Sherlock's announcement, coupled with the popularity of [Hoe Wo]'s post, immediately aroused widespread discussion in the forum, just like pushing a cartload of big rocks into a pond.
Players just saw [Hoe Wo]'s speculation post about the caravan an hour ago. The official website here has updated an event notice, which can't help but make players think about it. All kinds of things suddenly appeared in the forum. 's topic post:
[There are speculations as to whether this Hoe He is an official dog caretaker]
[In the first wave of activities in the first test, I boldly predict that the krypton gold channel will be opened!]
[Material prices are bound to rise sharply! Those who did strengthening before would probably cry to death!]
[Shock! Why is there no official public beta yet?]
In addition to these analyzes and nonsense posts, there are still many practical strategy posts, such as the strategy post written by a person with the ID name [Burning Chest Hair] [Strategic methods for killing a single underground spider with a team of at least five people] This post is also the first detailed combat post written by a first-beta player in the forum. Another person in the forum, [Mekawa Kuko], who is called a boss by other players, writes more about data settings. Strategy posts, such as the fastest time to move bricks to buy weapons, armor, and shields, as well as economic analysis posts on current prices, etc. There are a total of more than a dozen posts before and after, all of which are hot posts with more than 10,000 replies.
Sherlock has naturally seen these posts. Sherlock doesn't agree with Umekawa Kuko's data posts, but this post written by [Burning Chest Hair] is quite good. It talks about teamwork in great detail. Also attack the spider's weaknesses and so on.
I accidentally became obsessed with reading forums and couldn't extricate myself. Sherlock originally just wanted to make some announcements and read the comments and suggestions from people in other worlds about his dungeon. As a result, he scrolled through it and found this Click here, click there, these players from another world are all talented, posting is fun, I really like being here!
Sherlock was still shrinking his head and immersed in the forum. The first-test players outside had already completed the construction of the dormitories of the blacksmith Simba and the novice trainer Moros. At the same time, the players were conquering the Spider Lair for the fourth time. The team has returned to the dungeon smoothly. This time the team has expanded compared to the third time. Basically, those who have the courage to face the spiders will pass this time because most of them are experienced. Players came back faster this time, bringing back twice as many spider trophies as last time. Of course, the number of players killed was also a little more.
Those players dragged the corpses of their companions and spiders, and returned to the dungeon with smiles on their faces. Obviously they were quite satisfied with their gains. Even though it was not the first time for Moros to see these players chatting and laughing in the face of death. , but I still feel envious every time I see it. Which soldier doesn’t want to be able to be as fearless as they are! No matter how rough you are, you are not afraid!
In order to receive the same treatment as these goblins, Moros must step up his efforts to express himself and win the recognition of the lord!
The players came back with the loot, and the first thing they did was to start auctioning the loot, and then all the players who participated in the battle could get the money, and these players had obviously seen the caravan trailer sent by Sherlock. , this time the price of the underground spider trophies auctioned is higher than before. It is obvious that those capable players have begun to reserve materials for the upcoming Winterfell caravan event.
Not only the underground spiders, but also the murderous vines, they brought back. It was obvious that the team that attacked the spider lair for the fourth time broke through the entrance and entered the interior of the nest, otherwise they would not have brought back these murderous vines. Yes, the difficulty of the killer vine is much easier than that of the underground spider. At least the killer vine does not have the mobility and attack power of the underground spider.
After Sherlock just helped them treat their injuries and revive them, he took a few glances at their internal auction and then went back to deal with the dungeon. He was very busy. On the one hand, he had to continue planning the first dungeon, and he also had to give Those players assigned specific tasks and distributed rewards, and occasionally acted as psychological counselors for blacksmith Simba and novice trainers. After all, they lived in the same dungeon with players from a hundred different worlds, and their work tasks were so many. It is normal to feel heavy workload and have high psychological pressure.
The most important thing is that Sherlock also needs to browse the forum to keep abreast of the public opinion trends in the other world and absorb the suggestions of people in the other world about the dungeon.
But Sherlock obviously thought too much. He used to be able to do whatever he wanted, but since he found a novice trainer Moros, the strength of these players began to improve by leaps and bounds with every day of intense training, especially in the first chapter. After three successful land reclamations, strategies on how to deal with underground spiders without injury in a small team began to be widely circulated. When these players fought against underground spiders, they were getting better and better at handling them, and their combat proficiency was also getting higher and higher, especially It is because they have no fear of death. After discussing the battle plan, they can still carry out the plan with a spirit of self-sacrifice. They are not afraid of death or injury. Warriors like this are almost impossible to find in the surface world or the underground world. Not enough! I am afraid that only undead monsters can do this, but undead monsters are simply incomparable to players from other worlds in terms of intelligence and coordination.
It's not that Sherlock is bragging about them, he's just describing the facts.
Sherlock was still very pleased. As the lord of a dungeon, the servants from another world he summoned were not only economical, hard-working, easy to feed, and had few needs, but they were also fearless, full of curiosity, and fearless. , and they can be resurrected without limit after death! It is estimated that he alone has this kind of servant in the entire underground world, but there are also some obvious problems that come with it.
For example, Sherlock found that his free time was getting less and less!
When Sherlock was planning the future development of the dungeon.
"Lord! Help me revive!"
When Sherlock was talking to the blacksmith Simba to relieve his melancholy about being harassed by players in the middle of the night.
"Lord Lord! Resurrection!"
While Sherlock was watching the forum.
"Lord! Treat your injury!"
When Sherlock...
"Lord Lord! Resurrection!"
"Lord! Treat your injury!"
"Lord! Let me redeem your reputation!"
"Lord Lord..."
Sherlock felt that he could not continue like this. As the number of times these players went to the spider lair continued to increase, the number of times they were injured and died also increased. Currently, only Sherlock had the ability to heal and repair in the dungeon. There is only one person, and all these tasks fall on Sherlock.
Originally, these players did not go to the spider lair very frequently. They mostly went together in groups, and Sherlock only came out for treatment occasionally, about once a day or two. However, as these players' fighting skills improved, As they became more proficient and gained more combat experience, these players began to separate into small teams and go to the spider lair. Small team operations meant that Sherlock had to go out to treat and resurrect the players almost every few hours.
At first, Sherlock didn't understand why these players gave up large-scale group operations and chose small-group operations instead. Logically speaking, the more people, the safer they are. The reason why they successfully opened up the underground spiders in the first place was not because of the large number of people. Are you successful because of your advantages? However, after using magic to observe a large number of players in these different worlds, from the initial team formation to hunting to distribution and disbanding of the team, Sherlock finally understood why more and more players choose to work in small groups.
First: A small team can effectively avoid those rich players. They will use the foreign currency called RMB to directly purchase a large amount of copper coins, and then use the copper coins to purchase materials. The financial resources of ordinary players simply cannot compete with them for these resources. In the case of a small team, they can have the opportunity to purchase materials, hoard them themselves, or resell them at a higher price.
Second: The hunting time of a small team can be more flexible. Some players can even hunt all day long, or withdraw after a few hours. The departure time is also more free, and there is no need to be like a large team. Take care of most people's time.
Third: The distribution methods are more diverse. Sherlock once saw a hunting team of five people. After obtaining the spoils, they did not distribute the spoils by buying and selling copper coins, but by throwing stones and dice. Distribution, they call it [Team Distribution Mode], and distributing loot by auction is called [Auction Distribution Mode], and when looking for opponents in the dungeon training square, they will also explain the distribution of their own team. model, the number of people planned to recruit, recruitment requirements, etc.
By the way, the training square in the dungeon, I don’t know when it started, has become a comprehensive square for these players to chat, trade, team up and other social activities. It is often seen that players "sleep (online) and wake up (online)" , first move bricks to gain reputation and copper coins, and then come to the square to listen to the shouts of other players to see if there are any good deals, or a team that you can join to go hunting, etc. Even when I'm "sleeping", I'm usually near the square.
Precisely because players have mastered the terrain and strategy at the entrance to the spider lair, this small team method has become more and more popular. However, the hunting mode of the small team is limited to the entrance to the spider lair. If you want to break through The entrance goes deep into the spider lair. You still need to go in when there are a lot of people, or you can simply form a large team to go in and explore. After all, the number of spiders increases the further you go inside.
Sherlock's workload also began to skyrocket, which made Sherlock very exhausted. Sherlock couldn't help but start thinking seriously about a question. How about I hire a wizard who can heal and repair corpses
It just so happens that the caravan is coming, so I would like to ask the caravan leader if there is anyone like this.
When Sherlock was thinking this, the core of the dungeon "Blue" said to Sherlock:
"Lord, there is a group of people moving towards our dungeon. I think it should be the caravan from Winterfell."