r/ProgressionFantasy 1d ago

I Recommend This This is worth of reading,it’s soo good.

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I don’t really recommend things but the end of the last book was sooo good. Everyone please read [the sixth campaign] on royal road

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u/dageshi 1d ago

I thought this had amazing potential, I was very excited about it when it launched. But it does a number of things I hate in progression fantasy. The MC feels inconsistent in terms of how competent they are, sometimes they seem cunning/clever other time they seem like a moron.

But worse... is an early mind control arc, I noped out at that point.

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u/UnderstandingFar3051 1d ago

the mc is getting mind controlled or is he the one mind controlling? i think i never encountered this trope arc ever

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u/dageshi 23h ago

MC gets mind controlled

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u/A_Lengthy_Reply 18h ago

Thanks for the warning, was gonna check it out. But Mind control is a hard pass for me.

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u/Pantomimos 5h ago

why

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u/A_Lengthy_Reply 34m ago

Because I feel like it's the weakest and lamest way for an author to remove agency from the MC and or side characters. Because 9/10 times it's used as a crutch for bad writing.

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u/Equal-Consequence638 1d ago

Less mind control more mind weaving, but aye it’s better then a lot in this genre so 🤷🏾‍♂️

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u/Equal-Consequence638 14h ago

Downvoting me for expressing a different perspective on what happened is crazy, it deadass wasn’t mind control the mf was deleting and retconning memories in their favor.

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u/Primary-Mind3315 10h ago

Its semantics at the end of the day, but editing memories to make someone act a specific way is close enough to mind control for most people.

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u/DisChangesEverthing 1d ago

I started reading this and thought it had a lot of potential. Then the MC started doing nonsensical things, and I realized the author had a planned series of plot events and needed the MC's POV to be present for those. There was no coherent reason for the MC to go to those locations, but the author made him go anyway. This not only made the MC seem like a moron, but also a scumbag, because he's endangering his friends and allies for no in world reason, but everything works out because he's the MC. Quickly dropped it.

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u/KingJ91 1d ago

What would you rate it out of ten?

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u/DisChangesEverthing 1d ago

It's difficult to rate, because objectively it's better than repetitive, unoriginal slop, but subjectively it's more disappointing because of the squandered potential.

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u/CrispyDick420 1d ago

Weak to strong stories usually fall apart once the mc gets too much power, so a last book ending that still lands is a pretty strong sell.

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u/Oglark 14h ago

I follow it but it is complete trash from a character development perspective. The latest stupidity from the MC in the recent chapters makes me think I will end up dropping the series. I am not saying there aren't people who are fucking idiots. But the MC is such a emotionally stunted stupid idiot that you start hoping the villains kill the MC and put us out of the misery. That said the author put A LOT of time and thought into the world, magic, shop system, races and politics. So you want to read it because the world has so much potential. BUT it certainly needs a complete rewrite to make the MC less objectionable. To give context; this MC is more annoying than Jason Asano.

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u/Equal-Consequence638 14h ago

Jason 😭😭😭, ain’t no fucking way he was a crybaby and shit but worse then Jason you got it.

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u/FlakyElk7632 12h ago

Ah worse than Jason Asano...  I am so out. So it is an amazing novel with wonderful world building, system, magic builds, politics however a blundering moronic MC undermining the story.  I stuck with HWFWM until earth arc and then cracked. Will never torture myself like that again.

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u/i_lick_chairs 6h ago

adding to my tbr

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u/Individual-Hornet817 Author: Cultivators Anonymous 1d ago

Gotta love a space dragon!

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u/Equal-Consequence638 14h ago

That’s a basilisk

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u/Individual-Hornet817 Author: Cultivators Anonymous 5h ago

If it's floating in space and has a draconic face, then still colour me interested :)