful game I’m stuck in, I decided to go to Oxianor to get some new quests first.