Board Thread:New on Sword Art Online Wiki/@comment-64.121.192.163-20170726013827/@comment-35248429-20200831145125

Pablororey wrote: a game were you only can fight wtih swords, that basically has no way of making you feel diferent because basically everyone is a meele character is not only boring but based on the fact that apparently was little to no diversity on how to make your character i would say is boring and not very fun to play So basically you have no idea how the game of SAO works? You can build any traditional class of character in SAO that isn't a caster because it has no magic. Because of the way the skill system works and the expansive number of skills, you have extreme diversity in how your character build are created. Just because the anime doesn't mention any mechanics at all doesn't mean the game is just all DPS characters.

The game largely is based on skill systems from games of the time like Ultima Online. Add to the fact that you're inside the game and people would have killed to get a copy of a game like it in the early 2000's.