Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-40087277-20190709153909

Ok, so I'm only 20 episodes into the dub of the first anime and I'm starting to get really confused by how this new game they're in(ALO) is supposed to work. Agil describes it by saying that there are no "sword skills" and that combat depends on your "real-life physical abilities," making it a hardcore.

My main problem with this is that sword skills are referenced multiple times throughout the arc, even though they arent even supposed to exist(?) in this game. For example, when Kirito enters the game for the first time, he realizes that all his skills and stats were ported over, with the flashbacks literally showing him using a sword skill as he talks about the skills he received. (I'm also confused as to why his game stats would even matter if the game's combat is based on your real-life physical abilities, unless those stats are somehow based on that.)

Another example would be when Kirito fights Eugene. Its blatantly stated that Eugene had a high "two-handed sword skill" that allowed him to equip the Demon Sword Gram, along with the fact that the sword carried a bonus skill that allowed it to phase through swords/shields. Can someone tell me if I am forgetting something, if this is some sort of adaptation/dub issue etc? 