Chapter 299 How Should Mr. Gu Change?

Lilith went absolutely crazy.

In fact, when things have developed to this point, the causes and consequences are already very clear.

Whether it is Shengjing Group's bug fixes for the two BDs Starlight Milk and Dark Chain in "World of Stars" or the scientific research on electrotherapy milk in "World of Shadows", basically everything has been clearly analyzed.

Even some of the details can be found out if you are willing to make the effort to look them up.

But here comes the question, why do the different approaches of Shengjing Group and Nitiantian lead to such a big difference in the results?

Why did Shengjing Group work diligently to fix the bug, but instead triggered the players' rebellious psychology and led to a large number of losses, while Nitiantian did nothing and did not fix the bug, but the players praised it to the sky?

This is what needs to be studied deeply.

Lilith was puzzled: "But Gu Fan, I still don't understand. Shengjing Group seems to be fixing bugs for the sake of game balance and to give players a better gaming experience. This starting point seems okay, right?"

“But why is it still creating so much negative emotion?

"Or, would it be okay if they did nothing? The two BDs of Starlight Milk and Dark Chain have obviously affected the living space of other BDs.

“Then what are they doing right?

"Are these two bugs what many players say are God's blessings, or are they a curse?"

Obviously, Lilith asked this question partly because she was really curious, and partly because she also wanted to know why Shengjing Group could collect so many negative emotions instantly by doing this, so that she could learn frame by frame later.

Gu Fan was silent for a moment: "Of course God will provide food for them, but their knowledge and ability are not enough for them."

In fact, he had been paying attention to these things secretly. Although the overturn of Shengjing Group was not directly related to him, Gu Fan basically expected it in advance.

Because "Protoss World" itself is made up of a mountain of code, the game mode was changed in a short period of time, and various skills and talents were forcibly linked to each other. It is normal for bugs to occur, but there are no bugs. There is a ghost.

However, different ways of dealing with bugs often determine whether a company's operations can be successful.

In fact, Gu Fan originally did not expect Shengjing Group to make the worst choice, but he did not expect that the other party's level was even lower than he imagined.

This is normal. After all, major domestic companies like Shengjing Group have been brainwashed by data for so many years.

In the game industry, it is certainly not wrong to pay attention to data. In many cases, data means objectivity. Using data to make decisions instead of making decisions based on feelings is an improvement.

But the problem is that data is often one-sided and can be deceiving. A truly good producer must know how to see the essence through data.

It is necessary to carefully consider the game experience from the player's perspective, and then combine the data to make a decision.

This decision may not necessarily be the most correct, but it must be the least wrong.

Gu Fan has no intention of continuing to deceive Lilith, because Lilith is not that stupid. This case is here, and Lilith will definitely ask other people afterwards.

Therefore, it was impossible for Gu Fan to hide it. It was better to explain it clearly to Lilith, further clearing his blame and strengthening Lilith's trust in him.

In this way, the next game will be easier to fool, oh no, guide!

Gu Fan pretended to read through all the hot posts on the forum, and then read the comments of the two game area big UPs on this incident, and then nodded slightly: "Well... I basically understand it completely, Li total.

"Most of Shengjing Group thought there were only three roads in front of them, but in fact, there were far more than three."

The so-called three ways are the three methods that Kang Yong once struggled with.

The first way is to issue a notification directly and then repair it urgently.

This is Ji Heng's method. The advantage is that it is a short-term pain. It can be fixed directly when most players have not experienced Starlight Milk and Dark Chain. It will not cause large-scale player withdrawals like now.

The disadvantage is that it will affect the inflow of new players and they will not be able to get this traffic.

The second way is to let players enjoy it without fixing it at all.

However, this method was severely protested by Ji Heng, and Kang Yong himself felt that it was unreliable.

Because although this method can create great popularity for the game in the short term, it will seriously destroy the balance of various BDs. Especially Starlight Milk. With this thing, no one will play other therapeutic BD.

So what should players do after they get tired of playing the two BDs of Starlight Milk and Dark Chain? They may still retreat.

The third method is the "best of both worlds" method that Kang Yong came up with.

Let the players enjoy the game silently for two weeks, relying on these two BDs as much as possible to increase the popularity of the game and lure new players into the game. Then there was a sudden hot fix and the BD was cut off.

In this way, even if there is a loss of players, considering the previous drainage effect, the overall number of players should still increase.

But it turns out that this is just Kang Yong's wishful thinking. In fact, judging from the data in the past few days, players have begun to lose rapidly, and the loss is even more serious than the first method.

On the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong with this method. Fixing bugs is the job of the game company, and it is a matter of course. Moreover, after the fix, the game becomes more balanced.

Why do players still run away? Do the players really not understand the difficulties of the game company at all, and only think about their own mindless fun?

Yes, the players are really like this.

But it is not the players' fault. How to find the best critical point between the players' demand for "fun" and the game company's maintenance of "balance" is the place to test the level of the game operation team.

Lilith was a little confused: "Aren't there more than three ways? Are there any other ways?"

Gu Fan explained: "There are many ways, I will simply talk about one of them.

"First, issue a notice as soon as possible, saying that the official has noticed the two BDs of Starlight Milk and Dark Chain, and stated that the appearance of these two BDs is indeed a bug, and an emergency repair will be carried out on the same day. "

Lilith was stunned: "Ah? Emergency repair on the same day? Isn't this still the first method? Moreover, this involves a bug in the underlying code after all, and it may not be fixed in one day. ”

Gu Fan shook his head slightly: "Who said I'm going to change the code?

"I only do two things: the first thing is to change the text descriptions of the skills and talents in the game to make them consistent with the actual triggering effects.

"The second thing is to add an additional mechanism to the skill of Starlight: after the first cast, the treated player will get a debuff called "Starlight Saturation". This debuff has a certain duration and can be stacked multiple times. Its effect is to reduce the treatment effect of the player received from the subsequent "Starlight Saturation" skill.

"This kind of change is very simple to modify, and one day is enough. But this is just the first step."