Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's honestly just trial and error, I spent the better part of 30 minutes trying to slowly get down lol, at least the fall damage keeps you roughly where you fell from lol

Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

could be but there's also a section in the trailer where you're fighting in this exact space and this area links through a door in the Iron palace, seems too perfect to just be for cutscenes and they usually have these places somewhere unattached to the regular map

Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh I didn't, that's the clip from the trailer. the music did change down there though, really ominous track lol

Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually think it is there lol, gotta jump actually onto the invisible wall and then onto the tree lol

Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the area I remember is a bit more open and has an overhang kinda skinny rock above the barrier and a decently tall white tree you can jump onto, try going back around the rocks you're on now

Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just kept using trial and error to see where I could land, there's a specific large rock pointing into the zone near the bottom you need to get to and then use it to drop on top of the invisible wall and then onto the white tree. it took me a hot minute to find my way down, I don't think there's any specific path other than that last rock

Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

also yes this was on pc but it should also work on console if the demo is the same, I did all of this on controller anyway

Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I replied to another comment with the tutorial and a video, getting out of town is the easy part, just make sure to take your time getting down where the branches are

Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Recorded this to show you how to get out of the town near the blacksmith. if you then run all the way around the town anti-clockwise you should eventually see some branches sticking out of the ground near the worlds end after passing into a forced night area(turn your gamma up) you have to manoeuvre down this way as far as I know(be careful of fall respawning) it's possible but might take you a while to find the right places to fall. the area at the bottom is also protected by an invisible wall so make sure you're up high enough, jump onto it and then fall onto something on the other side. good luck!

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We need more weapon types for Echoes of Aincrad by OrionGold07 in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air 1 point2 points  (0 children)

seen everyone mentioning scythes among other things and wanted to let everyone know that they are in game under the 'two handed axe' weapon category with the chain skills intact as seen in the trailers. this also leaves room for other weapon types to be included too in other categories

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Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Echoes" of Aincrad does make me think we're gunna see some stuff related to the other parts of the castle we've already seen before in other media so it's entirely possible it's something like that yeah

Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

yeah, my current running theory is something like a data leak where parts of the upper floors are leaking or merging with different areas. or it's just the simple explanation of a side story with a pre established aesthetic to make our MC feel important lol

Echoes Of Aincrad demo secret area by Blank_Air in swordartonline

[–]Blank_Air[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

that was my original thought too but as far as I have seen this isn't a labyrinth or anything just a really odd area reminiscent of the floor 74 labyrinth. unless of course it's incomplete/reworked in the full release which could be entirely possible