Chapter 279 We Also Come up with a Similar Model!

In addition, the active user data of Shadow World shocked Ji Heng.

In the first few days after the game was launched, the active user number of Shadow World has been declining, especially on the second day, when the active user number can be said to have dropped sharply.

But in recent days, the active user number of Shadow World has been rising rapidly.

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

Ji Heng feels that even if Shadow World has such a hidden mechanism, it should not have much impact on the players who have already quit. The active user number of the game will at most remain stable or increase slightly.

But now, the data has shown that many players of Shadow World have been persuaded to come back, or in other words, without the official large-scale publicity, a large number of players have been attracted to play, and there has been no large-scale loss!

If we look at the public opinion on the Internet, this trend is even more obvious.

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

Although everyone's praise direction is different, the general feedback is: cool! Fun! Interesting!

This obviously makes Ji Heng a little uncomfortable because he made a wrong judgment.

But what made him even more uncomfortable was Kang Yong's next words.

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

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

The tone was very polite, just the respect given to you by the leader. If you are not respectable, the leader can also find a way to make you respectable.

Ji Heng is a smart man, and he doesn't need too many words, he can get it right at a glance.

From an outsider's point of view, Kang Yong's anxiety is somewhat unreasonable.

You know, it's only been less than half a month since "Shadow World" was officially released, and it's only been five days since Lecturer Ding discovered the hidden mechanism of this full profession and triggered the game's heat guarantee.

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

For example, will "Shadow World" be weak in the future? Will this full-professional gameplay be officially fixed? Or does this gameplay have any hidden negative effects?

It is indeed a bit hasty to decide to copy at this time.

Not to mention that "Star Spirit World" is still a stable and profitable game.

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

The reason is simple. At this time, "Star World" looks good, but its status is closer to "lingering on" or "lasting light".

After all, this is an old game that has been in operation for four years. Although it is continuously updating versions, it is a fact that old players continue to lose and new players are not coming.

After all, the game has only so much content. Continuously opening higher levels and developing more group books is just a way to stop the boiling water. It can't fundamentally change the decline.

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

If you look closely at the background data, you will know that in recent months, the number of online users of "Star World" has been showing a steady decline, and even forced to merge several groups of servers.

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

Once this line is broken, the subsequent players will be lost at an avalanche speed, and the 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 project, it takes time to make changes. Even the simplest new version will take at least one or two months to complete if all employees work overtime.

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

In fact, before, Ji Heng had thought of many ways to change, but none of them were implemented.

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 let "Star World" also launch a similar full-professional gameplay?"

Kang Yong nodded: "That's right. "Star World" has so much content, which is a treasure trove to be mined. Although this gameplay is subversive, once it succeeds, all existing content can be used. This is extremely cost-effective!"

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

This volume is, of course, much larger than Shadow World.

If Protoss World can also be modified to have a non-professional gameplay, then such a huge professional skill library will produce an amazing chemical reaction. By then, players can play these existing things for a long time.

Once successful, it may really give Protoss World a second spring.

Of course, is it difficult to modify it? Of course it is difficult.

"Star Spirit World" was made according to the template of a standard MMORPG game from the beginning, with a career setting. If you want to change it to a full career mode, you have to remove all the places related to the career setting and make an additional full skill and full talent system.

However, although this work is tedious, it will not be too difficult. Some civilian technical teams can do it as long as they are willing to spend time, not to mention the regular army like Shengjing Group.

Ji Heng did not give an immediate reply. He thought seriously for a while, and then said: "Mr. Kang, it's okay.

"However, it is still a bit too risky to directly use the official server to change it now. I think we can release a preliminary test server, or experience server.

"In the experience server, we directly release the career restrictions so that all professions can learn the skills of other professions. Of course, the learning quotas of different skills are different, and the total number of skills and talents must be limited.

"Generally speaking, it is to follow the practice of "Shadow World", taking its essence and removing its dross.

"In this test server, I will make balance adjustments for the mainstream builds 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 and push it to all players.

"Do you think this is okay?"

Kang Yong was very happy: "Yes, that's what I mean!

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

"No, we may even catch up! "

Kang Yong's confidence is not entirely unfounded. Although "Star World" is not as good as "Shadow World" in terms of art style, the game has been operating for a longer time, is larger in size, and has more content. Once the professional restrictions are broken, players can play more routines than "Shadow World".

Add to that the return of old players, the financial support of Shengjing Group, and Ji Heng's rich operating experience, it may not be impossible for the younger generation to surpass the older generation.

If "Star World" can be successfully transformed and fiercely grab a wave of users from "Shadow World", it can be regarded as revenge for the fact that Ni Tian Tang poached Lao Wei!

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

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

Speed ​​is of the essence, and Ji Heng has to be anxious.

Based on the experience of domestic game companies, either do it completely or do it as quickly as possible. Don't hesitate, and finally spend the money and the popularity has not caught up.

The time set by Ji Heng is just right.

At present, the popularity of Shadow World is still continuing. According to estimates, this popularity can last at least three months.

Even in the most optimistic case, players can study the in-game construction, that is, the professional combination, to find the best solution in more than a month, but they still have the goal and motivation to challenge higher-level group books.

Assuming that a regular ten-person team has a fixed weekly development and improvement, it will take at least two months for them to pass the second group book of epic difficulty.

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

If Star Spirit World can launch a beta version at this time point, it can just be stuck at the time when players are tired of Shadow World, and grab a wave of popularity and users!