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You'll see it attached to every weapon you consider equipping on your own player character in Sword Art Online when you're checking out each weapon's stats: the ACV, which measures how your attributes inform your weapon proficiency with any given type of gear. If you've been investing your Growth Points (GP) at the Chest nearest you when you visit any town in Echoes of Aincrad, then you'll have seen that there are four main attributes you'll need to focus on. Strength informs how hard you swing your weapons, Dexterity is the finesse with which you can move during combat, Agility relates to how

Your introduction to the party system in Echoes of Aincrad comes during the tutorial, when Iori joins you and helps your character through the preliminary area ahead of the Town of Beginnings. From there, you'll begin unlocking new partners through main story progression and will continue to do so throughout the game, typically needing to complete certain quests to unlock them properly. While Iori is your only choice for a bit in the prologue during the beta test, you'll get familiar with partners in Echoes of Aincrad through working with him on the battlefield. She introduces you to the basic

Unless you purchased the Ultimate Edition of Echoes of Aincrad, in which Death Game Mode unlocks as soon as you've finished the tutorial in the Town of Beginnings early on into your initial save, you'll need to progress through Echoes of Aincrad to unlock access to the permanent death challenge. In the regular edition of the game, this challenge option unlocks after you've beaten the main game. Once you've unlocked Death Game Mode in Echoes of Aincrad, you'll be able to begin a new save file anytime from the game's main menu and select it as an option. You'll choose your game difficulty, which