Auntie toasts the VRMMORPG

2.14 Contribution Analysis

3. Tomos Ceart – 9% - Killing the Pope, mitigating the Pope's damage

4. Afstira Nomizo – 8% - Helping Flora build the armor/chains, healing

5. Mino Irden – 6% - Damage, helping Flora putting on the armor/chains

6. Babra Pikame – 3% - healing, buffing, organizing

7. Tali Rondas – 2% - organizing

8. Deriga Ticet – 2% - organizing, buffing, healing

9. Konstantin Kuvetli – 1% - organizing, buffing

10. Ursula Yl – 1% - buffing, healing

"Hmm..." Flora said. "The more I see of the fight and the stats, the more I think, Irden and Ceart didn't give their all."

"I'm not sure, Milady. I have done a bit of research because I wondered why Aitoshuri was so much better at fighting than me and came up with some illuminating articles. It seemed there is the concept of "weak points", hitting certain areas like the head or neck that generate more damage."

"Of course, even machines have flaws," Flora said.

"The articles told that NPCs don't exploit weak points." Aidan continued. "I can confirm that my fight algorithms suggest I should hit the center of the opponents."

"Interesting! The head is a smaller target than the body, and the neck is even harder to hit. So, I can see the point, if you want to optimize the chance to score, you'll aim for the spot with the most tolerance for errors." Flora pondered. "Alright, thank you. I will keep that in mind when judging their performance."

Flora had suppressed the notifications for the new classes, but now she wanted to look at the Paladin class to analyze Ceart's options. Maybe he didn't have good skills?

Name: - Paladin

Branch: - Divine/ Warrior

Passive: - + 1 Training efficiency modifier for faith

Active: - No Metal Handicap for shiny Armor

STA: - Righteous Strike - Half of the effect damages an enemy, and the other half recovers mana. CD: none

AOE: - Presence - (Channeled) All enemy skills weaken.

DEF: - Retribution - Reduces incoming dmg and reflects a fraction of the reduced amout back to the originator

MOV: - Protect the Weak - Ports to an Ally to intercept an attack

SIG: - Center of Attention - (Channeled) All enemy STS will be partially redirected to the caster, including healing spells.

"No, I'm pretty special myself if I dare to say so. And anyone who'd seen my boxes knows about my masochistic tendencies." Flora smirked, but went back to the topic. "Presence sounds powerful. Did Ceart use it? Reducing Razo's skill damage would have helped.""Truly a class for masochists and very special people. Look at Center of Attention. Even if I hadn't known that Hub had this class, I would have guessed it from the description."

"I have included Paladin in your tree for training, Milady. Should I delete the class from it?"

"Yes, Milady, albeit sparingly."

"Puh. Maybe he had mana problems? Righteous Strike doesn't recover mana when it doesn't hit, right? Razo dodged a few of his strikes."

"Maybe and yes, Milady."

"However, only 9% contribution, even though he decapitated the pope, is pathetic. Ceart should have ranked higher." Flora examined the list again. "Irden's participation is even worse. Let's look at what Monks can stuff into a toaster."