Thread:Ashleyien/@comment-918376-20150707020140/@comment-26580819-20151015173015

Yeah, I think only the ones I listed were 90. As for post-Catastrophe, it seems like the majority of people in Akiba moved to crafting/production since they couldn't handle fighting irl. Most likely, most of CMA's members did that or just kind of hangout together, they are a friendship guild. From what I know of MMOs and RPGs in general, the only way to really level up is to fight. If you don't fight, you don't gain levels, so their levels would still be the same as they were at the beginning, unless they've actively worked to get them up (like at the training camp).

Pre-Catastrophe, Marie had enough fighting experience to level-up to 90. She doesn't seem like the type to be a hardcore gamer; I see her more as longing on to hangout with friends and chat but that had to have involved questing and stuff (to help others, and maybe to get gold to put towards that massive wardrobe she has). Post-Catastrophe, she probably didn't have much experience on the battlefield at that point. At least in the anime, when they got attacked at summer camp, she was kind of shocked and helpless and had to be saved. Her biggest contribution was telling the kids to get back to safety. Up until that battle, I'm not sure how much real combat experience she had.

Akatsuki definitely had more combat experience all around, I was just comparing them in terms of gear and also lack of raiding, though their playing styles are completely different.

(random Tet thought) I thing from the anime that amused me was that in ep. 25, she told Shiroe he shouldn't be kiting with paper-thin armor (or something like that) when she was healing him. She hadn't seemed worried about him when DemiDemi dragged him off... and just how is her armor not "paper thin"? She doesn't wear armor either. (Maybe that's another reason she has more MP than Marie, her vest increases MP and Marie's chestplate probably cuts into her MP [though she must protect her assets!].) I just thought it was odd she was commenting on him being in harm's way with thin armor when she does it all the time (though I do think she's a little more agile). Anyway, Marie's style of healing seems to be generally to stand back a bit and heal, whereas, Tet bounces all over the battlefield, constantly going from front to back and back again. (though from what I understood from reading vol. 10 in Google Translate, Tet's the backup or rear healer in the Shibuya raid. I think Marie was the main healer.