Chapter 279 We also have a similar model!


    ?In addition, Ji Heng was even more shocked by the number of active users in “Shadow World”.


    In the first few days after the game was launched, the number of active players in "Shadow World" continued to decline. Especially on the second day, the number of active players dropped significantly.


    But in recent days, the number of active users in “Shadow World” has increased rapidly.


    This is obviously completely contrary to Ji Heng’s judgment!


    Ji Heng feels that even if there is such a hidden mechanism in "Shadow World", it should not have much impact on players who have quit the game. The number of active players in the game has remained stable at best, or increased slightly.


    But now, the data has shown that many players of "Shadow World" were really persuaded to come back. In other words, without large-scale official promotion, a large number of players were really attracted to play and never played again. There is a massive loss!


    ?If you look at online public opinion, this trend is even more obvious.


    So far, almost all the public opinions that can be seen are praising this new game mode of "Shadow World".


    ?Although everyone praises in different directions, the general feedback is: It’s great! Fun! interesting!


    ?This obviously made Ji Heng feel a little uncomfortable because his judgment was wrong.


    ?But what made him even more uncomfortable was what Kang Yong said next.


    "This seems to be a new trend and direction. Should we consider... following up?"


    Although the tone was a discussion, Ji Heng knew very well that it was actually more like a direct notification.


    The tone is very polite, it''s just the dignity given to you by the leader. If you are not respectable, the leader will find a way to make you respectable.


    Ji Heng is a smart man. He doesn’t need to say too many words, just a few words.


    From an outsider’s perspective, Kang Yong’s anxiety is somewhat unreasonable.


    You must know that "Shadow World" has been officially released for less than half a month, and it has only been five days since Professor Ding discovered this all-professional hidden mechanism, which guaranteed the popularity of the game.


    In such a short period of time, many things have not yet been verified.


    ?For example, will "Shadow World" have a weak follow-up? Will this all-professional gameplay be officially fixed? Or are there any hidden negative effects of this gameplay?


    It is indeed a bit hasty to make a decision at this time.


    Not to mention that "World of Protoss" is still a stable operation and stable profit.


    But as the producer of "World of Protoss", Ji Heng can understand why Kang Yong is so anxious.


    The reason is very simple. At this time, "Protoss World" looks pretty good, but its state is closer to "living on" or "returning to the light".


    ?After all, this is an old game that has been in operation for four years. Although it is continuously undergoing version updates, it is a fact that old players continue to lose and new players are not available.


    After all, there are only so many contents in the game. Continuously opening higher levels and developing more group copies are just to stop the boil. Changing the soup without changing the medicine will not fundamentally change the decline.


    The current income looks pretty good, but in fact, this can only be achieved when the official has been launching various recharge consumption activities with heavy discounts and appearance.


    ??If you take a closer look at the background data, you will know that in recent months, the number of online players in "Protoss World" has been showing a steady decline, and it has even been forced to merge several groups of servers.


    Although it is not obvious from the surface, in fact, the number of people in this game is almost approaching the danger line.


    Once it falls below this line, subsequent players will be lost at an avalanche rate, and game revenue will naturally fall like a cliff.


    No one knows exactly when it will fall below this line, and no one knows how fast it will fall.


    Considering that as a large-scale project, making changes takes time, even the simplest new version will take at least one or two months to complete with all the staff working overtime.


    So, if you want to make some changes, you must do it as soon as possible, the sooner the better.


    In fact, Ji Heng had thought of many ways to change things before, but failed to implement them.


    The reason is also very simple. Most of these methods are not very reliable and cannot convince everyone! But now, the new mode of "Shadow World" has achieved certain success, which gives Kang Yong some hope.


    Ji Heng was silent for a moment and said, "Mr. Kang, do you mean to introduce a similar all-professional gameplay in "World of Protoss"?"


    Kang Yong nodded: "That''s right. There are so many contents in "World of Star Spirits", which are all treasures that can be mined. Although this gameplay is subversive, once it is successful, all existing contents can be used. This is cost-effective Extremely high!”


    As an old game that has been in operation for four years, "Protoss World" has many versions, a large number of team copies and rich professional skills.


    ?This kind of volume is of course much larger than "Shadow World".


    ??If "Protoss World" can also change to a non-professional gameplay, then such a huge professional skill library will produce an amazing chemical reaction. By then, players will be able to play for a long time just by playing these existing things.


    Once successful, it might really give "Protoss World" a second lease of life.


    ?Of course, is it difficult to change it? Of course it is also difficult.


    "World of Protoss" has been made according to the template of a standard mmorpg game from the beginning, with career settings. If you want to change it to a full-career mode, you need to remove everything related to career settings and create an additional full-skill and full-talent system.


    ?However, although this work is tedious, it is not too difficult. Some civilian technical teams can do it as long as they are willing to spend time, let alone a regular army like Shengjing Group.


    Ji Heng did not reply immediately. He thought carefully for a while and then said: "Mr. Kang, yes.


    “However, it is still too risky to directly modify the official server. I think we can create a pilot test server, or call it an experience server.


    “In the experience server, we directly relax the occupation restrictions so that all occupations can learn the skills of other occupations. Of course, the learning amount of different skills is different, and the total number of skills and talents must be limited.


    “Basically, we follow the approach of World of Shadows, taking the essence and discarding the dross.


    "In this experience server, I will make balance adjustments based on the mainstream structures developed by players. When the balance of the first version is almost adjusted, and the players'' voices are high enough, we will release it as a new version to show our support to the public. Pushed to all players.


    “Do you think this is okay?”


    Kang Yong was very happy: “Okay, that’s what I mean!


    “Ji Heng, it’s convenient to talk to smart people. In this way, we can also get a share of the popularity brought by “Shadow World”.


    “No, we may even catch up from behind!”


    Kang Yong’s confidence is not entirely unreasonable. Although the art style of “World of Protoss” is not as good as that of “World of Shadows”, after all, the game has been in operation longer, is larger, and has more content. Once the professional restrictions are broken, players will be able to play more routines than in "Shadow World".


    Coupled with the return of old players, the financial support of Shengjing Group, and Ji Heng’s rich operating experience, it may not be impossible to outperform others.


    ??If "World of Stars" can be successfully transformed and grab a wave of users of "World of Shadows", it can be regarded as revenge for the poaching of Wei Tian by Nitian!


    Ji Heng stood up and said, "Okay, Mr. Kang, I will go back to arrange the work and finalize the development plan as soon as possible.


    “If everything goes well, we will try our best to launch a pre-test version within two months, no, within one and a half months.”


    ?Soldiers are valuable and quick, so Ji Heng had no choice but to be in a hurry.


    Based on the experience of domestic game companies, we either don’t do it at all, or we do it as quickly as possible. Don''t hesitate. In the end, the money is spent and the popularity has not caught up.


    The time set by Ji Heng was just right.


    ??The popularity of "Shadow World" is still continuing, and according to estimates, this popularity will continue for at least three months.


    Even under the most optimistic scenario, players can study the in-game construction, that is, the professional matching, to roughly the optimal solution in more than a month, but they still have the goal and motivation to challenge more advanced groups. .


    Assuming a regular team of ten people improves their land reclamation every week, it will take at least more than two months for them to clear the epic difficulty of the second group.


    After all, the output of each group is fixed, which is also the main method for most mmorpg games to extend the player''s game time.


    ??If "World of Protoss" can launch the beta version at this time, then it can just happen to be the time when players are tired of "World of Shadows" and steal a wave of popularity and users!


    (End of this chapter)