Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 781

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 251
83. Waves in Turmoil (1)
“W-what…? Trust in us!?”
King Gul cried out in surprise.
In that instant, a thunderous roar erupted from the audience stands.
“Waaaaaaaaaa!!”
“Let’s goooo!!”
The audience interpreted it as a message the players were sending to their fans.
The commentators initially thought the same thing.
“Ah! They’ve prepared another event like this!? How truly moving—”
“But wait! Wouldn’t it be better to just get started with the hunt right away!? Even on an island map! Then we’d actually know if we should trust them or not!?”
-Oh, my emotions…
-King Gul, are you serious?
Are you crazy? lol
Hahaha
“So. For now, both sides show no significant movement beyond ‘trust in us,’ right?”
“That’s correct. This is the normal flow of an island map. There won’t be any real combat until they construct ships capable of battle.”
Both factions concentrated all their efforts on entering the second era and preparing for the naval warfare ahead.
Soon, Joseon advances into the second era first.
Boom.
[Joseon – Era 2]
“Wow. No matter what map appears! Joseon almost always, always advances to era 2 first!”
“Throughout this entire series! In five matches, they’ve reached era 2 first in four of them. The one match where they were late to era 2 was because of an era 1 rush!”
“Exactly. So that’s essentially pure commander management speed! They’re completely ahead, right!?”
Pure skill lol
-There goes that pure skill again
If we win, that’s all that matters. If we win…
-Please, just win
-Are you already laying groundwork for possession rate?
-The 4th match was so nerve-wracking
Even though Joseon advanced to era 2 first, the viewers remained anxious.
The way Joseon looked during their defeats in matches 3 and 4 had been that precarious. Rather than engaging in fierce back-and-forth exchanges before losing, they frequently appeared to stumble over their own feet.
“Japan is also advancing to era 2.”
Boom.
[Japan – Era 2]
Japan quickly catches up to era 2.
“Japan’s entry into era 2 is the fastest we’ve seen in this match, isn’t it?”
“Yes. They already have three more workers than Joseon, you see?”
“Ah… this is because of the fishing, isn’t it!?”
That was it. Japan could always surpass Joseon in food production speed. So workers emerged faster, and more workers brought more resources, creating a continuous positive cycle.
“That’s why Joseon needs to cut off this positive cycle of resources quickly. So actually, in Game 2, Joseon launched a surprise attack using transport ships!”
“Exactly. And that’s how Oppenheimer eventually fell back to the main base! Breaking the resource cycle!”
“It wasn’t just breaking the cycle! They completely cut off the resources! Wood was at 0 during the harassment! Zero!”
hahahahaha lol
-Wood “0”
That’s too much, lol
-True Oppenheimer;
-Will it work this time too?
“But is there a transport operation this time too!?”
King Gul expressed his doubt while looking at Joseon’s dock.
“Yes! That’s right? A Swift Ship is out right now?”
“They should secure the sea with Fire Ships first. The fact that a Swift Ship came out first means….”
Fire Ships were basic combat vessels, but they were quite efficient.
Since Fire Ships attacked by launching flaming arrows, they synergized well with Joseon’s archer-based faction, making them more useful than expected.
“Joseon has the advantage in early Fire Ship combat. But they’re giving up that timing to the Swift Ship for a moment. This means they’re using the time advantage they got from reaching Age 2 first on this Swift Ship….”
Joseon’s slightly earlier Age 2 advantage was invested into the Swift Ship. It was a ship that had to accomplish something significant.
“Huh? But right now there are only Workers on the Swift Ship?”
For some reason, Joseon loaded only Workers onto the Swift Ship they had rushed to produce.
“There is one Soldier on it though. Pangeo? Just one?”
And strangely, one Soldier boarded it. And that was Pangeo.
“No. Even if Pangeo isn’t the leader anymore… he’s an important archer unit? So this means something’s going on.”
“Japan, on the other hand, is now producing Fishing Ships while simultaneously building Sekibunes.”
Japan’s Age 2 combat ship, the Sekibune, was beginning to appear.
Since they had separate Fishing Shipyards and regular Shipyards, they could produce Fishing Ships while preparing Sekibunes.
“Fishing Ships are increasing, and that’s why Japan is so scary on sea maps? They’re absolutely ahead in sheer numbers first.”
“Yes. Of course, you can’t say the ship performance is good! But they’re fast! And depending on who you put inside, the combat power changes a bit—Japanese ships are honestly quite troublesome!”
“Meanwhile, Joseon. Now their second Shipyard is complete. Fishing Ships and Warships come out separately… and they’re starting Fire Ship production. So where is the Swift Ship going for multi-tasking?”
The Swift Ship that had been carrying Workers departed while looking elsewhere for a moment.
But there was something strange.
“…?”
King Gul couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw this scene.
“Huh?”
It was because of who was at the helm of the ship.
Normally, this position was replaced by a free NPC. But not now.
“No, Pangeo… Player? Am I seeing this correctly?”
It was Pangeo.
He was holding the ship’s wheel.
It wasn’t just for show—the ship was actually moving as he steered it.
-??
-That’s romantic
-Pang-eo Ajae fishing lol
-What is this
-Is he really doing it himself??
-What is this, a bug?
“Pang-eo is piloting the ship himself?!”
“What?! The Commander isn’t doing it?”
“Right! Normally the Commander does it, of course… but there’s a manual mode for emergency situations like this.”
“Is this an emergency situation?!”
“No! That’s why it’s so strange!”
King Gul couldn’t comprehend it.
It was understandable.
Without knowing the circumstances, this scene was completely incomprehensible.
Especially for those who knew the game well—there was no strategy more inefficient than this.
“No, this wastes an entire person on the ship… and in the final match, it can’t possibly be just fooling around…”
King Gul continued muttering in confusion.
The issue spread through the chat, and then rippled out to the community forums.

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[What is this manual ship mode???]
[Did Joseon lose their minds?]
[Does that even have any advantages????]
Posts flooded the Civil Empire community forum, M-bul, in an instant.
The content was all similar.
They were all asking what possible advantage there was to manually piloting a ship.
Answers didn’t come easily.
-At least it makes things easier for the Commander.
The only advantage was that it freed up the Commander.
On sea maps, Commanders had so much to do controlling ships that it became overwhelming. With manual mode, they’d have far more freedom compared to their opponent’s Commander.
But that couldn’t be considered an advantage.
└Choi Sun-sin has incredibly fast hands… why would he do that??
└That’s true.
Daisunsin Choi was a Commander whose strength lay in combat and tactical control.
There was no reason to avoid that fight.
└Besides, combat is super important on sea maps, so what’s the point of delegating that?
Combat was far more critical on sea maps than on land maps.
The amount of money spent per battle was different.
└lol every time a few ships go down, you lose a multi-unit, so what’s the point of giving up combat and managing operations well
└So that’s why Joseon won game 2;
Ships were quite expensive, and naval combat made it difficult for either side to escape once battle was joined.
The damage from each engagement was severe for both sides.
In fact, after just two matches, Joseon’s Panokseons had already sunk by more than seventy percent.
-So there’s no advantage???
Ultimately, the community reached the conclusion that there was no advantage at all.
Then a counterargument appeared.
[The manual mode’s only advantage has arrived!]
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Fishing── Man
(Photo)
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The photo contained an image of a man casting a fishing rod from a boat into the sea.
hahahahahahaha for real
That Pang-uh Trivia channel profile pic lol
What are you doing? Haha.
Yeah, that’s right lol
└Pang-eo Ajae’s got that romantic spirit!
-Then when he comes to Korea, tell him to ride a fishing boat with some romance
hahahahahaha
I’m dying laughing
The conclusion was truly that there seemed to be no advantage.
Therefore, public opinion had no choice but to be critical of the Commander.
[Is manual mode a joke? Are battleships being handled properly?]
“Damn it, when I bring a solo queue warrior, they mess around in the national team match ㅡㅡ”
[Cookie come ouuuuuuuu]
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“Right now Pang-eo is actually driving and moving forward. And… he’s doing quite well!?”
Meanwhile, in-game, Pang-eo had finally arrived at the destination.
“In the fake nationals, he sang that fishing, fishing song so much, didn’t he? Looks like he actually knows how to sail a boat! Anyway, Pang-eo, or rather, the Swift Ship has arrived at the island.”
hahaha
-Pretty fitting
-It does suit him
“This is definitely a multi-tasking move, right!?”
“It seems so. Joseon will quickly secure the multi. This is it, you know. They’ll be generating resources quickly enough not to fall behind the island nation faction.”
“Ah, I see. Indeed, having one multi will definitely help them stay competitive later when the snowball keeps rolling.”
“But the multi’s location is quite provocative, you know?”
“Huh? Why?”
King Gul paid attention to the location where Joseon had chosen their multi.
“Well, even though it seems close to Joseon, because this island stretches so long vertically like this….”
His eyes perceived it.
At the 6 o’clock and 12 o’clock positions, the Joseon and Japan main bases were entrenched.
And to the east of Joseon, a long island stretched both above and below.
At the very bottom of that island sat Joseon’s multi-base.
At first glance, it appeared far closer to Joseon, but when comparing the sea distances, this island was actually attached to Japan’s territory.
“So if we cross just a few rivers, we can reach Japan’s main base by land, right?”
“Huh? But can’t we cross there?”
“Well, that’s true. But the travel time by ship is shorter. And what’s remarkable is how Joseon figured this out so quickly…”
What was truly astounding was how quickly Joseon had grasped this map’s structure.
The commentators had all vision lit up, so they couldn’t quite tell when Joseon had revealed what.
That’s why the observer showed them a replay.
“Ah…!”
Joseon’s fishing ships.
They hadn’t fished along Joseon’s coast, but ventured further ahead to operate.
In doing so, the coastal vision was roughly revealed.
And then, the assistant commander’s falcon release was used.
“Ah. They used the falcon release here too? I didn’t catch that. I was only watching Pangeo’s driving!”
“The positioning was remarkably precise in grasping the layout? The falcon release could have been a complete miss.”
“This is actually only possible because they know something about this map. There are areas where the churning waves create narrow gaps between islands.”
“Ah…! So they knew that and assumed this location would roughly be such an area?”
“Exactly. They used the falcon release at a very strategic position, and if this continues, Joseon could spread their influence through the multi-base to the small islands along Japan’s coast, but….”
“But!?”
“Japan is advancing first!?”
Whoooosh!
The Sekibune departs carrying troops.
This time, Japan is attacking Joseon first.

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