"I'm usually complacent, but now I've practiced closed-mouth meditation, can I get through it without squeaking?"

"The plot of [Summer of Pirates] was launched three months in advance, which caused a collective condemnation from players, and it was not easy to remedy it back, thinking that you should have a longer memory, this time it is good, directly let people take a piece of land on the plateau, are you looking forward to the [Five Hu Chaohua] plot to start five years in advance, and then the game life is advanced to the ultimate? I don't need to remind everyone, that's the ultimate plot! ”

"Why is this happening?"

"[Three Kingdoms] KPI data performance exceeded the company's expectations, the market responded well, and it is likely to become a major contributor to the company's earnings growth in the next few years.

"Do you know how much time it takes to develop a game like Three Kingdoms? How many resources and costs does the company need to invest? After the game is introduced to the market, how much effort and cost does it need to pay to have today's audience? Don't you know? ”

"What kind of planes are you doing!"

"This is a gross dereliction of duty, no, it is simply a crime!"

"Nip the plot of [Wuhu Chaohua] in the bud, otherwise you will all get out! Including me! ”

"Soul light!"

"I'm so angry!"

……

The roar of Odin's general manager in China echoed in the conference room, the words were very heavy, and the scolding was very ugly, and the participants were all executives who were in charge of themselves, and it was natural that they would not feel happy to be scolded in front of them in person, but no one tried to resist or justify, because what the boss said was not wrong at all, and this matter was indeed too serious.

[Three Kingdoms] This game is basically based on the main line of history, the game started in 183 AD, to 280 AD when the three families returned to Jin, less than 100 years. The game time is 8 times faster than the real time, which is theoretically 12 years old.

But the gaming industry is fiercely competitive, and as players become more selective and new technologies are introduced, players are less loyal to games. Many games have not bubbled up after the launch of the world, the developer has no return, the survival of the game, it is not easy to be popular for two or three years, although the Three Kingdoms is very popular, but in any case it will not be popular for more than ten years, and even according to the company's optimistic expectations, it is definitely a miracle to be on fire for four or five years.

The market is like this, there is no need to hide it, everyone knows it.

Futu promotes the historical process according to the actual situation, omitting some long and general historical processes, so that players can participate in activities every once in a while in addition to leveling PK and doing tasks, in fact, in order to maintain players' interest in the game as much as possible and cultivate loyalty. Which processes can be omitted, which ones cannot be omitted, how much, the length of the activity interval, the reward system, etc., is a very professional and complex process that requires a lot of data support.

Even so, there are so many historical events in the Three Kingdoms period, and the national historical battles can be counted in one slap, which is obviously not conducive to continuing to attract players. Fortunately, the developers are not fuel-efficient lamps, and if there are not enough historical events, are they not allowed to create events?

Plot missions came into being to fill in the gaps left by the lack of historical events.

Summer of Pirates is the first plot in the game.

The "first" of [Summer of Pirates] does not represent the theoretical chronological order in which the plot appears in the game, but refers to the first opening, which can be [Summer of Pirates] or others, depending on which plot meets all the opening conditions first, which is similar to Li Ru being called "the first strategist of the Three Kingdoms".

The plot of [Five Hu Chaohua] that the boss just mentioned is likely to be the last plot in the game.

Because this game is the theme of the Three Kingdoms, and the Five Hu Chaohua is what happened in the Jin Dynasty, counting from the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, although the Five Hu Chaohua and the fall of the Wu State were only separated by more than 30 years, but after all, they are different dynasties and should not be grouped together. Considering that the game's self-created events are not so rigorous, and the interval between the two eras is not long, it is also acceptable for the official to deliberately drum up a plot.

At present, the game process has just passed the battle against Dong Zhuo, and if the plot of [Wuhu Chaohua] is suddenly opened, the unreasonable impact is secondary, and the key is that the entire game structure will suffer a devastating blow.

This is because [Wuhu Chaohua] is a very special plot.

To a certain extent, the moment the plot of [Wuhu Chaohua] begins, it is a restart of the game.

For example, the trajectories of the characters of the Three Kingdoms move with the course of history, at different points in time, the life of the living, the death of the deserved, the emergence of the official, the retreat of the retired, each guarding the division, each doing its own thing. In fact, by the late Three Kingdoms, most of the historical heroes that everyone is familiar with have returned to dust, and there are a few kittens left on the stage, which is difficult to touch people's hearts. However, after the story is launched, all historical figures who have retired from the stage will be reborn, walk freely, maintain their peak image and status, and can accept player recruitment!

What does this mean?

It means that Zhang Jiao can fight with Yanghu!

It means that Lu Bu can compete with Wen Yang!

It means that Liu Guanzhang is no longer a brother!

It means that Zhou Yu helping others deal with Sun Ce may not happen!

It means that Dong Zhuo and the emperor or the arm are happy!

……

What's more, after the end of the plot, these historical talents will not disappear with it, they will still exist!

This is an unprecedented opening and reshuffle!

At that point, the game will usher in the era of true heroes!

When the popularity of the game begins to show signs of fading, the official will break the convention of cherishing words like gold and take the initiative to disclose relevant information, so that the blood that players are about to cool down will boil again, and let players look forward to the arrival of the era of heroes gathering to see if they can grab a piece of the pie from this feast.

According to the official idea, the opening time of the plot of [Wuhu Chaohua] should be after the return of the three families to the Jin Dynasty, considering the historical process and other factors, it must be about four years after the game is released at the earliest (real time). There is so much time to improve the strength, and the player world at that time should have a considerable number of princes, and the player group has the ability to make a difference in the era of heroes gathering, and it is not necessary to become the trendsetter of the era.

Five chaos in China, the world is in chaos.

Heroes are furious and gather in the world.

Players rise, places are divided.

Boys and girls, burn your blood and see who is the hero in the world......

Well, the game can continue to live and continue to make a small amount of money for the company......

The plot of "Five Hu Chaohua" can be called the catalyst for the game to rejuvenate the second spring, but if the catalyst is used at the wrong time, it will inevitably cause a disaster.

Like other plots, there are many prerequisites that need to be met to open the plot, and looking at [Summer of Pirates], it is not difficult to imagine how difficult it is to meet all the plot opening conditions. As the ultimate plot to open a new era, the prerequisites are naturally more demanding, and there should not be any possibility of opening in advance, but there is no absolute in the world, and the most unlikely to be triggered in the prerequisites is the safest clause "The player forces occupy the plateau stronghold", which was actually completed by the ghosts!

Conquering the stronghold of the plateau is still a long way from truly triggering the ultimate story.

Odin's official is already a frightened bird, vomiting blood collectively.