Volume 9: Outbreak Chapter 8: Naxxramas (2)
Players generally expand their territory in two ways, one is to continuously strengthen the town core, so that the coverage of the area continues to increase, the territory generated by this way is generally circular, of course, you have to go to the cliff to build a village and no one cares about you, the energy in the town core can not be transmitted to the cliff side, it will naturally extend to the other side, and eventually form a "deformed" territory, but I believe that few players will choose to do this!
The other is to activate multiple town cores in different locations and connect them together to form a larger territory.
The advantage of the first method is that the energy supply is sufficient, the town core is stable, and it is not easy to be destroyed, but the disadvantage is that the territory is generally small and cannot be expanded quickly. The second is the opposite.
For the natives of the world of Entagre, the second type of territory is generally used for the safer territory located inland, and the first type is used for the territory near the border or in a more important location. Of course, there are also two kinds of mixture, for example, some large cities or provincial capitals tend to be centered on a high-level town core, supplemented by a large number of low-level town cores around it, so as to build a large, well-functioning city.
Yu Bin is not so wealthy, and the Great Hengduan Mountain Range is not a plain, and there is no large area of flat terrain here for him to expand unscrupulously, so he naturally chose the first way. This has led to the layout of Naxxramas City, centered on the castle lord's mansion where the core of the town is located, and expands to the surrounding areas.
Therefore, the entire city of Naxxramas can be roughly divided into five regions.
Located in the center is the core area, this area is not large, but it is very important, now it has been transformed into a small castle of the lord's mansion, the secret law sanctuary, the treasure house, the reserve warehouse of important materials and other key facilities are basically in this area, in addition, this is also directly above the underground mausoleum, in order to strengthen the protection of the core area, Yu Bin even transformed the ground of the entire core area into a granite foundation at any cost.
On the south side of the core area, the side close to the mountain is called the artisan area, because of the topography, the terrain here rises in a stepped shape, with a large height difference, this height difference is used by Yu Bin, through the connection between the forging furnace and the forging furnace, forming a structure similar to an assembly line, plus several mountain springs that flow down from the Anglis Mountain, and finally form the current artisan area. It is the most important manufacturing base of Naxxramas and is also the living area of many Naxxramas Aboriginal people.
On the west side is the military district, where most of the recruiting facilities are built, including military warehouses, school grounds for soldiers, etc., and because there is a steep slope several kilometers outside the city wall on the west side, it is also the main place for Naxxramas soldiers to train and hunt.
On the east side is the commercial district, where the main entrance and exit of Naxxramas are located, and this area is dotted with various bazaars and houses, and is the main place for commercial trade between players, between players and Naxxramas, and between Naxxramas and other undead cities. In addition to this, there are a number of player-run amusement facilities, taverns, hotels, and much more.
The north side is the garrison of various player groups, and it is also the main corpse disposal ground of Naxxramas, with the continuous development of Naxxramas, the problem of insufficient corpses that plagued the territory in the early days has long been solved, as players continue to use Naxxramas as a base, hunting activities to the surrounding forests, a steady stream of corpses have been transported back, and these bones are completely useless waste for players, fur, flesh, internal organs and the like can still be used, but bones, You can't let them carry a big bag of bones of different lengths to make soup and drink.
Yu Bin was keenly aware of this problem, and set up two bone landfills on the north side to provide players with the use of discarding unwanted corpses, and as there were more and more corpses, the soldiers of Naxxramas no longer needed to hunt by themselves, and finally Martan simply zoned this place as a waste area and added more bone landfills, and as more and more player groups entered Naxxramas, this place was also rented by them because of its cheap price and relatively empty, and it was used as their own station.
In general, the territorial planning of Naxxramas is not good, and it can even be called bad, there are no spacious and convenient roads, no convenient transportation, no neat buildings, and even walking on the road can see the bones scattered on the roadside, not to mention that the entire Naxxramas has no so-called sewage treatment system at all, and there is no complete material transportation system, once it rains, there will be pools of different sizes everywhere, and it is even likely that the soil will be blistered and caused by subsidence, Causes the player walking on it to drop into one of the Ghoul Graveyards or Skeleton Graveyards underground.
But that doesn't stop players from wanting to make a fortune here, as long as the Great Hengduan Mountains outside the city still exist, and even if Naxxramas is just a stinky ditch filled with sewage, there are countless people who want to make a splash out of it.
Of course, these problems are getting better little by little under the management of Martan, this miserly miser may not be a qualified leader, but he is undoubtedly an excellent steward, the management experience as a human, and the knowledge accumulated after traveling to countless undead cities after the undead, coupled with the skill of managing an entire army of the undead after becoming a lich, this guy who has lost his power has become the best managerial talent in Yu Bin's hands, plus Tacis who has always wanted to make achievements, under the management of the two, Naxxramas is gradually developing towards an excellent fortress-type city.
And the most talked about by players in the whole of Naxxramas, in addition to its excellent production capacity, is the city's completely unbelievable military prowess.
Generally speaking, the most difficult thing for a territory to develop is its military power. On the one hand, it is very difficult to recruit and train indigenous soldiers, and on the other hand, it is also because the lord players themselves are not strong enough to develop a large-scale army in a short period of time.
To put it more bluntly, the strength of the lord player himself is not high enough, so he cannot get enough status from the aborigines, so the scale of the territory cannot be increased quickly, and the sky can only reach the level of a small city, and the recruitment buildings that can be built in a small city are only up to the fourth order, and the aboriginal soldiers at this level are not an indispensable force for the player group that has generally reached the third order at this stage.
At the same time, recruiting players to fight as a military force in the province requires a lot of gold, which forces the lord player to develop the province's economy first, which in turn slows down the province's military development.
Therefore, although more than a year has passed since the Angel's Covenant started the wave of player territory construction, the vast majority of players' territories are still in the construction stage of making ends meet, even those lord players with the support of large guilds, their territories can only maintain a balance of payments, for these lord players, developing the economy, so that the territory can achieve self-sufficiency one day earlier, is the main goal at this stage, as for the military aspect, it can only rely on the guild members to assume the corresponding responsibilities.
After all, not every guild is like the Angel Covenant, which can get the support of various human kingdoms in the early stage and invest a lot of money in exchange for rapid development.
Therefore, among the lord players who are full of sorrow and deep in the quagmire, Naxxramas seems to be so shining, and even has the momentum of a lifetime.
So far, relying on Yu Bin's abduction, stealing and robbing, and looting everywhere, Naxxramas has a complete military system from Tier 0 to Tier 6 and the corresponding recruiting buildings, which not only cover the standard system of the undead, but also include a number of special types of troops.
In terms of Tier 0 troops, Naxxramas is mainly composed of two major soldier systems: the white bone system and the bone system of the undead.
The Bone System is the most common skeleton among the undead and the corresponding evolutionary form, and in the end, in addition to the most common Skeleton Warrior and Skeleton Hunter, there are also two hidden classes, the Skeleton Shield Soldier and the Skeleton Spearman.
The bone system is rare, compared to the white bone system, although the bone system also has a similar appearance, but it can only be produced from a complete humanoid corpse, unlike the white bone system, which can be spliced together by different parts of multiple broken bones. In addition to the Bone Gladiator and Bone Beater, there are also two hidden classes, the Bone Armor and the Bone Warrior. And because it is derived from a complete humanoid corpse, it is possible that the Bone Warrior will evolve into a Tier 6 Skeleton Warrior after absorbing enough soul fire.
In the Tier 0 class, Yu Bin didn't put too much thought into it. After all, for the undead, soldiers of this level are completely cannon fodder, even if because of the territorial characteristics of Naxxramas, the white bone and bone soldiers have received a great bonus in terms of attributes and combat effectiveness, and are even enough to compete with the second-order ordinary soldiers of other lord players, but for Yu Bin, who has always focused on the aborigines, these guys who are very powerful in the eyes of other players still belong to the ranks of cannon fodder, at most they can only be regarded as cannon fodder with good cost performance.
Therefore, he didn't bother to find a better replacement, and he didn't even have much stock of bone systems that might evolve to the 6th order, but the number of white bone soldiers was constantly growing. The reason for this is that white bone soldiers are easier to obtain and easier to cultivate. Just throw a wild wolf in it, it's enough to make two skeletons, is there a better and more convenient source of cannon fodder than this?
But Yu Bin didn't take it to heart because the skeletons of the 0th level were cannon fodder, although he didn't spend a lot of effort on the soldiers of this level to find special troops as replacements, but continued to follow the standard system of the undead, but the skeleton graveyards used to make skeletons, and even the more efficient skeleton spirit temples, were the largest number, with a full twenty-four skeleton graveyards and four skeleton spirit temples, which were enough to give birth to an army of more than 100,000 skeletons in one day. This is also the ultimate means used by Yu Bin to defend, once the enemy breaks through all three layers of defense system and enters the stage of urban combat, these skeletons are the best, but also the most effective consumables and counterattack means. A steady stream of skeletons will be a nightmare for those who venture deep into the city.
In contrast, the selection of the first tier of troops really made Yu Bin think a lot.
In the standard system of the undead, the first-order soldier is a zombie and the corresponding evolutionary form, this kind of soldier has evolved to the highest level, either a zombie axe who mainly attacks physical attacks, or a plague spreader who spreads diseases and plagues, as for the zombies and activated plants as hidden troops, Yu Bin can only say that they sound good, but the actual combat ability is the same as the zombie axe hand or plague spreader who is an ordinary class, and it completely belongs to the five scum of war.
The biggest disadvantage of zombies is that they move slowly, and although they have the defense bonus provided by their thick skin, they rarely have the opportunity to join the battle on a large battlefield, and even many times they will be deliberately put aside by the enemy and wait until the battle is over to slowly deal with these fools who are not much faster than turtles.
Yu Bin believes that the only use of zombies is in defense, especially to defend the city wall, their rough skin and inactive body are enough for them to help the defenders in a short period of time, as a simple wall alternative, zombies are at least not useless.
But the question is, does Naxxramas, located deep in the Great Hengduan Mountains, need a replacement in this regard?
Obviously not! For Naxxramas, the under-strengthened Warcraft clan couldn't even break through the simple obsidian wall, and the powerful monsters that could break through the wall were simply not something that zombies could withstand. It's not like being inside the undead, those undead lords are often facing a threat from another undead lord, so zombies are a good choice for them, but for Yu Bin, these moving pieces of meat are useless at all.
After much consideration, Yu Bin chose the ghoul class to replace the zombies, and obtained a full set of techniques and corresponding architectural drawings for creating ghouls from the psychic academy.
That's right, ghouls are not naturally born undead, but created!
It's not that naturally born ghouls don't exist, but it's very difficult for a special undead unit like a ghoul to rely on nature to transform. The premise of giving birth to a ghoul is that the flesh and blood on the corpse still has a certain degree of activity, and the corpse is not greatly missing, in addition, in the process of being transformed into an undead by the power of death, the activity in the flesh and blood must be retained to a certain extent, so that the ghoul born can have enough muscle strength to meet its requirements for rapid movement.
It is conceivable how much it costs to rely on manpower to meet these conditions, and compared to these costs, the help that ghouls can provide in terms of mobility is somewhat insufficient, and in short, the cost performance is not high enough. This is also the main reason why the undead have been reluctant to include ghouls in the standard system, and instead have kept zombies.
Kel'thugad discovered this a long time ago and set out to solve the problem. Especially after he was banished by the undead and established the psychic academy, ghouls became one of the great lich's concerns. Compared to zombies that can only be used for defense, the psychic academy that has just been established and urgently needs to expand outward to deal with external threats obviously needs ghouls with more powerful mobility, rather than stupid zombies who can only stand in place and wait for others to hit the door.
Kel'thugad improved the form of existence of ghouls through some special means, and on this basis, realized the technical means of artificially creating ghouls. The core of this technical method is to rely on the power of shadow to replace part of the power of death, while corrupting the flesh of the corpse, to ensure that the vitality of the flesh and blood is not lost in large quantities.
Although the ghouls created through this technical means are slightly inferior to the naturally born ghouls in terms of combat effectiveness (lack of reflexes and monotonous attack methods), they retain the ghouls' excellent mobility, especially the two abilities of jumping and grappling have not been lost, which makes the ghouls the best assault class in Yu Bin's eyes.
To this end, Yu Bin built sixteen flesh factories to provide him with a sufficient number of ghouls.