Chapter 62: Temporary Captain
No game could ever achieve absolute fairness.
Rich and poor people, talented and untalented people—when they put in the same amount of effort, the rewards they gained would be completely different.
Long ago, when games were still in the age of keyboards and mice, people competed in hand speed, and some people were simply born faster than others. For example, someone who had practiced piano since childhood would naturally have hand speed far beyond that of an ordinary new player.
Of course, that was just an analogy. Hardly anyone truly gifted at piano would switch careers to play games.
However, there was another type of person with relatively fast hands: single shut-in men. They were the backbone of the gaming world back then. As long as their nutrition kept up... Ahem.
That was getting off topic. Once the era of virtual games arrived, martial artists naturally held the greatest advantage. They had spent years practicing all kinds of fighting techniques in reality. While those techniques could not replace in-game skills with special hit calculations and damage bonuses, ordinary players found it difficult to compare with them in terms of eyesight, awareness, and many other areas.
Someone skilled in martial arts might even choose a mage and beat a paladin to death in melee combat.
The memory implantation method in Eternal Chivalry, something akin to receiving an initiation, had greatly narrowed the gap between ordinary players and martial artists. Even so, the disparity between them still remained.
When facing someone trained in the real world, no one dared to lower one's guard!
With one move countered, Ye Weiming immediately retreated. Relying on his slightly faster footwork, he dodged the opponent's predictive strike. Then his sword turned, and Spring Fades shot forth once more. Yet, as expected, it