Overgeared

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The webtoon scene is filled with overpowered MCs and VRMMO/regression settings, what sets this series apart is the way the game functions. In a reminiscent way to Log Horizon, the world presented in Overgeared is an evolving one that changes according to the players actions with the world itself, the NPCs and other players.

There's a wide variety of game systems discovered along the series that can be rarely seen in this type of setting. No person is trapped inside the game so the real world dynamics are an interesting extra point to consider.

So far it has been an enjoyable ride that started off as generic ... and ended up being one of the most interesting MMO webtoons out there.

At first the story seems amazing. The world presented by the manhwa seems like something refreshing, the MC is at the bottom of the food chain and receives a class so far never explored in other works.

Then it starts to suffer from the Tomb-Raider-King-syndrome.

Fights become repetitive, MC quickly becomes overpowered, thus despite often trying to mention "how much he loves his friends and family" becomes asshole to everyone. Half of the things presented in the world that seem interesting become forgotten after hero sees/uses them once or twice. Other characters most of the time make some really weird decisions and remarks if you stop to ... think about it for a moment. Most of the interesting side characters are never explored and left alone as soon as the MC beats the sh*t out of them. Essentially any world building is left after a quick introduction and afterwards done only when the hero gets new powers.

Art is good but is what you essentialy see in every second manhwa nowadays, while the fights slowly fade into a blurry mess.

The series starts off as something that can finally save you from the mass-produced identical manhwas, only to make your expectations fall as quickly as they rose.
I will read next chapters, hoping to experience the enjoyment it filled me with for quite a while instead of boredom that takes over most of the time now.

Obnoxious MC stumbles upon some random thing which makes him overpowered. Proceed with 200 chapters of people awestruck at how amazing he is. Why would anyone be impressed with skills when skills are literally just random items you find on the ground? Nothing is ever explained. I don't even think the author cares how the game mechanics work. The Esports angle is also laughable since there doesn't appear to be any strategy whatsoever. Characters simply take turns activating random skills until the good guy wins. The VRMMO genre is hard to pull off, and this series definitely isn't going to change that.