Zhang Yang slept until about seven in the evening. After dinner, he did not rush to play the game, but first opened the official website to see what kind of discussion would be triggered after the first deed was revealed.
Unexpectedly, before he even clicked into the forum, Zhang Yang saw the version upgrade announcement on the official website’s homepage!
What's happening here
Isn’t the first version upgrade supposed to be half a year after the server is launched? Today is only August 13th, so there are still five months to go!
Zhang Yang had a bad feeling. This was probably related to his series of solo runs and the super perfect mission evaluation yesterday! He immediately clicked on the version upgrade column.
Generally speaking, the changes in this version upgrade are not very big, and are mainly focused on the skill changes of warriors, especially shield warriors!
“1. The cooldown time of the Block skill is increased from 10 seconds to 15 seconds! Each time a Block is successful, the additional Rage value is increased from 10 points to 30 points!”
Zhang Yang rolled his eyes immediately, and immediately downgraded his blocking skill to a second- or third-rate level! What a pity, it could have been used for five or six months. Perhaps the power of yesterday's explosion was too strong, so the game company couldn't sit still!
Although the additional rage value has increased, the number of blocks has decreased, and the character's chance of getting hit has naturally increased. Once you get hit, you will naturally get angry, so the 20 points of rage value given for free seem useless in comparison!
"2. Increase the cooldown time of Power Strike from 1 second to 5 seconds!"
This is another nerf!
Warriors are not like hunters and rogues. Their rage comes from both attacks and damage received. So during boss battles, since their rage fills up after being hit, they can use this skill to vent their anger and cause considerable damage!
"3. The cooldown time of Shield Wall is reduced from 10 minutes to 7 minutes!"
Finally, there is a buff! After reaching level 10, the cooldown of shield wall is 2 minutes, which greatly improves the survivability of tanks, which can be regarded as compensation for the weakening of block skills!
In addition, there are comprehensive changes.
“1. The battle will be more realistic, with a possible knockback state added. The difference in strength between the two sides will determine whether a knockback will occur when an impact occurs, as well as the distance of the knockback!”
In other words, a person with greater strength can knock a person with less strength back several steps with one blow, instead of two people standing still and fighting each other with a sword and an axe.
“2. Added anti-harassment mode. Physical contact between players can only occur between friends. If a player is physically touched by a player who is not a friend, he or she can choose to file a complaint with the system. Depending on the severity of the situation, the harasser will be imprisoned in the main city prison for a period of time ranging from 10 minutes to 3 days. If a thief has physical contact with a player while in stealth, he or she will automatically leave the stealth state.”
The latter one was probably added specifically for the forty-four thieves! Since the server was launched, that perverted hand has secretly touched the breasts and buttocks of countless female players using stealth.
"3. The refresh frequency of the dungeon is unified. The normal mode of the five-person dungeon has no limit on the refresh frequency, and the difficult mode and death mode of the five-person dungeon refresh once a day. The three modes of the ten-person dungeon refresh once every two days. The three modes of the twenty-person dungeon refresh once every three days. The three modes of the fifty-person dungeon refresh once every seven days."
"4. The auction house's tax rate is raised from 10% to 20%!"
It's absolutely evil! And it's so evil! Zhang Yang thought about his land deed and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, I don't have to be exploited by the system anymore!
"5. All high-level equipment must be appraised before the additional special effects and inlay holes can be displayed!"
This is another great way for gaming companies to make money!
Take Zhang Yang's Elemental Aggregation Shield as an example. Before it is identified, it will become -
[Elemental Aggregation Shield] (Silver, Shield)
Armor: +200
Stamina: +80
Required level: 20
Only after paying gold coins to ask an appraiser to appraise the equipment, the special effect of "Equipment: Increases the skill level of the block by +1" will be displayed and can be used. Otherwise, the equipment can be equipped, but the special effect will not be used!
Black iron and bronze wares basically have no special effects, but starting from level 30 silver wares, even if they don’t have special effects, they have inlay holes. By then, the combined appraisal fees of billions of people will be…
“6. Control skills are still ineffective against boss-level monsters, but control skills may interrupt the boss-level monsters’ spellcasting.”
This should be considered a reinforcement! For example, the charge stun will not work on the boss, but it may interrupt the boss's current spell.
"7. The damage reduction formula has been modified. When attacked, the armor value or magic resistance value will be subtracted first, and then the skill reduction will be calculated!"
This is another nerf! For example, if the monster's attack is 2000 points, and the player's armor is 400, and the passive damage reduction is 20%, then the damage previously received was 2000x0.8-400=1200. Now it becomes (2000-400)x0.8=1280. The higher the armor, the greater the impact.
“8. The upper limit of stackable items per group has been increased from 20 to 200 to save players’ storage space!”
“9. Players will no longer lose levels when they die in PK, but will lose all experience points except the current level. The red name penalty will no longer double the dropped level, but the player’s equipment’s chance of being exposed will still increase by 100%.”
For example, if a player is level 29 with 34% experience points, if he is killed, he will only become level 29 with 0% experience points, and he will not drop below level 29 no matter how many times he dies. There is still a penalty for player death, but the intensity is greatly reduced. What a pity! If this change could have been made earlier in the previous life, the player named Starlight Unlimited would not have deleted his account in anger.
“10. Arena Deathmatch mode is cancelled.”
Since there is no level drop, there is no point in the deathmatch mode.
“11. Taunt effect adjusted. Now it forces the monster to attack for two seconds, and copies 99% of the hatred value of the monster’s current target (if your hatred value is above this, it will not be copied). Taunt still does not work on targets not affected by the taunt effect.”
This is a huge enhancement to the double-tank and multi-tank tactics - provided that the boss is susceptible to taunts.
These were the only changes. After a moment of stunned silence, Zhang Yang casually clicked on the forum, only to find that the already lively forum had become in full swing!
Regarding this version update, players mainly protested against the auction house's doubled draw and the extra appraisal fees, and called the game company a vampire. Some players even pointed out that it was the support of the majority of players that made "Miracle" so successful, but now the game company is not only ungrateful, but also wants to cut the players' flesh and suck their blood with a knife. This is absolutely unacceptable, and they said they would stop playing!
However, no matter how noisy the forum was, the game company simply ignored it. Zhang Yang knew that the players' complaints would soon pass, just like in his previous life, "Miracle" would only become more and more popular! After playing "Miracle", I couldn't get excited about other games!
When Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai, he is not afraid that you will not accept the beating obediently!
It’s dark! It’s dark!
Zhang Yang sighed, put on his gaming helmet, and entered the game.
"Anemic Warrior, why are you online only now?"
"Silly Yu, you slept like a pig?"
"Yangzi, did you have a threesome last night? You're really fierce for taking so long to get up!"
"Zhan Yu, you are so amazing. You cleared all the underground mausoleums by yourself!"
As soon as he came online, Fatty Han, Wei Yan'er, Han Yingxue and others sent secret messages to him. After Zhang Yang smiled and said a few words to them, he summoned his white-skeletal warhorse and headed straight for the Land Management Office of the Imperial City.
"Well, after verification, this deed is real!" An NPC with the title of "Viscount Bagg" looked at the deed for a long time before saying, "Pay another 20,000 gold coins, and this property will be yours!"
"What, I have to pay more?" Zhang Yang glared. He had never obtained a land deed in his previous life and didn't know any of this.
"Of course, any transaction in the empire must pay taxes. Do you want to make a private deal with the seller? Humph, this will result in imprisonment - no, you will be hanged!" Viscount Bagg said with his mustache raised.
Forget it, it's only 20,000 gold, I can earn it back later! I hope the location corresponding to this deed is a prime location. If it is thrown to a corner in the countryside, then I will lose everything!
Zhang Yang traded 20,000 gold to the system.
Viscount Bagg then snorted, took out a seal, dipped it in ink, and stamped heavily on the deed.
"Ding! Congratulations, you have acquired a piece of real estate!"
Zhang Yang hurriedly picked up the title deed. The item that originally only had the words "title deed" now contained rows of official documents. At the bottom, the location of the property was written.
White Jade City!
Zhang Yang was immediately delighted when he saw the three words "catching his eye". As long as it was within the main city, it wouldn't be too remote!
After leaving the land management office, Zhang Yang summoned his warhorse again and searched according to the coordinates given in the title deed.
Getting closer! Getting closer!
Zhang Yang rode for more than ten minutes and stopped in front of a two-story gorgeous building covering an area of about three bungalows. According to the coordinates provided in the title deed, it was right in front of here, and the house number on it was the same as written in the title deed.
Brush, a player runs by, swipe, another player runs by, people come and go, flowing like the tide.
Zhang Yang turned around and saw that opposite the building was the auction house!
… I made a lot of money! I made a lot of money!
Zhang Yang had thought that the first land deed must be valuable, but he did not expect that the game company would be so generous as to arrange the location of the property opposite the auction house!
This is the most prime location!
Zhang Yang suppressed his ecstasy, cancelled the summons to his warhorse, and stepped into the building he owned.
"Ding! Player Zhan Yu enters a property under his name for the first time, and the tutorial starts!"
"Ding! Player Zhan Yu, you can freely set the purpose of the real estate you own, including converting it into a store, repair shop, hotel, or restaurant. Do you want to set it up immediately?"
"yes!"
"Ding! Please choose the direction of transformation!"
"shop!"
"Ding! Please name your store!"
“…Clear up the store!”
"Ding! Qingqing's store has been renovated. The current level is a level one store with a store space of 1,000. The next level is a level two store with a store space of 2,000 and an additional floor. You need to pay 100,000 gold coins to upgrade to the next level!"
"Ding! You can add the goods you want to sell in the store and set the selling price. The store's warehouse space can be bound to your bank space."
"Ding! It is recommended that you place your valuable items on the shelves and other items on the browse page!"
"Ding! It is recommended that you hire a servant to take care of the store. You can choose to hire someone in the real estate options or store branch!"
"Ding! The tutorial ends here for now. If you still don't understand something, please select 'Help' in the real estate options! Have fun playing the game!"
Speaking of shops, Zhang Yang was completely clueless. He tried to open the shop interface, then chose to add products and stuffed all the bronze wares in his backpack into the shop.
In the selling price, you can choose to sell at a fixed price, just like in a shopping mall. You can also choose to sell at an auction, which requires you to set a reserve price, but you can set or not set a fixed price, just like selling things at an auction house.
The first floor has been transformed into a supermarket, filled with shelves, where the goods can be viewed directly by their properties, naturally reserved for valuable and rare items. Other items must be searched and viewed through branches like in an auction house.
A shop can be said to be a combination of a store and an auction house.
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