Chapter 88 The Balance Argument

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  [Today it snowed heavily and the surface temperature dropped to 0 degrees. The "Winter is Coming" expansion pack is coming to an end, and 10 additional beta test qualifications have been released to give back to the little players who have been waiting on the official website for a long time and insisted on checking in. 】

  【In addition, the temperature is getting colder, everyone remember to add clothes. 】

   Today's version number is still Alpha0.4.

The announcement on the    official website still did not mention any news about the Alpha0.5 version, only an announcement about the "weather system" test situation.

   However, the content discussed by netizens on the forum today rarely has anything to do with the announcement of the planning team.

  Almost all the topics and slots are focused on in-game enhancements for professional players.

  Tengteng: "My wife is outrageous! First it's 2000 silver, then 5000 silver! The planners come out and take care of your NPCs! QAQ"

  WC really has mosquitoes: "I don't care, shady! Unless you give me money too! The goblin industry needs subsidies! (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻"

  Midnight Killing Chicken: "The power system needs to be strengthened! It is unreasonable that an axe can't cut crab shells! ┬─┬ノ(\'-\'ノ

  Debt Big Eyes: "Intelligence players protest! Strongly demand that weapon stores increase drones and floating cannons! (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻"

  Macabazi: "Farm! I want to farm!"

  Stop talking shit: "Doesn't anyone care about the fishing guy? 500 contribution points is too painful! QAQ"

  Yaya: "Hahahaha, spicy chicken! Fishing can kill you, weak chicken! {*≧≦}"

The players on the    official website have a lot of opinions, and they are almost arguing.

   Actually think about it, what is the most important thing about the game?

   Of course it's balance!

   In reality, the gap between the rich and the poor can be selectively ignored, but not in the game! Everyone is the same liver, why are you so cool?

   is unreasonable.

   This is so unreasonable!

   Especially the outpost is less than the size of two playgrounds. It is not necessarily 20 acres in size. A brick factory has 15 acres, which is equivalent to setting up another sub-base.

   Even if the player only has 20% control, it will affect the balance a bit.

   In any case, it is more reasonable to be below 5%!

   Of course, there are also players who pursue another level of rationality, such as the fugitive mole rat in the canyon who has been clamoring to develop a "free trade" system.

   This guy made a special post and rationally analyzed the rationality of this wave.

"Actually, it's not as exaggerated as you think. A good economic cycle system is necessary for a game that pursues details. Have you heard of "Albion"? Although it is an MMORPG, the economic system in it is very good. Excellent, all equipment in the game is produced by the player, basically your career is determined by what you 'wear'."

"The most impressive design in it is that the cities in the game are economically independent from each other. Although there are auctions for trading, they are not actively circulated. Players can buy storefronts, open workshops, build their own equipment, or Lease to players for a fee. The equipment produced can not only be auctioned off to players, but also sold to the black market.”

"One of the most eye-catching ones is the black market. Equipment sold on the black market will be bought by 'monsters' and become the loot for players to kill monsters. If no one sells a piece of equipment, the black market will be limited to a certain extent. Raise its price and induce players to produce it.”

"Obviously Wasteland OL is also building a similar economic system, but according to my observations, the wasteland OL's economic system will be closer to reality. I don't know if you have noticed that different NPC strongholds use different currencies! So trade is mostly barter!"

"The exchange rate setting may appear in the later stage, but this system will be very complicated, even close to the 'chaotic system', which makes the changes in the economic-related values ​​in the game tend to be unpredictable, and I don't know if the server's CPU can handle it. !"

   "No matter how you say it, it's a good thing to be brave in innovation. I give a thumbs up to the courage of the production team!"

  Chu Guang has finished reading his post. What should I learn from it is to take a note from the old rules. If I take more Alpha0.5, won't it come out?

   However, I don't know if the server can handle it or not. A few minutes after this post was posted, a small steel bar has already come over.

Professor Yang of the Lightning Dharma King: "Hehe, I haven't played the game you mentioned, but my point of view is that it is a failure to let players intervene in things that should be done by NPCs! Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and you will always be I can't guess where the bottom line of the players is! If I were the director of the brick factory, I would not sell it to the NPC warehouse, and then raise the price of bricks, whether you like it or not!"

Um.

   This is indeed a problem, but this problem can only appear in future versions, not in the present.

   This cloud player may have forgotten that once he accepts the hidden task, it means giving up 80% of the control to the "NPC".

  It’s okay to run a good business, but what if you want to drive up prices and sell hungry?

  You see, if the NPC doesn't engage you or not, it's over.

   There are way more options in the game than in reality.

   However, this little player's thinking is also a wake-up call. You can trust the players' abilities, but you can never overestimate their bottom line, let alone give up using the rules to restrict them.

   Even if you increase the stake of the players in the future, you will not let them exceed 50%.

   At the same time, a warning line for closing positions must be set for the inventory.

  Once the stock reaches the closing warning line, the balance mechanism will be triggered automatically. Even if you don’t want to sell it, you have to give me a broken bone and sell half of it.

   What, you want to stop work? Limited production? Throwing bricks in the water like the people of Boston?

  Hehe, the orders in the NPC warehouse keep coming, you stop production and try, the punishment is the [Limited Time Mission] which will lower the stake.

   There is always a way to cure these little smarts.

   This Professor Yang did not know that his theory had already caused a certain NPC to write twice in the notebook, but normal people probably would not have thought that the NPC in the game could actually visit the official website forum.

   At this time, the people from the bull and horse team came out.

Fang Chang: "Cough, to clarify the question raised by Professor Yang, first of all, you can't treat the group of players as a whole. Just like eating chicken, some people hang up, and some people insist on maintaining the game environment, right? I can't control others, but we The Niu Ma team still has integrity and will not do things like drive up in-game prices, not now, nor will it in the future, please rest assured."

"In addition, we are also part-time workers. 80% of the shares in the brick factory are collectively owned by the Refuge, while we only have 20%. To be honest, this is a bit like a hot potato, and the return paid is not proportional to the income, you don't think so good."

   He didn't want to clarify, but the discussion on the official website was so intense that he was afraid that he planned to reach out and interfere with the game, which would directly cut off the revenue of burning bricks.

   The original 20% stake is low enough, and the income from cutting a knife and burning bricks will directly eat the soil.

   In short, sell a wave of misery first!

  The fleeing mole in the canyon: "You are enough! Give it to me! Don't want to do it to me! (Crazy

   Fangchang: "Cough."

Professor Yang of Lightning Dharma King: "Oh, if you say no, then you won't? And what's wrong with 20% of the shares, is it actually the player's business? I still say that, you can never underestimate a player's moral bottom line, always Someone will find a way to take advantage of it!"

"For example, I can deliberately throw away a part of the inventory, say that the firing failed, but in fact it is hidden in the warehouse, and sold in large quantities to players in demand through third-party players at a price lower than the market price, which not only bypasses the NPC's warehouse, but also bypasses the market. The restrictions on corporate accounts have been lifted! You know what I mean, even if the book is at a loss, players can still make a steady profit and brush money! And it’s still money directly into the pocket! (proud)”

  Chu Guang was shocked when he saw this post.

  Fuck.

   This brother has learned the criminal law!

  WC really has mosquitoes: "Good guy, let's shoot and start in reality."

  Tomato scrambled eggs: "I think it's worse than a mosquito! (Shows his teeth

  WC really has mosquitoes: "? What does it have to do with me."

  Irena: "Brother, you are a wolf. (Funny

  Fang Chang: "The pattern, the pattern, do you think you're the only one who's smart? That's what you want? If you're smart, think about it again. Why don't I do this, and come here to post a statement that I don't do it. (Squint

  Ye Shi: "Will you come to our factory to move bricks after the internal test? I will make you the workshop director. (funny

  Old Bai: "Hahahaha, let's test it! I think the public test should be fine."

  Light: Applause

  Tengteng: "The plan is great!"

  Professor Yang of Lightning Dharma King: "...Uh, it's all theory, don't take it seriously, I'll just say it casually, cough cough. (Sweaty soybeans

  Master is so proud of me: "I laughed, what I said is the same as the truth. Continue to pretend, I'll see when you can pretend. (Pick your nose

   quit smoking: "Dad! Please, give me a chance. T.T"

   Closed the post and browsed the official website. Chu Guang found that the number of appointments had risen from 888 to 996.

  Although the drainage method of volunteers is a bit inefficient, the advantage is that it can screen out a large number of non-target groups.

  What is a non-target group?

  Professor Yang is a fish that has not been screened out, at least not the target group in the packaging and testing stage.

   Thinking about how to open and hang every day, using game bugs and planning to fight wits and courage, is it worthy of the games that others have worked so hard to make?

   Can't you move bricks for NPCs properly?

   They all said that they should not delete files and let you be T1 and T0!

   "We have to find a way to open the B2 floor... There are still so many small players waiting to go online and move bricks."

  I don't know how many training cabins there are on the B2 floor.

   But there is still a problem here. Now that there are less than 100 players, the capacity of the elevator is already a bit tight. What can we do when the players break through 10,000 in the future?

   Breaking one million or even ten million?

   Of course, Chu Guang felt that the designers of this shelter should consider these issues, such as the existence of exits on other floors that can directly reach the surface.

After all, in such a large refuge facility, it makes no sense that there is only one exit to the outside world, and if the "technology to communicate with parallel worlds" is completed in this refuge, then the first generation manager should leave him to produce this kind of training. cabin technology.

  , etc. can deliver a large number of "players" from the shelter to the surface, and naturally it will go to the internal test.

When   , etc. can break away from the spatial limitations of the shelter itself and mass-produce "players" on the surface, the public beta will naturally arrive.

   "Summer Salt."

   Hearing Chu Guang suddenly calling out his name, the proprietress of the weapon shop, who was sitting in the corner of the wall, was dizzy, and looked up at him blankly.

"what?"

   "Do you know how to contact the slave traders?"

   Hearing the words "Slave Merchant", the little girl's face turned pale, her hands tightly holding the book, and her body seemed to shrink in a circle.

   "You, what do you want?"

  “…?”

  Although she knew that she was probably thinking too much, but where did she open her mind, Chu Guangneng could draw a tree diagram of the possibilities.

  Tsk, annoying.

   He hates guessing the most.

   Seeing that Chu Guang didn't speak, Xia Yan's face was blushing from white to blue, and the misunderstanding deepened.

   "I, I, I, I, if I don't do anything well, you tell me, I will definitely change. Don't, don't sell me... I beg you."

"...What nonsense are you talking about? Don't you have one leg left? Why did I sell you?" Chu Guang rolled his eyes and urged, "I plan to buy some labor and ask if you are familiar with doing this. Do you have a word to hurry up with the business people?"

   This guy is still too busy.

   Generally speaking, when you hear that the company is going to lay off employees, the one who is most afraid must be the one who often fishes. If you don't fish, what are you afraid of?

Um?

  Although I always felt that Chu Guang's answer was a bit problematic, it was not to sell myself.

   Xia Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and his tensed shoulders also relaxed.

   slowly leaned back against the wall, she raised her eyebrows and glanced at Chu Guang, and muttered.

   "I, where do I know that kind of businessman? Do you think I look like someone who can afford slaves?"

   "Tsk, you never sold it?"

   "Who do you think I am? I am anyway, a serious mercenary, not a predator." Xia Yan argued with a blushing face.

  Chu Guang shrugged and did not comment.

   Is there a big difference between mercenaries and raiders?

   Even merchants occasionally make cameos as looters, not to mention mercenaries who originally made a living by guns? But asking about the past is a very boring thing, and it's not important to him.

   "I really don't have it!!"

   "Oh, that's such a pity, I'm still hoping to buy some labor back to help my people relieve some of the burden."

   Xia Yan glanced at him, tactically scared, shrank his shoulders and didn't speak.

   I remember the last time this guy used the word "resident" to call those blue jackets who couldn't speak, but this time he actually started to use "subsidiary".

   Will you become a servant next time?

   It's so scary...

   This guy must have been a devil in his last life!

  No, in this life!

   (end of this chapter)