Sword Art Online

[shinta|hikari]

Bosses naturally have to be defeated by groups. The game would be too easy otherwise. Even Kirito joined that group that beat the 1st level boss so obviously he knows it is necessary. Moreover, MMOs aren't all about bosses. Leveling is important as well, and Kirito is apparently really fast at it. He solos when leveling, and joins in when they fight bosses. Makes sense to me.

Kirito is good because he is smart, calm, and just really good at fighting. You completely ignored the fighting aspect in SAO. Combat isn't simple. They aren't pressing a button or mouse clicking when they attack. They do the attacks as if they were in the real world. Positioning, balance, form, all of those matter. Sword skills do have system assist as explained in episode 1, but even that needs to be initiated by movement. Like I said in the previous post, dodging is all manual.

Having a high leveled character but having no skills to use it would result in death. Actually, you would not reach a high level without skill in the first place. I imagine those with martial arts training, especially swordsmanship, would have a great advantage in this game. Kirito trained in Kendo.

Kirito is good at the switch system because he was in the Beta. He naturally had a lot of chances to learn and master it there, maybe even partying up at times.

About refusing to play the game, I bet a lot of people are actually doing just that. I can't imagine thousands of people dealing with their predicament in the same way. There are even murderers after all.