Chapter 2104 The End of the Naval War and the Problem of RMB Players
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The main plane is Jinhai City, Jinhai City, Yanhuang Continent, Jinfan Company Branch, 8 newspaper and periodical editors are experiencing the copy of "Jiawu Naval Battle" of the 4D online game "Infinite Sea Battle", at this time, 1 person is "killed", and the other 7 people are continuing to fight with red eyes.
"Fire!"
"Put, put, put!"
"Fire!"
"I was shot on the starboard side, and the damage management personnel immediately repaired it."
"Watch out for the Japanese coastal defense ships, they're going to get close and fire torpedoes!"
"150mm guns fire, destroy them!"
One command after another was conveyed by clicking on the virtual button. At this time, the "Yoshino" of the combined fleet of Japanese invaders sank, the "Takachiho" was seriously injured and lost its combat effectiveness, and the "Akitsuzu" lost power, and the whole ship had only one gun left to use. Only the "Naniwa" quickly broke away from the 1st Guerrilla Force, moved closer to the main force of the Combined Fleet, joined up with the "Matsushima" and others, and launched a final fight against the Beiyang Naval Division.
Because the firepower of the "Guangbing" and "Pingyuan" was weak and their defense was poor, the computer NPCs did not rashly attack the main fleet of the Japanese invaders, but concentrated their firepower to bully the two ships "Gao Chiho" and "Qiujinzhou," which had basically lost their combat effectiveness, and contained the combat effectiveness of the last artillery of the "Qiujinzhou" in order to meet the enemy with the main force of the Beiyang Fleet.
The main force of the Beiyang Fleet, with eight Dingyuan-class ironclad ships (one of which was killed, and the former chief of gun, NPC took over the command), continued to maintain the bow against the enemy, and fought towards the battle formation composed of 8 coastal defense ships "Matsushima", "Itsukushima", and "Hashidate" and 8 cruisers "Fuso", "Chiyoda" and "Hiei", of course, the Japanese "Naniwa" was located on the right side of the "Matsushima" to continue to participate in the battle.
"Liu Yang, calculate the time, Fang Boqian of the 'Jiyuan' should have escaped at this time, right?" Seeing that the time had passed 15 o'clock and a half, I had the impression that in history, it was the time when the "Jiyuan" that had turned the rudder and fled and sank the stranded "Yang Wei", Wu Jing, the editor of the "Weapons" who had died in battle, asked with some doubts.
"Oh, that's right, the trigger event set by our game is that due to the unfavorable situation in the Yellow Sea, the 'Zhiyuan' ran out of ammunition, and Deng Shichang ordered to crash into the 'Yoshino' at high speed and failed, hitting the enemy torpedo and sinking. This frightened Fang Boqian, the pipe band of the 'Jiyuan', who was also on the left flank, so he ordered to turn the rudder and flee immediately. But here, because our side is too strong, not only did we keep the 'Zhiyuan', but also sank the Japanese 'Yoshino', and the form of naval battle was very beneficial to us, so NPC Fang Boqian would not make a move to escape. Liu Yang of the Public Relations Department heard Wu Jing's question and explained.
"I see, I said. But this is reasonable, otherwise under this advantage, if you still run away, the NPC will be too rigid and sluggish. Wu Jing nodded after listening.
At 4:40 p.m., the "Takachiho" and "Akitsuzu" of the Japanese invaders were sunk, and three of the four warships of the 1st Guerrilla Force, except for the "Naniwa", had been sunk. On the side of the Beiyang Naval Division, only the various battleships were injured, because several Dingyuan-class ironclad ships, in order to protect their NPC teammates, stepped forward to block the shells for the inferior ships next to them, so none of them have been sunk for the time being.
"Be careful, the little devil is going to fight hard!" Li Qing, editor of "Ship Knowledge," suddenly changed his formation when he saw the Japanese Combined Fleet, and organized eight cruisers, including the "Fuso," "Chiyoda," and "Hiei," into a covering fleet that rushed to the forefront, followed closely by eight coastal defense ships "Matsushima," "Itsukushima," and "Hashidate," intending to carry out a general attack on the torpedo group.
"You can't go back now! The speed of the wheel reversal must not be faster than them, all of them have it, keep the wedge formation, rush over, and the brave wins when they meet on the narrow road!! ”
"Rush!"
"Kill!"
"Concentrate your firepower and bombard the 'Matsushima' first, that's their flagship!"
"Ito Youheng, give your grandfather a life!"
"Kill!"
By the end of dark, the combined fleet of Japanese and Japanese ships, including the flagship "Matsushima", had lost a total of 7 sunken battleships and seriously damaged 2 (they were sunk successively in the pursuit battle), that is, a total of 9 battleships were sunk. In the torpedo battle, because of the inexperience of the pipe band (captain) of the editors' temporary cameos, when dodging the torpedo and turning the rudder, the position and speed of the warship were not well mastered, and they paid the price of sinking one Dingyuan ship and seriously injuring one, although the other six Dingyuan ships were each injured, but they did not sink in the end. The Beiyang Naval Division finally won the Battle of the Yellow Sea.
"Woohoo! We won! ”
"It's really enjoyable!"
"Hooray!"
Several people, who had been fighting for more than two hours, took off their half-covered helmets, exhaled a long breath, and high-fived each other in congratulations.
Ten minutes later, in the conference room. After the excitement, a few people took a break here, drank tea and chatted.
"Haha, it was so thrilling just now, just a little bit, my command cabin was shot, and I can hear the wind of shells when I pass by the glass!" Li Qing, the editor of "Ship Knowledge", described it endlessly.
"Yes, after statistics, my Dingyuan ship was hit by a total of 73 bullets before and after, caught fire four times, and sacrificed 17 crew members, which is heavy!"
"That's better than sinking, we sank a total of 9 capital ships of the little devil before and after, and killed Ito Youheng, enjoyable, enjoyable!"
"It's a pity that the 'Saikyo Maru' is not strong in combat power, and the escape speed is not slow, otherwise Kayama Shikiki (the head of the Japanese Navy Military Order) will not be able to escape."
"There's no regret, the little devil is originally a fast ship, and the Dingyuan ship is an old ship of more than 10 years after all."
"Huh? Liu Wenkai and Liu Bian (old cat), why do you keep being stunned and don't speak? Wu Jing, editor of "Weapons", saw that the other party had been drinking tea in silence and wondered.
"Huh? It's nothing, just thinking, after playing this game, it may be difficult for me to play other games in the future. The "old cat" of "Computer News" sighed.
"Yes~~" Su Sun, the editor of "Popular Software", nodded sympathetically.
"I've heard that giant companies like Microsoft don't also make some living room interactive games?" Li Qing, editor of "Ship Knowledge", explained.
"It's different!" When it comes to his own work and profession, the "old cat" quickly entered the state, explaining, "Microsoft's one, although it is called interactive, but its core is indeed an infrared sensor, which emits more than 300 beams of induction wires, measures various movements of the human body, and then feeds back to the game console, so that the game protagonist on the screen can also make similar actions or preset actions." ”
"Does it make a difference?"
"It's a big difference! I think the biggest difference,It's the sense of picture,Microsoft's one uses a living room screen,Let's not talk about the fineness of the picture,Just play games,You have to keep twisting your neck to look at the picture,Even if you're facing the screen head-on,Dry two-dimensional image,Or general 3D effect game image,And then compare with this image with a strong sense of substitution without visual dead ends,Which one do you like? ”
"This~~, to be honest, I really like this, after playing this, and then go back to the previous flat LCD screen, the gap is quite large."
"That's why I sighed, the few online games I keep in the future will be chicken!"
"Hehe, it's okay, anyway, this online game will be on the market soon, right, Minister Liu?" Su Sun, the editor of "Popular Software", changed the topic while consoling.
"Indeed, it will be advertised in a week or two at most, and it will be fully rolled out." Because the purpose of inviting these editors is to expand publicity and establish word of mouth, Liu Yang seized the opportunity to introduce.
"Leave the matter of word-of-mouth and publicity to us, and I believe that our writing, coupled with the influence of the journals and newspapers where we are located, will not be much worse." Liu Wenkai answered, and then continued to ask: "However, I have a question, and I want to ask your company clearly. ”
"Oh? Which question? ”
"How do you charge? How much does this set of equipment cost? Is the online game based on a point card system or a prop system? ”
"Is there a charge? Roughly has been decided, a full set of game equipment: semi-covered helmets, induction gloves and foot rings, the total price of the set is 1999 yuan, basically the price of the broken plate and the cost price, our company intends to first distribute goods on a large scale, cultivate the market, so I don't plan to make money on the hardware. ”
"1999 yuan? It is equivalent to the price of Xiaomi mobile phones, and compared with iPad and iPhone, it is much cheaper. It really can't be said to be expensive. So how much does the game cost? ”
"The initial plan is to be free + props."
"Props?" Hearing these two words, the "old cat" felt that what he was most worried about had happened, and persuaded him: "I suggest you set a free level, such as free below level 20, buy virtual point cards above level 20, etc., so that those who only need to try this online game will basically be sticky." Selling items is too disruptive, and it's easy to lose a large number of civilian gamers. ”
"Thank you for the reminder." Liu Yang heard the pertinent evaluation of "Old Cat", and explained with a smile: "The reason why the props were chosen was also due to many considerations, and it was finally decided. Rest assured, it won't compromise on game balance. ”
"How?"
"Generally speaking, props are bug items with many parameters, which will increase the equipment generation gap between RMB players and ordinary players, so that ordinary players lose confidence and leave. For example, in the game "Infinite Sea Battle", the price ratio is that in reality, one yuan is equal to one tael of silver in the game. How much does a Dinghai-class ironclad cost? 620,000 taels of silver, that is to say, if you want to buy the Dingyuan ship directly through props, you need to pay 620,000 taels of silver, not counting the cost of maintaining the warship and paying crew salaries in peacetime. ”
"So expensive?!"
"So the high price brings a high threshold, I believe that there are only a few people who are willing to spend a lot of money and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a big ship, even if there is, it doesn't matter, the future dreadnought-class battleships and super dreadnought-class battleships will cost tens of millions of ships."
"But after all, there are a few people who can afford it, such as the rich second generation, how do you solve it? Let them kill all sides in the game? ”
"No, no, I want to make it clear that our Infinite Sea Battle is more like an online version of a single-player game."
"The online version of the single-player game?"
"Yes, the greatest fun of this game is that you can experience all the battles from the wooden sailing ship to the battleship battle of World War II, that is, the sail period, the ironclad period, and the battleship period. In other words, the core fun of the game is to participate in the most famous naval battles in history, such as the Battle of the English Channel (the destruction of the Spanish Armada), the Battle of Trafalgar (the defeat of Napoleon's navy), the Battle of Jutland, and so on. RMB players can spend a huge amount of money to buy giant ships directly, and ordinary players can also get the same ships by completing one mission after another set by us, but it is relatively time-consuming. In addition, like the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, during our internal test, we will limit the number of new warships, for example, we can only add 3 Beiyang Naval Divisions at most. ”
"What are those RMB players doing? Spent a huge amount of money, and the purchased giant ship can't be used to show off? ”
"The main theme of this game is cooperation, not heroism, even if you buy a giant ship, you can either be a commander or a gunner, you can't do anything. Secondly, learn from Counter-Strike, encourage the team mode, 5 or 10 people, form a small force and small fleet, enter a certain naval battle together, and change the final result. At the same time, we set up different bonuses to reward the winner of the battle after the change, and the result of the naval battle without changing the historical comparison of military strength between the two sides will have the highest score and the largest bonus. This also covers the cost of damage, repair, and upgrade of the player's ship in the campaign. Of course, if different player teams want to compete, we are also welcome, and will set up a separate war zone to determine each other's life and death, both sides can set a bet (the amount of silver), and even allow other players to bet, and the winner can take the entire bet and a certain percentage of the bet. In addition, the company will set up some small bug prizes such as lucky +1 to increase the entertainment and so on. ”
"Fixes and upgrades? It seems that this is the mainstream routine of online games now. ”
"Because the guns of the same caliber, different materials, different smelting techniques, will also cause differences in range and power, so we allow each player to set up their own repair factories and different research laboratories, such as power research rooms, armor research rooms, artillery research rooms, etc., invest a certain amount of money, specify their own direction, and if there are results, they can sell finished products or technologies to other players, which is also a way for ordinary players to make money."
"Specify the direction?"
"Yes, after hiring a researcher, you can roughly specify the direction of research, such as referring to real-world data and indicating the direction of certain alloys, which can greatly save time. However, there is a lot of information to be queried. I believe that RMB players do not have this patience, and ordinary players can do it, develop armor and main guns with first-class attribute parameters, and then sell them to accumulate capital and use them to upgrade their ships. ”
"How many ships can each player have?"
"For the time being, there is only one, and it is the only one, and we will see the actual effect in the future, and then study whether to let it go."
"I still have questions"
ps: The game is almost explained, the next chapter will explain the virtual platform, you can understand how big the business opportunities brought by the virtual network are, heaven itself thinks, it is completely comparable to the computer technology revolution.