Nearly 72 hours after the server was suddenly shut down, an announcement appeared on the Dream Company's official website.
Its contents are as follows—
[Dear players, as you can see, in the s2 finals of the peak battle that ended in the early morning of November 19th, the plot of the v1.10 version "Derivative Invasion" has come to an end.
Due to the accidental change of several world-class bosses in the cross-version event, the plot of the new version of "Ragnarok" has been seriously affected.
In the past seventy hours, our technical staff and script editors have worked overtime to deal with this incident and made corresponding adjustments.
Here, we are pleased to inform all players: the server of Horror Paradise will reopen on December 1. At that time, Horror Paradise will skip the v1.20 version - Ragnarok, and directly overwrite and upgrade it to the final version of v1.50 — infinite world. Stay tuned!]
The time when this announcement was released was almost exactly when the patience of thousands of players and various studios reached a critical point...
Just when rumors such as "The server of Thriller Paradise collapsed and is facing major repairs" and "Dream Company is going to pack up and leave?" began to appear on the Internet and various media, this announcement came out out of nowhere, making those who rely on The guys who fabricate fake news and write advertising soft articles for a living are once again collectively recruited.
There are many "media companies" that specialize in this industry, and they have even prepared a series of follow-up manuscripts to smear Dream Company. Next, just talk to a few online game companies that are interested, and then share the information of those companies. Put a C in the article for the soft advertisement, and the money is considered to be earned. However, with the bombshell of Dream Company falling, it must be considered that everyone has been busy these two days.
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On the other hand, players' reaction to this news... is also conceivable.
In the middle of the night, the discussion on the major forums changed from the topic of "Peak Contest s2" to the new version of "Infinite World".
Although there is still more than a week before the opening of the server, the players are already eager to try and impatient.
The number of registrations in Horror Paradise ushered in another sharp increase, and the sales of the game cabin also reached a new high.
And during the period before the official release of the new patch. The "Uncle Party" from all walks of life has also been mobilized one after another, each showing its abilities... They all took advantage of this period of time to spread false gossip, and each of them spoke convincingly and truly.
Generally speaking, there are two types of "Uncle Party"... The first one. It's the type with a game mentality or wanting to gain a sense of presence. Most of these people are just talking nonsense there according to their own wishes.
As for the second type... of course it is a hired gun. These uncle parties are often much more professional than the first type, and the level of writing articles and lying is not covered; the most common method is to cite a series of details that do not exist, or add a few photos in the post that ordinary people may not read. You have to understand the fake pictures to increase the credibility of the news... It can be said to be well-intentioned. Of course, the fundamental purpose is to mix some "information they want to convey" into the false revelations. In order to promote the sales of certain products.
For example... For example, if you sell game currency on a third-party platform, you should hire such a person, go to the forum to lead a wave of rhythm, and let him hint in the post that "the game currency will increase greatly in the new version" . Another example... If you sell game peripherals, you can post a false message, saying "the new version of Horror Paradise will support a certain type of peripheral, and you will get a mysterious prize if you buy it".
Such marketing methods are now commonplace... Those who are fooled should spend money to buy a lesson, and they will remember it next time.
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Another twenty-four hours passed.
finally. Dream Company also listed the new version of the patch... on the homepage of the official website:
v1.50—
[version overview]
Fighting demons are present, but the demon leader is missing.
The god of eternal life, hidden in the mirror world.
The spirit king ascended the throne, and the corpse god complemented each other.
The court changes hands, but the truth remains.
After the twilight of the gods, the four pillar gods fell one after another.
Four new forces rose rapidly on the ruins of the old dynasty.
And, the Z Organization, the Magic Church, the Reasoning Club, the Blackbeard Pirates and other powerful parties are also active in the main universe.
Thriller Paradise ushered in a new era of freedom and infinite possibilities.
[Role Adjustment]
In the new version, the upper limit of player level will be adjusted to level 60, and the upgrade experience ratio above level 50 will no longer increase.
The upper limit of the player's skill column will be adjusted to fifteen grids, and the expanded three grids must be purchased through game coins.
[Mode Adjustment]
The single-player survival mode and team survival mode (including normal and nightmare) generated in the sleep server will have a higher probability of long-term scripts.
The "passive game check" mechanism in the killing game will be stricter. Penalties for passive players will be increased again.
[Changes in items, goods and services]
The mall space has been fully upgraded and rebuilt.
After the invasion of derivatives, the store owners and the system's guard robots have undergone special training, and their strength has improved.
All shops have received a large amount of new goods, including new equipment, weapons, hairstyles, clothing and so on.
Added a "pre-order function" to the scare box. Players can submit an application for "automatic trading after meeting the purchase conditions" for an item by mortgaging skill value.
[Gameplay adjustment]
Game quality has been greatly improved.
The title system will add a self-selection function. Every time the title is changed, the player can choose whether to accept the title after observing the new title ability, and get an "old title selection right".
Note: After this update, all players can obtain the right to choose the old title once (the retention period of this right is 24 hours after the player logs in the game for the first time). Make a choice among all the titles you have owned in the past.
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In the above content, many keywords have hyperlinks, and you can click to see related information.
For example, words such as "Doumo", "God of Immortality", "Spirit King", "", and "Z Organization" can all be expanded and viewed.
However, none of these npcs, derivatives, or organizations have image data, and some are just written records; moreover, most of the recorded content is some well-known basic settings. For players who have access to deeper game content, these materials are meaningless, but for novices. Pretty good tip.
As for the "level cap increase", most players have expected it. In fact, 99% of people thought that leveling experience after level 50 would increase to nine figures according to the previous trend... so when they saw the sentence "the leveling experience ratio will not increase again". On the contrary, I was a little surprised.
In addition, there is another change that many people guessed in advance, that is "skill bar expansion".
Indeed, according to the current development momentum of the game, the twelve skill bars can no longer meet the needs of high-end players. Expansion is also reasonable. As for the price... Just like expanding the luggage, this kind of advantage that can be bought immediately with "money" is definitely not cheap... With this change alone, Dream Company can also make a lot of money.
Next, let's take a look at a new service launched in this patch-the "pre-order function" of the scare box.
This function, to put it simply, is developed for those players who "have taken a fancy to a certain piece of equipment that is about to expire, but do not have enough skill points at hand".
For example, let's say... a player has taken a fancy to a piece of equipment that requires 1000 skill points to buy in the scare box, but he only has 500 skill points for the time being. Can not buy. Moreover, the item will be deleted in less than a day, and it may be too late to accumulate 500 skill points in the remaining day.
At this time, he can use the "pre-order function" and pay a deposit equivalent to 40% of the total price of the item... that is, 400 skill points... and let the system extend the time limit of the item for him.
Of course, if the item is bought by someone else with the full price before the deletion time limit, there is no way, anyway, the deposit will be refunded in full at that time.
And if the item is not purchased by anyone within the deletion time limit, then...as a "pre-ordered" item, it will not be deleted immediately. The system will place it in a specific "pre-order area" and wait for the "pre-order players" to make up the full payment; at this time, only players who have paid a pre-order deposit for the item can search for the item.
Then, within the next seventy-two hours. As long as one of the pre-purchasers has enough skill to pay the full amount, the transaction will be automatically completed. When the transaction is completed, the system will send an email to other players who have paid the deposit, explaining that "the product you pre-ordered has been pre-purchased", and the mortgage skill value will be refunded together with the email.
But if within those seventy-two hours. If all players who have pre-ordered the item fail to make up the full payment, the item will be deleted, and each pre-orderer will be deducted a late fee equal to 5% of the item price.
The above is the general setting of the pre-order function.
In the past few months, Dream Company has received a lot of opinions on this when collecting opinions from players... Many players said that sometimes they found a piece of equipment they wanted in the scare box, but it was almost A little skill value, can't afford it; when I finish the script and get enough skill points, the item has been bought, or deleted because the retention time limit has expired... This kind of experience is undoubtedly quite depressing.
Although Dream Company is very domineering in many aspects, it is still very happy to improve the problems that can improve the game experience and have room for improvement.
So, with the help of this version upgrade, they developed this new function (such small repairs and minor changes in the service category that have little to do with the script space are not in charge of Woody, but the technical department of the game company) doing).
In the future, when players encounter products that they really want, but the skill value is still a little short, they can pre-order them first, so that they don’t have to wait until the entire script is finished and then come back to pay... Anyway, as long as they have paid the deposit, they can enjoy "skills" It is worth a service of "automatic trading".
So, finally, I have to talk about... the adjustment of the "Title System".
In fact, this system has not made any particularly major changes. It is still up to the system to judge what new titles players will generate. However, this time, the player has the right to choose independently, he can choose not to accept the new title, and... every time the title is changed, he can choose any one of the previous titles and change it. In this way, the players are given the opportunity to "transform", and it will also have a considerable impact on the pvp of the game in the future.
Obviously, this change was also made based on user feedback...
Many players have suggested to customer service that they want to get back the old title that has been replaced, because the new title is not as useful as the old one.
This kind of players... most of them have had a certain title ability that they are very good at, and their skills and equipment are all based on this ability. As a result... the title suddenly changes one day, and the combat power of the entire character directly down a notch.
In a situation like this, they can only consider themselves unlucky, because the title cannot be changed back, and it is not changed according to their own wishes.
Now, this problem is solved...
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November 23rd, two o'clock in the morning.
Dream Inc. always seems to have a way of bringing the focus back when it's about to drift away, even in these shut down days... no exception.
Only one day after the release of the patch for the new version, Dream Company issued two more announcements on the official website.
The first one has nothing to do with most players—[From 3:00 pm today, the servers of Thriller Paradise will be partially opened, and the trial operation of the new version will begin. At that time, all players who have the "forty-eight hours new version experience qualification" will be able to log in to the game.]
The so-called "experience qualified" players, there are only 250 players in the whole server, that is, the top 50 teams in the s2 preliminaries. So... this news is irrelevant to most people.
In addition, the detailed rules of this announcement also stated: During the limited-time experience period, the game only opens queues for single-player survival mode and free exploration mode.
This is also expected, only a few people can go online in the whole server. If you play a team mode or a killing game, when you are in a solo queue... Either you meet acquaintances, or you can't match teammates or opponents for a long time.
Also, there is a deadline for this event. At nine o'clock in the evening on November 29th, the server will be shut down again, and those who haven't used up the forty-eight hours by that point will be wasted.
Look at the second announcement - [Crazy Thinking, will start official operation on November 25th]
For this news, the player's reaction was not bad...but the practitioners in the game industry were caught off guard.
No one expected... This card game independently developed by Dream Company, which has been delayed for a long time, would be chosen at the time when the new version of this horror paradise is about to open... Suddenly it went online. (.)