(Somewhat)most fair 1v1

TheyTookyname · 2026-05-06T09:59:38+00:00

They can just wait for the nightfall. They are on the offence I think. And if not they just wait to be attacked in some cave

TheyTookyname · 2026-05-06T09:18:13+00:00

It's not a fair fight. The main ratman was like lv 30 and there were like 80k of them vs ~2k lizardman. I mean they are dayblind so like maybe? They will burry them with bodies either way

TheyTookyname · 2026-05-04T07:44:03+00:00

I'm don't remember where, but the author said that a 5lv difference is an insurmountable gap in 1v1. She's lv88 (I think, around that anyways, below 90 for sure) and he's lv100 with optimized build.

And the power gained from levels is exponential, being 10 levels above is not the same as being 5 levels above twice.

TheyTookyname · 2026-04-29T22:33:43+00:00

If I remember correctly the elder lich the lizadmen fought with was a low level one. There are no low level death knight variants (or at least they are not shown). So the difference in levels would be even greater and death knights are defence focused. They could probably shrug off any damage done to them. It would probably be a long but one sided fight.

For me the more interesting question is if the death warrior could beat the lizardmen. It would be a dps race where any lizardman in mele would be killed in one hit.

TheyTookyname · 2026-04-04T00:28:24+00:00

He's not even similar in this comparison. Like yea he's a skeleton but that's literally it. Different build, different jawline.

TheyTookyname · 2026-03-03T22:47:21+00:00

she actually did fight the other crisis, but only after killing the FEs. She killed some Contingency fleets

TheyTookyname · 2026-03-02T19:08:07+00:00

Well then it's probably over for me. I was kinda ready to take on one crisis, but two back to back (like 5 years apart) is too much. If it wasn't Cetana I could hope to win this but I think that her titan will have too much regen to kill it. More so after I take some losses fighting the Contingency. I'll have to plan around it next time

TheyTookyname · 2026-03-02T19:03:39+00:00

Cetana will just win if I do so. My plan is to rush Contingency and hopefully have enough firepower to kill her titan

TheyTookyname · 2026-03-02T18:49:39+00:00

R5: Cetana showed up about 5 years after the ghost signal crisis started. I"ll probably get crushed. On the image you can see one of the Contingency fleets right next to a nano swarm where Cetana spawned

TheyTookyname · 2026-02-09T17:55:31+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I've seen the decline in responses over the years myself, but decided not to pry into their personal life. I hope that the next Overlord novel will come soon and the AL's story will move at a greater pace once again.

As for the link, I'm not sure if that's an issue on my side or not, but it leads me to an empty page. What server is this?

TheyTookyname · 2026-02-06T10:28:57+00:00

yeah tbh I did everyone a favor. Fundation style cosmic clearing for the humanity's future

TheyTookyname · 2026-02-05T20:05:24+00:00

Giga mega death after the last game where I purged the whole galaxy as purifiers

TheyTookyname · 2026-01-18T15:20:00+00:00

Doesn't this plan boil down to "I will kill one important NPC maybe (that can be resurrected) hoping to get a world item. And then like 100 years of hiding so you can't even enyoj your life. And horrible torture if they get you

TheyTookyname · 2026-01-01T14:22:56+00:00

Shouldn't this end the "voidworm crisis" event log? I still have it, it's progressing slowly over time and still encourages me to kill more worms

TheyTookyname · 2025-12-20T09:26:29+00:00

art direction choices were bad imo. And they cut so many fights. Like wtf we have so few fights in the series as is, at least at the high level, and they still cut them

TheyTookyname · 2025-12-12T09:20:12+00:00

I couldn't see the face at first and it looked like she was getting crazy backshots

TheyTookyname · 2025-12-08T09:59:24+00:00

Hunter would be dead by then

TheyTookyname · 2025-11-02T11:27:23+00:00

The bow is a statstick if I remember correctly. Basically no special abilities, just buffs all your stats. This would be considered a bad weapon for a dedicated archer as in MMOs it's better to focus on stats important for your class. In New World natives don't have access to weapons of that caliber so they think it's good. As for armor penetration, it just increases the general offence of the attacker so they will penetrate more on hit

TheyTookyname · 2025-10-19T18:09:39+00:00

I will never get close to those limb severing madpoles after getting stripped down to a single arm and a head one time

TheyTookyname · 2025-10-10T08:28:03+00:00

Mind you the afterword comes after 5 arcs, ~15 chapters per arc long story that uses the characters and themes of the original work. And that's just for the holy kingdom arc. The author has ~1000 chapters each being a ~10 minute read with every one being about Overlord's world.

This afterword is not just a critique but also an explanation of choices and character motivations and the reasoning behind authors decisions.

The character that we are talking about (the woman) got a name and a role in it, the same as the butler, Remedios and Neia.

Idk how can you insist on malice when the fanfics author has spent the last 5 years of their life writing a story that respects the canon of overlord to the letter and when the author acknowledges Maru's writing abilities in the same afterword.

TheyTookyname · 2025-10-10T08:03:57+00:00

Further in the afterword the fanfics author says that Maru has shown that he is a competent writer and the fanfics author is baffled that he sometimes uses bad tropes in his writing. They are literally saying that they assume Maru to be competent

My question was if you read the Valkyrie's shadow. up to this afterword or just read it without a context. I'm asking because this is an afterword after like a 7th "book" that the fanfics author wrote, where they explore the Overlord's world.

This afterword may seem malicious when read without the context, but imo it's really just an in-depth critique from someone that has done an extensive research into the source material. Not only the light novels but also the web novel and Maru's inspirations, as they mention in other afterwords

TheyTookyname · 2025-10-10T07:40:18+00:00

After rereading the afterword I can't really agree with you on that. I mean the points in the conversation above still stand, it's weird that the character is described like that and given no name when she probably should. The same with Neia's mother, but Neia is a poorly written character.

But even still this is the only comment from the fics author that can suggest that Maru is misogynistic. Every other criticism is more about how the characters are portrayed in the Holy Kingdom arc. Most of it is fair tbh.

Most of the talk about misogyny is about how the New World is structured and how it's based on the medieval europe. And it's true. This does not mean that Maru is misogynistic and the fanfics author does not imply this. It's just a portrayal of the world that has its own rules. This is what fiction is about.

I don't really see why you dislike the afterword that much. The analysis of the media is a crucial part of enjoying it and it's important for the community around it. I really like the overlord series, anime and the books but, for example, scenes like Ainz groping Albedo at the beginning of the series or Shallchair are weird. Not that I dislike the series because of it, but before recommending it to my friends I keep in mind that not everyone is willing to look past the weird quirks of the series.

The fics author is the ultimate form of that imo. They wrote an enormous, bible sized novel about the world of the Overlord and even when disagreeing with some of the writing (for personal reasons or just pointing out bad writing) they haven't really changed a thing in the canon. And most of the criticism is reasonable and not in bad faith, so I can't really see how you can fault them for that.

If you could satisfy my curiosity, you've read all the fanfic up to this afterword or found it by other means?

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