Evidence hierarchy
- Primary: official product pages, announcements, patch notes, and in-game observations.
- Corroborating: reputable reporting and independently reproducible tests.
- Discovery only: wikis, community guides, social posts, and transcripts that point to facts requiring verification.
How a guide is researched
Each page begins with one player question. Official game pages, guides, patch notes, store listings, and repeatable in-game observations are reduced to individual facts. Third-party guides, community discussions, and video transcripts are used to discover questions or test ideas, not as text to reproduce.
Original synthesis
Articles are organized around a new outline, then written from the verified fact set. Recommendations are labeled through their reasoning and trade-offs. Time-sensitive details such as requirements, editions, modes, patches, and numerical balance are checked again when a page is revised.
Source register
| Source class | How it is used | Publication rule |
|---|---|---|
| Official game material | Mechanics, platforms, features, requirements, patches | Facts summarized with a direct source link |
| In-game testing | Steps, behavior, comparisons, edge cases | Describe reproducible conditions |
| Video transcripts | Discover mechanics and player questions | Verify claims and write independently |
| Community material | Find recurring problems and disputed behavior | Do not present opinion as established fact |
Image credits
Gameplay figures on this site are sourced from Bandai Namco's official Demo Guide and official Echoes of Aincrad media pages. They are used as editorial references for the game systems described on each page; all rights remain with their respective owners.