tsukkin
It's actually a pretty popular opinion these days. The system genre is nowhere near as popular anymore. I'm glad my novel doesn't have a system in it. They're a pain to write >.>

      tsukkin
      mhmm. I mean, system based novels CAN be good but it is rare to find a well done one. There are only a couple I know particularly well that have a system that works well.
      Legend of the Empyrean Blacksmith - System is not the main part and levels are basically just showing the progression of someone's cultivation.

      Storm Caller: The New Era - VRMMORPG kinda based thing that is a really cool idea..... unfortunately, the author has been on a hiatus for like 2 months.

          SnoozySloth
          yeah, I hate them with literally less than 4 exceptions. But those few exceptions either have a cool premise and/or system is merely for progression and showing quality of weapons (e.g. what they can do which is usually just wrote about during combat in a non-system book).

          I mean, an example of system novels' potential can be shown in Legend of the Empyrean Blacksmith where the Empyrean Writ (cultivation technique that does have a system-esc format) does have a system kinda format with requirements to get rewards from but also actually has a personality and goals. It is not some mindless AI, it is a soul so to speak, one of the main progressors of the plot and also is used as a major source of worldbuilding.
          Plus the book itself is kind of sick due to the way it is written and its themes. :P

          EDIT: I know I was hating on these novels earlier, but that is mainly because the ones you do see are shit or rip-offs of The Strongest System which was a shit book anyway. The Strongest System is the system version of Eastern Fantasy's Martial God Asura (being honest here lol)

            It's a lot more convenient to just put a system in then they don't have to come with their own plot and powers and it's more accepted instead of all the people who get off on making fun of other peoples original ideas for ways to make their main character more powerful. If you guys want system novels to get their own genre then I definitely agree but you shouldn't hate on them too much since it just turns into the same thing that's happening to the original idea people.

              It's an easy way to present information to the readers in the begining of the story , sinse almost all of them come with a game like display of skills . My problem begings when stats go above a sertain number and loose all meaning
              For examle in MC has 1974 in strength , I'm not gonna even read the numbers after 1 .
              But in the beging of the story it's actually real convinient to have a well structured system ,and the key word here is well structured

                WorstNameEver take a look here:

                https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApVsHxMkVn6qqLgqkMIIa-TjbJGjJA

                The authors are the onews that can and must set their parameters in this section.
                Webnovel foesnt bother with the originals, only if they are non-fanfic because they may exort the author to become premium, or if a 17+ book was placed in a children section, or the apearance of racicism, or etc.

                You must post this kind of things in their coments or the author discord group.
                Not many are checking out this blog

                    6 days later

                    WorstNameEver well ofc there are good system novels, i read them too... but the thing is, there are too many shitty system novels lately. And it sucks bcs i noticed every system novel is quite similar (faceslapping, revenge, jade like beauty, etc), i feel like i'm out of choice when searching for new novel to read

                        Don't be discouraged just because of several bad books. They can't represent the genre as a whole. There's still a lot of good system books that are not translated yet.

                        I think the problem with most System books is they just appear and are never explained.

                        This is sort of self-promotion (it totally is) but I'm writing a system novel myself. Now the main character of the story is a programmer, and he's making the system himself, slowly adding new functions as time pass. Maybe this will interest you more?
                        https://www.webnovel.com/book/11501518405408905/System-Programmer

                        This 'System' thing is began to appear after the great success of manhwa called 'The Gamer' because it's the first story to have a RPG System in real life, after that many peoples create a story that consist with the 'System' just to make their story more interesting

                        2 years later

                        Please can someone explain to me what exactly "system" means because im writing a story and idk what to put in the tags ︵‿︵(´ ͡༎ຶ ͜ʖ ͡༎ຶ `)︵‿︵

                          Dead post risen from the grave and 2 years later no doubt.

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