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.

The story is about the Mc's journey from zero to hero as he receives a broken, one of a kind class that allows him, an idiotic, dislikable, yet 'tenacious' loser to become the strongest individual in a game. Unlike most manhwas, the Mc makes good allies, builds his own empire, and overall matures as an individual to become respected amongst his peers.

Despite this, the story fails to branch out from your generic leveling manhwa, as the power scaling is completely broken leaving readers with little investment in it's fights. Every other chapter there are fodder enemies created to simply die to the mc and ... his crew. Also, some characters get completely overpowered simply because of the fact that they are close to the mc for 'plot convenience'. An example of this is the Mc's sister who obtains one of the greatest classes in the game after playing for no more than 1 hour. She gains this class because of her 'KINDNESS TO OTHERS', completely ruining the game's progression system of working hard to become better. His sister is only one of many examples of broken powerups simply to increase the Mc's glory as the greatest player. As a result, the story goes downhill the longer you read it, becoming more repetitive and boring after your investment in the world fades away.

Conclusion: A bad story riddled with unnecessary plot holes that ruin your reading experience, since the main characters could undergo a 10x powerup in one chapter, or gain no power in 10, the story quickly becomes just another 'power fantasy manhwa' after the novelty of the first few chapters fades away. However, if you like the level of story presented in normal power fantasies, this story is probably a must read.

Side note: The art is pretty good since it is drawn by members of the same team that drew solo leveling. Despite this, the art isn't as great as solo leveling's and is no greater that what you see in your average manhwa nowadays.