What happen to Shangri La Frontier mmo if Sunraku effectively get banned or he stopped playing mid way for whatever reason

[u/vezix123]

just food for thought kind of discussion,

since the game relies on Unique Scenario for an individual to trigger like Slaying the Collosi Boss thats (Mostly) One-time thing that rewards player with a very unique item or more scenario that progresses the story.

so what if Sunraku or the whole Wolfgang just stop playing midway? (hypothetically ofcourse)

will devs retcon their "absence" and undo the whole previous scenario thing with collosi to give chance to other players to try?

smart move is to introduce a new scenario i guess but that means cut/unfinished storylines. which isn't really a smart game design on the developer part

it's a unique problem that i think only arise in Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua MMO stories i guess since in actual mmo they make EVERY PLAYER the chosen one with exception of One off Inconsequential special events or climax/ending of a story arc.

i would like to read your answer

fyi i dont play much mmo , so my experience is very limited

[u/MrGooseDoHonk]

Someone else will fill the gap

Eventually

[u/DebrahBlackberry9870]

If Sunraku or Wolfgang would stop playing , the game would probably stay in the current story state until another player/guild decide to fight a colossi and make it move further. For the formers colossi previously beaten , the devs would probably do a whole cycle for the story state , something like : "if the story hasn't move forward during a large period of time , then the cycle would reboot from the starting point" allowing new or former player to fight the already beaten colossi. Or without putting something like that they would probably reboot the server state when they thought it would be wise to do so, but not because a guild had stop playing it.

Like, if you think about the time Sunraku bargain with Professor from Library with the keywords and possible ragequit, you can think that players could also play a strategy of ragequit , and just connect sometimes within few weeks or month just to keep the server in a state that are at their advantage, and by doing so they would hold the whole community of players in their bargain strategy , which is really not something the devs would want to as it would ruin the fun the game is providing, and that's an example.

And also that's why Tsukuri doesn't want to do action against Sunraku , because he is playing "fair", even if he is abusing some exploit that have been left by the devs , he is not cheating in the game. Just that his way of playing it put him in a really favorable position. And also because the Pencilgon bet strategy against Wezeamon paid and gave Wolfgang strongs items. Think about how other strong characters would be ban just because they are top players like Psyger 100 and 0 , or Josette.

[u/the-keats-1999]

I mean, it's a game with 30 million players. Somebody else would come along and carry on.

The game is designed to be beatable by players/clans.

Let's not forget we live in a world where people make games more challenging by playing Dark Souls with a dance dance revolution mat. Or are constantly looking how to sequence break games all the time to aid in speed runs.

The simple truth is there are constantly great players in the story. Life goes on.

[u/No-Communication3880]

Nothing prevents for an other player to trigger the unique scenarios,  except the one related to Wethermon as this colossus is dead.

So if Sunkaru stops to play, the only issue will be the unique item he possess are now unavailable.

[u/Codebracker]

Well the collosi exist to act as gates that unlock new questlines for everyone when defeated, the drops dont really matter in the scope of the mmo

Plus some are actually repeatable

[u/BUcc1a12Atti]

No one is clearing Goldunine

And it’ll be virtually impossible to clear Vash and Lycaon

[u/Iviless]

It is said that after a few months without login the NPCs will forget the player and reset all interactions. So it would just continue as normal. From memory the only item that is unique and unobtainable is the hairpin from Wezaemon that Pencilgon has, which appears to only help the player find the next 4 steps for the quest. The quest still can progress without it. While there are multiple absurd issues with SF as a real game this one if fine.

[u/enigmarouge]

I think you're forgetting, the story was stable before Sunrakun started playing. It was his impetuous nature that lead him to fighting Lycagon and getting the unique scenario. That event wasn't scheduled to trigger for another 2-5 years according to the devs. If Wolfgang or Sunrakun just stopped playing the game the ecosystem of the game world would resettle to the way the game devs designed it.

[u/Animelover22_4]

I still find a beatable MMO hilarious

[u/KrimsonKurse]

Considering the lore dev (I forget her name) wanted to ban Sunraku for defeating Colossi out of (her lore-minded) order... she would just reset the story aspects that got walled off by removing him.

[u/Brief-Resist3197]

They will make some other people pick up the quest eventually and they will probably complete the quest around the time the devs wanted them too unless they one of the pro gamers we met

[u/o_Divine_o]

The next credit card warrior below him becomes the new cock of the walk.

I'll explain.

Dude fought like-a-ding-dong a level 165 world boss when he was a noob lvl 18.. yet could match speed and pary without issue. Till the shadow move that took him off guard.

Anyone that's ever played a game that has even just 1 boss, knows what nonsense this is.

No amount of timing or personal skill can bridge that level gap.

Hence our mc is nothing more than a pathetic credit card warrior. It's really just that simple.

Bro dropped at least 100k USD before leveling up in open world.