Chapter 1031 V1.50 Patch
November 22, midnight.
After the server was suddenly shut down for nearly 72 hours, an announcement appeared on the official website of Dream Company.
Its content is as follows:
[Dear players, as you can see, in the final of the Peak Hegemony S2 that ended in the early morning of November 19, the plot of the V1.10 version "Derivative Invasion" has come to an end.
Due to the unexpected replacement of several world-class BOSSes in the cross-version event, the plot of the new version "Ragnarok" was seriously affected.
In the past 70 hours, our technical staff and script editors have worked overtime to deal with this incident and have made corresponding adjustments.
Here, we are happy to inform all players: the server of Horror Paradise will be reopened on December 1. At that time, Horror Paradise will skip the V1.20 version - Ragnarok, and directly upgrade to the final version V1.50 - Infinite World. Stay tuned! 】
This announcement was released at a time when the patience of thousands of players and studios had reached a critical point...
Just as rumors such as "The server of Horror Paradise crashed and is facing a major overhaul" and "Is Dream Company going to pack up and leave?" began to appear on the Internet and various media, this announcement suddenly appeared, and those who made a living by fabricating fake news and writing advertising soft articles were once again collectively caught.
There are many "media companies" that specialize in this business, and they have even prepared a series of subsequent articles to discredit Dream Company. Next, they just need to talk to a few interested online game companies and insert those companies' soft advertisements into the articles, and the money will be earned. However, with the fall of the heavy bomb of Dream Company, you have worked in vain for the past two days.
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On the other hand, the reaction of players to this news...is also imaginable.
The discussion direction of major forums shifted from the topic of "Peak Domination S2" to the new version "Infinite World" in the middle of the night.
Although there is still more than a week before the server is launched, players are already eager to try it out.
The number of registered users of Horror Paradise has once again increased significantly, and the sales of game cabins have also reached a new high.
In the period before the new patch is officially released. Various "uncle parties" have also come out one after another, showing their abilities... They all took advantage of this period to spread false rumors, and each of them spoke with certainty and seriousness.
In general, there are two types of "uncle parties"... The first type. They are the type who have a gaming mentality or want to show their presence. Most of them are just talking nonsense according to their own fantasies.
As for the second type... naturally they are hired guns. These uncle parties are often more professional than the first type, and their level of writing articles and lying is not to be underestimated; the most commonly used method is to cite a series of non-existent details, or add a few fake pictures that ordinary people may not understand in the post to increase the credibility of the news... It can be said that they are well-intentioned. Of course, their fundamental purpose is to mix some "messages they want to convey" into the false revelations. This is to promote the sales of certain products.
For example...if you sell game coins on a third-party platform, you should hire such a person to lead the rhythm on the forum and let him hint in the post that "the game coins will appreciate significantly in the new version." Another example...if you sell game peripherals, you can spread false news, saying "the new version of Horror Park will support a certain model of peripherals, and mysterious prizes will be given away after purchase."
Such marketing methods are no longer surprising now...those who are deceived should just think of it as a lesson learned, and they will remember it next time.
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Another twenty-four hours passed.
Finally. Dream Company also listed the new version of the patch...on the homepage of the official website:
V1.50——
The fighting demon appears in the world, and the demon head disappears.
The immortal god hides in the mirror world.
The spirit king ascends the throne, and the corpse god assists.
The court changes hands, but the truth remains.
After the twilight of the gods, the four pillars of gods fall one after another.
Four new forces rise rapidly on the ruins of the old dynasty.
Origin, Organization Z, Phantom Church, Reasoning Club, Blackbeard Pirates and other powerful forces have also become active in the main universe.
Horror Paradise has ushered in a new era of freedom and unlimited possibilities.
In the new version, the upper limit of the player level will be adjusted to level 60, and the upgrade experience ratio above level 50 will no longer increase.
The upper limit of the player's skill bar will be adjusted to 15 grids, and the expanded three grids must be purchased through game coins.
Single-player survival mode and team survival mode (including normal and nightmare) generated in the sleep server will have a higher probability of long-term scripts.
The "passive game judgment" mechanism in the killing game will become more stringent. The punishment for passive players will be increased again.
The mall space has been fully upgraded and rebuilt.
After the derivative invasion incident, the store owners and the system's guard robots underwent special training together, and their strength has been improved.
All shops have received a large number of new goods, including new equipment, weapons, hairstyles, clothing, etc.
The "pre-order function" has been added to the horror box. Players can apply for "automatic trading after meeting the purchase conditions" for a certain item in the form of mortgage skill points.
The game's graphics quality has been greatly improved.
The title system will add a self-selection function. Every time the title changes, players can choose whether to accept the title after observing the new title ability, and get the "right to choose the old title" once.
Note: After this update, all players can get the right to choose the old title once (the retention period of this right is 24 hours after the player logs into the game for the first time). Make a choice among all the titles you have ever had.
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In the above content, many keywords have hyperlinks, and you can click to see related information.
For example, words such as "Fighting Demon", "God of Eternal Life", "Spirit King", "Origin", and "Z Organization" can all be expanded and viewed.
However, all these NPCs, derivatives, or organizations have no image data, only some text records; and the content recorded is mostly some well-known basic settings. For players who can access deeper game content, these materials are meaningless, but for novices. It is still a good popular science.
As for the "level cap increase", most players have expected it. In fact, 99% of people thought that the upgrade experience after level 50 would increase to nine digits according to the previous trend... Therefore, when they saw the sentence "the upgrade experience ratio will no longer increase", they were a little surprised.
In addition, there is another change that many people guessed in advance, that is, "skill bar expansion".
Indeed, according to the current development momentum of the game, twelve skill bars can no longer meet the needs of high-end players. The expansion is also reasonable. As for the price... Just like expanding the bag, this advantage that can be bought immediately with "money" is definitely not cheap... Just based on this change, Dream Company can make a lot of money.
Next, let's take a look at a new service launched in this patch - the "pre-order function" of the shock box.
This function, to put it simply, is developed for those "players who have taken a fancy to a piece of equipment that is about to expire, but do not have enough skill points on hand for the time being."
For example, for example... a player has taken a fancy to a piece of equipment in the shock box that requires 1,000 skill points to buy, but he only has 500 skill points on hand for the time being. Unable to purchase. Moreover, the item will be deleted in less than a day, and it may be too late to accumulate 500 skill points in the remaining day.
At this time, he can use the "pre-order function" to pay a deposit equivalent to 40% of the total price of the item... that is, 400 skill points... so that the system can extend the existence of the item.
Of course, if the item is bought by someone else with full payment before the deletion deadline, there is nothing to do, anyway, the deposit will be fully refunded at that time.
And if the item is not bought by anyone within the deletion deadline, then... as a "pre-ordered" item, it will not be deleted immediately. The system will place it in a specific "pre-order area" and wait for the "pre-order player" to collect the full payment; at this time, only the player who has paid the pre-order deposit for the item can search for the item.
Then, within the next 72 hours. As long as one of the pre-orderers has the skill value to pay the full amount, the transaction will be automatically completed. When the transaction is completed, the system will send an email to other players who have paid the deposit, stating that "the item you pre-ordered has been purchased by someone else", and the deposited skill points will be returned together with the email.
But if within the 72 hours, all players who have pre-ordered the item fail to collect the full amount, then the item will be deleted, and each pre-orderer will be deducted a late payment fee equivalent to 5% of the item price.
The above is the general setting of the pre-order function.
In the past few months, Dream Company has received a lot of opinions on this aspect when collecting player opinions... Many players said that sometimes they found a piece of equipment they wanted in the scare box, but they were just a little short of skill points and couldn't afford it; when they finished the script and collected enough skill points and came back, the item had been bought or deleted because the retention period had expired... This experience is undoubtedly quite depressing.
Although Dream Company seems to be very overbearing in many aspects, it is still very happy to improve such problems that can enhance the game experience and have room for improvement.
So, with this version upgrade, they developed this new function (small service-related modifications like this that have little to do with the script space are not handled by Woody, but by the technical department of the game company).
In the future, when players encounter a product that they really want but lack a little skill value to buy, they can pre-order it first, so they don’t have to wait until the entire script is completed before paying... Anyway, as long as they pay the deposit, they can enjoy the "automatic transaction once the skill value is enough" service.
Then, finally, I have to talk about... the adjustment of the "title system".
In fact, this system has not made any particularly big changes. What new titles players will generate is still determined by the system. However, this time players have the right to choose independently, and can choose not to accept the new title, and... every time the title changes, they can also choose any one of all the titles they have obtained in the past and change it. In this way, it gives players the opportunity to "transform", which will also have a considerable impact on the future PVP of the game.
Obviously, this change is also made based on user feedback...
Many players have asked customer service to retrieve the old titles that have been replaced, because the new titles are not as useful as the old ones.
Most of these players... have had a title ability that they are very good at, and their skills and equipment are also matched with this ability as the core. As a result... one day the title suddenly changed, and the combat power of the entire character directly dropped a level.
In such a situation, they can only blame themselves for their bad luck, because the title cannot be changed back, and it is not changed according to their own wishes.
Now, this problem has been solved...
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November 23, 2 o'clock in the morning.
Dream Company seems to always have a way to pull people's attention back when it is about to move away, even on the days of server closure... There is no exception.
Only one day after the new version patch was released, Dream Company issued two announcements on the official website.
The first one is irrelevant to most players-
The so-called "qualified" players are only 250 people in the whole server, that is, the teams that won the top 50 in the S2 preliminaries. So... this news has nothing to do with most people.
In addition, the details of this announcement also state that during the limited-time trial period, the game will only open queues for single-player survival mode and free exploration mode.
This is also expected. There are only so few people in the entire server who can go online. If you open a team mode or a killing game, when you queue alone... you will either run into acquaintances or you will not be able to match teammates or opponents for a long time.
In addition, the event has a deadline. At 9 pm on November 29, the server will be closed again. Those who have not used up the 48 hours by that time will have wasted it.
Let's look at the second announcement-
For this news, the players' reaction is not bad... but the practitioners in the game industry were caught off guard.
No one expected... this card game that has been delayed for a long time and developed independently by Dream Company would choose to go online at the moment when the new version of Horror Paradise is about to be launched... (To be continued.)