Chapter 201: Why Are Levels and Professions So Important?
"I think that the online game of the martial arts genre of Millennium is set up very well, but it has no level and no profession, which is a failure."
One step ahead is called innovation, and ten steps ahead is called looking for death.
Not to mention the new online gamers now, even if there are countless online game enthusiasts in China in the future, no level, no profession, it is not necessarily very popular.
"How to say it, if you want me to analyze, in the current domestic online game industry, the first important thing is the level."
In order to completely let Tong Lei figure out the meaning of the rank, Zhang Ning continued.
"Rank, what is rank?"
"The level looks like it's just a few numbers, and it says, you're level 40, I'm level 41. But because I'm a level above you, I feel a stronger sense of pride. Not to mention, when the level rises, it is also reflected in the attack, mana, and defense...... and so on. If you don't have this level, how can I reflect my awesomeness in a more cliché phrase? In reality, you're just a small clerk, and I'm the manager in the department. You're not going to be jealous of me, of course, as long as it's a person. Department managers not only have high salaries, but also can manage people, how good.
However, can you imagine that in this one, what is involved is also rank?
With the level, I have the motivation to move forward.
With the grade, I have the direction to work hard.
With the ranks, I can find the honor in the virtual network.
In a word, rank determines honor, strength, PK, and even the life and death of a game. ”
Zhang Ning talked eloquently, and said all the countless ideas about rank in later generations.
At this time, Tong Lei was already dumbfounded.
She didn't expect that a small level could involve so many things.
In the beginning, she always felt that the most important thing in a game should be the gameplay, not the level.
But now it seems that before this playable gameplay can be realized, the most basic level must be done well.
If it's done, then this game is halfway there.
If you don't do it well, even if this game is creative, it will be greatly discounted.
It's just that thinking so, Tong Lei seems to have something to say.
Seeing that Tong Lei wanted to stop talking, Zhang Ning immediately spoke, "I know, you want to say that the thousand-year-old non-grade is actually a grade, right?" It's just that he replaced it in another way. ”
Tong Lei was once again stunned by the genius that Zhang Ning came out of, and nodded involuntarily.
"You're right, it's not that there is no hierarchy in the millennium, it's just that his rank is not obvious, and there are some levels like disguise. He changed the most common numerical level setting to a realm. Like entry and exit, the realm of creation, the realm of mysticism, the realm of liberation, the realm of life and death. The realm of non-action, the realm of mythology...... Wait, it seems, this is indeed very suitable for the division of the martial arts system. ”
"yes."
Following Zhang Ning's train of thought, Tong Lei nodded again.
It's just that Zhang Ning reprimanded Tong Lei again, "What is it, if you count countless rookie players who don't know what this entry and exit is all about, and haven't tried to play for thousands of years, then you will collapse." If I say, I really want to scold this millennium-brained man. It's so simple and clear that the level of one, two, three, four, five, and six is not used, and the level is so profound.
Are you really a martial arts novel when your video game? Even if it is, it must give the player a certain level of understanding. Let him know what it means to enter and exit, let him know how I can achieve entry and exit, and let him know what is behind the entry? Although, it does seem to us that this is a relatively simple thing. But, for new players, he would say, it's hard, it's hard to ......"
A person who doesn't even know how to operate a mouse, you want him to understand such a profound thing, aren't you embarrassed for him?
"Also, on the issue of level upgrades, I need to talk about it here. How can a game character be upgraded? I think it should be fighting monsters or doing tasks. However, we don't have a mission system at this time. As long as you fight monsters, then you can gain experience. As you accumulate experience, you will gradually increase your level. This is a very simple operation that is also easy for new users to understand. Don't mess up that mess, you have to answer questions to escalate. Or, you have to click on the upgrade automatically, or you have to do a certain task to upgrade. All of this is nonsense. ”
was trained by Zhang Ning again, and Tong Lei didn't dare to raise her head.
It's just that Zhang Ning didn't stop, and he hasn't finished talking yet.
"Just now we talked about rank, now we talk about career. The lack of employment propagated by the millennium is also a brain-dead thing. Even, it's more two-force than no rank. Do you really think that all the protagonists without a profession can try to learn all the martial arts? Do you really think that no profession makes the game more different? Of course, in theory, this is true. However, the confusion brought about by the absence of a profession and the lack of direction brought about by it make all new players unable to find the north.
He would like, "What skills should I learn now?"
You answer, all skills can be learned.
But it is precisely in this way that all skills can be learned, but it makes the player have no sense of direction. He didn't know if it was better to learn this one skill or another skill, and in the end, the game was played for a few months, and he learned a lot of content and fought a lot of monsters. However, he found that some of the skills he had learned could not even break through the defenses of others. If so, would you feel like you'd vomit blood? ”
"In my opinion, level is necessary for a game. In the same way, so is the profession. Just like this world, everyone has a career for everyone. Well, you ask, why do games have careers. Couldn't he have no profession, or couldn't he have multiple professions? The answer is, of course. However, he does not fit the masses. In our real life, because of our profession, he guides us how we should work. Because of our career, he gives us more direction to work. The same is true for online games. In the role, there must be a profession. Because, this profession is to fix the direction of their future development. Moreover, the direction of this development is still set for him. We will set him the skills of the profession, we will set the characteristics of the profession, and we will also set him the future development process of the profession.
It is with this kind of career setting that the whole game can be balanced and developed.
And, let gamers, find their own fun.
Like the professional skills, he knows how to play the most powerful moves in this game.
Through the characteristics of his profession, he slowly learned how to work with the team in his profession.
If there is no qiē, then it will go back to the same as before. ”
Even if it was a game like the Nine Yin True Scripture that shouted slogans very loudly in later generations, claiming that "all skills can be learned, but you have to buy a skill book", he didn't dare not set a career. Not to mention, the millennium that came out more than ten years in advance. If he doesn't die in the future, it will be really wonderful.
Of course, Zhang Ning knew that the millennium of later generations was a legend, and the body that had been hit was incomplete, and finally stopped operating.
"Got it?"
Without further tirade, Zhang Ning breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Tong Lei who lowered her head.
"Some understand, some don't."
Tong Lei shook her head, a little frustrated.
But Zhang Ning was not disappointed with Tong Lei, he knew that the game concept he was talking about was too innovative.
It is so innovative that no one in the world can come up with such a set of standardized game concepts.
Moreover, Zhang Ning knows even more that with such a set of standardized game concepts as guò, the game you operate will definitely succeed.
You must know that this is the experience that the online game industry has been refining for more than ten years.
If you can understand it all at once, I'm afraid even Zhang Ning will be surprised.
"It's okay if you don't understand, you just have to remember. Newborn Chinese online games, they are like newborn babies. They don't know anything, they don't know anything. They, waiting for you to create zào. Instead, let the newborn baby go to create the zào world. ”
An online game, he is like a whole new world.
In this world, you are God.
You say, there must be light, and there is light in the game.
You say, this game is played like this, and all the game characters, they will experience it according to your settings.
"I seem to have some of it."
"Now that you understand, then your game plan, out of the game, go back and rewrite it. Okay, you can go out now, remember to bring the door, I'm going to play the game. ”
"Oh."
Some were stunned and obedient, and Tong Lei took the door.
It wasn't until Tong Lei walked out of Zhang Ning's office that Tong Lei reacted.
"Oh my God, what happened to me just now, it seems like I was accused by this guy, it's really useless."
Then, he glanced at the closed door again, and said with a snort, "Zhang Ning, Zhang Ning, I admit that you are very genius." However, can you be polite? Damn it, you're going to have to force me to quit. ”
It's just that she said so, but Tong Lei still hurriedly took the information and went back to rewrite it.
Half a month later.
Tong Lei once again handed the rewritten plan to Zhang Ning.
Zhang Ning glanced at it and said, "The level division is not clear, and it can't reflect the advantages brought by upgrading, so redo it." ”
Seven days later, Tong Lei handed over the plan again.
"Level 30 is the full level, and besides, it only takes about three months to reach the full level, are you going to go out of business when our game is open for a year? No, take it back and redo it. ”
Three days later, Tong Lei handed it out again.
"40 levels are at full level, and each level requires twice as much experience as the previous one."
Don't underestimate this sentence.
This sentence is equivalent to 2 to the 40th power.
In other words, even if you need 1 XP for level 1, you need 1099511627776 XP to reach level 40. There are several digits in this, and Zhang Ning doesn't know. However, he knew that it was an astronomical amount.
Seeing this, Zhang Ning nodded, "Okay, the level is all over the place." ”
Hearing this, Tong Lei breathed a sigh of relief.
But when Tong Lei finished breathing this breath, Zhang Ning opened his mouth again, "This level is a tongguò, what about the profession?" Tong Lei, do you want to exhaust the entire game development team with the 8 professions you have set? Or, do you want to exhaust the players? ”