Chapter 187: A guild of cheaters

“Dude I’m telling you it’s our best option. Forget those corporate guilds they are nothing compared to Sunken Reef. Look they have a world announcement and the guide they give out help more if you haven’t entered the game. Hold your arm…” Reggie excitedly pulls the reluctant Slyvestor arm. His digicel glows as his friend sends him a player guide released by SUNken Reef…” Look it they show each Species benefits and weaknesses. Which classes and lifestyle jobs will work best with them. Even where to find some elements depending on your Species. Just think about dude From top to bottom I can have a well-crafted player.” Reggie trying his best to sound like a completely love-struck fool. To him, it just makes sense, for them to join SUNken Reef. The founders are from the same Martian Planitia as the two of them. PLus Athena is the best thing o happen to him since he discovered gaming. 

“Yeah that’s cool and all but look at the warning the area is mostly a human region. With many restrictions for non-human players.” Says Slyvester he is calmly going over everything Reggie is too emotional acting before thinking even taking out the loan to buy the region-specific pods which were his first mistake. Just because something is cheap doesn’t mean it is best.  Slyvester will make sure his friend is not lone or broke by the time they are done with this game. Just because a game doesn’t mean they won’t be exploited nothing worse than being a slave in another world. 

“That’s nothing look at this if you start as a human what are the benefits besides being able to walk around the country so what. Look here I found a guy he joined after he had been lucky enough to roll for a Taruk. I know how he looks but look at the progress he suffered until he joined SUNken Reef. Even going so far as to respec his class from Lich to Dreadnought.” the video serves as a way for new players to show them what they have done wrong with their Species and what they can do to change. The video is also from that very player’s perspective so they can see for themselves how he changed from a below-average player to a semiskilled player through doing the things pointed out in the guide. 

“Reggie still that is ninety per cent of the map we are region locked which means until level two hundred fifty we are on this one continent, Scratch that just Pikon!” It’s made to him that his friend wants to pick a non-human Species, you might as well say I’m not participating in the main quest. He knows they will never be those great players but things still happen. 

“Fine I get you but you can be a human if you think you are can make the grade. Being a human comes with strict requirements for player skill and This guy with the booner I think his name is Ali..no it’s Ori. Alistair is the other human. Check his intro he is not even playing the rancher like normal people instead he is collecting booners left right and centre.” Slyvester can see a little attraction in what Reggie is saying the guild is set up to milk every ounce of effort out of a player. 

“They talked to many rewards! Look at this it is insane.” Reggie smiles at that he knows his friends very well and while he detests cheap he hates overpaying much more. 

“Compare the number to going and plus the benefits start at the second guild rank, most corporate guilds have you jump through five ranks at least before offering a contract. Look I know it’s not much but Three thousand credits a month out here is more than most have.” Reggie can already Slyvester doing the numbers in his head but thousand will always beat three-fifty universal income they receive from the government. He is not there yet but almost. He brings Slyvester close and activates the Overwatch security feature. Slyvester raises an eyebrow. 

“What is this for man.” The only reason one would do this is if you think you have a secret advantage and want to keep it. Unlike most players, they always wait a month before entering a game finding any scarps of information to help them grow faster. Slyvester has long ago learnt the value of being smart over being expedient. 

“Look here this is why I’m certain it is the right guild for us. Let’s say I pick an Elf since you want to be pretty. The guild recommendation depends on playstyle look they don’t have many elven players but here look at how many Aziza have guides depending on playstyles. The best part is that we can watch them make our even further refined plan.” Reggie can see Sylvester making plans the last nudge must come from Slyvester this is so that if anything goes wrong they were both in it together. Trying to completely win over Sylvester will make them fight if things don’t well for them. 

“This can’t be right, look if we are Aziza. Then we follow this path get our wings early we could b level forty by the end of the week by grinding and kiting. Plus the jobs available to us help with the stats. Wait do you mean to tell me that every player in SUNken Reef is this optimised?” Slyvester gets a huge shock this guide is more of dumb down step by step of how not to fuck up your character. That covers most if not all non-human classes some are detailed than others because they don’t exist in their region and some are super restricted like an of the Collassal species.

“They are popular amongst most non-human players, besides the look, they are not stupid all the info is region-specific to Pikon. So if we don’t start there by using one of their referral codes we won’t get many benefits. As players found about them the non-human is joining.” Reggie is smiling now the worlds are almost coming he knows that Sylvester has already chosen and is refining their plan. 

“If we do this, you can’t complain about not being able to smash through a wall with your fists. You are right about one thing. This guild has created a specialised formula for all their guild. We can do something unique with information.” Sylvester gets an idea to make them indispensable to the guild. He is sure that one of the founders is a former professional. On the surface, the guild looks like every other guide. Slyvester though knows how easy it is to make a mistake and doom your playthrough. This guide if followed by even fifty per cent of competitive players would give them an edge that most corporate guilds will be hard-pressed to over. 

“Wait there is one more thing. This code is not of us. I saw what you really Reggie.  We are going with your plan with a few amendments.” With Sylvester fully sold on the guide they go to their local gaming consortium. Upgrading their package to a Premium one. 

“I didn’t think you would that far, that five hundred a month.” Reggie smiles as Slyvester takes out another equally expensive loan as he had done. 

“Look while we can’t afford biobeds on our best they do say that getting the proper bio-gel. Will help keep us in shape, fix basic illnesses and limit our need to rest every twelve hours. We can basically getting double the amount of time over those who are not following the guide. Which is most of the solar system.” Slyvester has a strong analytical mind and with his mind analysing the guide the benefits are self-evident. If not for his low credit score he would have taken a full loan and risked it all that is how confident he is in this. At a minimum, this guide shows them how to maintain a twelve thousand credit a month lifestyle from doing the bare minimum dailies and some guild missions. 

“I know but at least this loan will take eight months to pay above all the over I have.” The real payout system being pioneered by Canots Industries has hit a new stride as it captures the imagination of the solar system. Everyone wants a piece of that sweet quintillion credit pie. 

“Fine even if we don’t follow Lux, as long as we join the guild. I kinda have a feeling about them especially since this is the main founder.” Reggie takes out a picture of a local legend the man standing against Baron Enterprise on their behalf of all of them John-baptist. 

“You have just started with this you wouldn’t have needed to do all that talking.” The smile on eh two boys only grows when they enter the game. Being able to select Aziza as their Species is a benefit they will never let go.” 

A voice that most people heard on the first day says, to the boys “Your Odyessy Awaits!”

[Huginn  has joined SUNken Reef]

[Muninn has joined SUNKen Reef]

[Ujin has joined SUNken Reef]

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