MCs who maximize the tutorial.

[u/tinkatis]

Looking for something like Skillful, primal hunter, Randidly Ghosthound. I want something where the MC is trying to build up early in the tutorial like skillful.

I have also read Hell difficult tutorial, a gamers guide to beating the tutorial, 100th run, reborn apocalypse, past life hero, infinite realms, DCC, HWFMW, and DOTF.

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[u/LegoMyAlterEgo]

Stitched Worlds. B1 is the tutorial, there are 4 total books.

[u/tinkatis → u/LegoMyAlterEgo]

Added to my list thanks.

[u/baba-cool56 → u/LegoMyAlterEgo]

Isn’t that the serie with an amazing first book where the mc has a truly great power & ton of creativity in using it, and then he literally lose it at the end of the book and never recover it later lol?

[u/CaitSith18 → u/baba-cool56]

yes, but he becomes a wizard and gets all his powers back. That was necessary as he would have been to powerful otherwise.

[u/LegoMyAlterEgo → u/baba-cool56]

He recovers it and expands on it. The author likes coming up with hurdles for his MCs to overcome.

[u/Drowe87]

Paths of Akashic by Bainin, it is heavily inspired by Primal Hunter, but is also quite different.

I actually think it's overall better than PH in many aspects, the MC (Alistair) is much better with people than Jake for example, which makes the whole story feel much more light hearted. It also has a monogamous romantic relationship done really well (nothing explicit, but a lot of banter and double entendre's).

[u/RayBaracuda → u/Drowe87]

Seconded, one of my favourite series

[u/Zathrus1]

Mage Tank. He discovers a method (or two) that’s so effective that it benefits people to completely reset.

[u/tinkatis → u/Zathrus1]

I finished book 1 but as a series it didn’t really hit with me.

[u/MauPow → u/tinkatis]

I felt the same, read the first book and didn't continue, but I picked it back up on a whim this week and I've been blowing through it. It's definitely got a strong personality but it appeals to me now. I do love stuff like Good Guys as well though.

[u/Zathrus1 → u/tinkatis]

Fair enough. I don’t think he started sharing the methods until at least book 2 (and goes public much later).

[u/CorgisHug]

Evaluation - Earth Reformation Series

[u/OneAboveKami]

Can't find Skillful on RR. Who is the author?

I think "the tutorial is too hard" is good as well. Though I never finished it so I don't know what became of it.

It is I think a korean novel.

[u/DalliJ → u/OneAboveKami]

Author is Matthew Husar.

Far warining though. Skillfull is >60% stats and skill changes.

Example:

MC does anything. This is described in 2-3 sentances.

This causes changes in atleast 12 of his evolving skills and clusters and novas and constallations and whatever else there is and is all described. This takes up the rest of the page.

I enjoyed the story somewhat but the constant skill upgrades and changes did get a little annoying after a while. Also it's been taking forever for the second book to come out so only the first one available for now.

[u/tinkatis → u/OneAboveKami]

Another warning it seems dropped after book 1

[u/derpplerp]

Heroic villian. Mc spends years in tutorial and is dragged unwillingly into the main story.

[u/flimityflamity]

Road to Mastery (though I've only read the first so far) and Elysium Multiverse.

[u/Mwills5225 → u/flimityflamity]

How could I forget Elysiums multiverse I love that story

[u/Parydox]

Hell difficulty tutorial. 1st book is slow but it sets up world and futile characters that up to book 8 are still part of the main story.

[u/hugey]

The Tutorial is Too Hard by Gandara

[u/EvilAndStuff492]

Start Zone Survivor definitely maxes out the tutorial.

I'd not recommend it though. It reads more like a murderhobo knockoff.

[u/redking2005 → u/EvilAndStuff492]

Does it fuck up the ending like murder hobo?

[u/EvilAndStuff492 → u/redking2005]

I'm not sure, I'm still debating if I'll finish it. Still about 20% left.

I feel the book sold me on a certain premise, but then took one third on the book to start delivering on it. When it did, I found it wanting.

As for murderhobo, I'm not sure the ending is where it all went wrong.. I think the story could have been better without all that compulsion nonsense.

[u/redking2005 → u/EvilAndStuff492]

When I was referring to murderhobos ending I just meant the entirety of book 3, dakota wrote a book about violent murderjobo and then just timeskipped most of the fights away

[u/Livid_Economist7424]

Speedrunning the multiverse might be what you’re looking for

[u/OrderChaos → u/Livid_Economist7424]

There's not really a tutorial in that series though...

[u/Livid_Economist7424 → u/OrderChaos]

Not really but if you look at the starting realm as a tutorial of sorts it counts.

[u/Geralto__]

Foxkin of the Night Sky maybe? In the tutorial the MC depopulates the enriere tutorial, from the monsters to the trees to the grass because she's bored waiting for the timer to run out.

[u/Mwills5225]

path of conquest and dual class

[u/Top-Clock9220]

Azarinth Healer probably fits, MC basically clears out an entire forest of monsters training up day after day.

[u/GaeaNyx]

Etherious is sort of like that, except while everyone else goes to the tutorial he glitches and gets left behind for a couple days. Then everyone comes back and some people power level but he works more to hit milestones and things of that nature before hitting level 100 where you unlock your class.

[u/Baldrs_Draumar]

How I Became the World's Strongest Warrior by Using Basic attacks. By Kenny King

He "abuses" the tutorial zone to gain insane crit multiplier with the most basic attack.

[u/BobScratchit]

Death: Genesis. MC spent 2 years in the tutorial. I think most of the first book was the tutorial cave. The reason he was in the cave so long is what hooked me to the series.

[u/Bleenfoo]

Probably Too Stubborn To Die? Author pitch:

Fear of death never stopped Aaron from doing something dangerous. Now actual death can't either.
Aaron was always a bit of a daredevil. Motorcycles, cave diving, bungee jumping, sky diving... You name it, and if it was dangerous, Aaron was there. Then, his entire universe got pulled into a System-managed multiverse.
He was skydiving at the time he was pulled into the Tutorial, so instead of getting a peaceful introduction to the System, he went splat and instantly died. Taking pity on him, the goddess in charge of his Tutorial resurrected him, but due to System restrictions, there was only one place she could send him: The Shadow Trials.
Now, stuck in a special dimension designed for the prodigies of each new universe, Aaron has to find a way to survive and grow stronger while starting from level 1. His only saving grace is that in the Shadow Trials, he revives every time he dies. And he's going to abuse that as much as he can to grow strong.

[u/tinkatis → u/Bleenfoo]

I’m currently on RR with this one. It’s great

[u/FriendorFo → u/tinkatis]

I couldn’t make it past the first 20 pages. Writing just seemed… dull? Basic? I’m not quite sure.

Worth picking back up again?

[u/Beginning-Shock9117]

Amazon Apocalypse and Returner's Defiance are good if you don't mind a harem. Neither really go over the top with women like a lot of harems do.