This is not a BUG, ​​this is a game feature

Chapter 65 Numerical and Mechanical Balance
30 people is really a lot.

There were three big tables full of people, all sitting together looking at Chen Ba, the pressure was getting dull.

Thanks to Chen Ba's similar experience, his teacher often arranged to give speeches under the national flag on Monday mornings when he was a student, so he didn't have stage fright.

If I were to switch to another agency, I would be afraid that the producer would be so nervous that he would not be able to understand what he was saying when he met so many players offline for the first time.

"Thank you for your support of our studio. I know what you all want to ask. The new version of "The Survival Simulator" will be updated soon. Please don't worry!"

"...We won't talk about this today. Someone here should have played the early access version of "Star Emperor", right?"

"Have!"

Soon someone raised their hand.

Seeing that most people had played the early access version of "Star Emperor", Chen Ba nodded first, and then asked:

"During the game, did you find any problems or areas that you think can be improved?"

"Speak freely. Anyone who has an idea can say it directly. The prerequisite is not to curse, but to speak meaningfully!"

The reason why Chen Ba invites players to meet offline is that on the one hand he really wants to treat them to a meal, and on the other hand he also wants to collect the most authentic player feedback.

This is very important to him.

As the first multiplayer online game from Tianba Studio, "Star Emperor" definitely has some shortcomings.

If no one points it out, they may never notice it on their own. After all, not every bar owner knows how to make fried rice.

When he said that this gathering allowed people to speak freely, a young man wearing glasses soon came forward to share his thoughts.

"Brother Ba, should the character values ​​be balanced? I like Emperor Long Night very much, but he is simply unplayable in a ranked environment..."

"Emperor Evernight?"

Hearing the complaint from the guy with glasses, other players also nodded.

"Star Emperor" initially has six supreme emperor characters, each with their own characteristics and positioning.

The Emperor of the Evernight is special!
As a glass cannon, the character has high attack and low defense, coupled with the high difficulty of operation, the result is that the Emperor of the Night cannot be seen in the ranked environment. If you dare to choose him, you will die.

The blood is too thin and the resistance is too low!

The other Emperors and Supremes fight each other, but they can rely on their special physiques to survive with a few skills. For a defensive character like the Black Turtle Supreme, you can't even break his shield.

On the other hand, the Emperor of the Evernight...

Not to mention using skills head-on, but if you accidentally get splashed by the opposite AOE skill while moving, your health will immediately drop.

Who can stand this?

The Emperor of the Night is a character with high control and high ceiling, just like the four sisters in the top lane in LOL. Many players like it.

But this body is as brittle as paper, which has inadvertently discouraged many players. After all, the fault tolerance rate is not at the same level as other characters...

On the road to becoming an immortal, the Starry Sky Emperor can make countless mistakes, but the Evernight Emperor can only make one mistake!
Isn't this a bit unfair to players who like the Emperor of Night?
"We have also paid attention to this." Chen Ba nodded and agreed with the player's feedback.

In fact, he has discovered that the overall winning rate of Emperor of the Night is less than 20%, which is an extremely unhealthy statistic.This shows that most players who choose the Emperor of the Night basically have no choice but to wait for death.

It’s time to step up!

However, the "Glass Cannon" positioning of the Emperor of the Night also means that the strengthening of this character must be cautious, and we cannot randomly add values ​​​​like LOL designers do.

Otherwise, once the enhancement exceeds the critical value, it will become "Emperor of the Evernight is wreaking havoc on the road to immortality."

"There is also the Winged Supreme!" "The Starry Sky Emperor also needs to strengthen..."

Seeing that Brother Ba had adopted the advice on strengthening the Evernight Emperor, the other players suddenly couldn't sit still and complained about their favorite characters, hoping to get numerical enhancements.

But this time, Chen Ba ignored them.

The Emperor of the Night was strengthened because he was really weak and had a comprehensive winning rate of less than 20%, so he agreed.

But what about the other characters?

Because you are handsome and you have many fans?Or, as a designer, he needs to support a certain character as a biological father?

Pull it down!

Chen Ba does not have the tradition of other game designers to "recognize the character as his father" and will not determine the numerical balance of the game according to his own preferences.

He only looks at the data. Whoever has a low winning rate and a low appearance rate will be strengthened. Whoever has a high winning rate and a high appearance rate will be weakened.

Focus on fairness and justice!
Star Emperor, as the protagonist of the game, is nicknamed "Tianba's biological son" by players. Since the overall winning rate is as high as 55%, he may become the first target to be severely weakened.

dear son?
The one who was cut was his own son!
In addition to the numerical balance between characters, mechanical balance is also an important aspect of fighting games such as "Star Emperor".

Some characters not only have no natural enemies, but also have a strong restraint relationship with specific characters. This is a mechanical imbalance.

For example, Wings Supreme and the new Shark Supreme!

These two have a perfect father-daughter relationship...

Wings Supreme focuses on flexibility and mobility, and its mechanism is biased towards the guerrilla type.

However, most of Shark Supreme's skills are AOE range damage, and can also mark enemy targets. As long as they are marked, the damage will continue to increase based on the number of layers.

For Wings Supreme players, this mechanism is simply shameless and extremely restrained!
During the early access stage, Chen Ba saw an extremely miserable data in the background.

The Wings Supreme battled against the new Shark Supreme, and the winning rate was only 24.3%. Real daughters are not so filial!
This mechanism needs to be balanced.

In fact, the winning rate of Shark Supreme against other characters fluctuates around 50%. Other characters also have countermeasures, and they are not particularly supermodels. Only Wings Supreme can catch them with certainty.

This is unbalanced. In the future, when Winged Supreme players encounter Shark Supreme, they can only type on the public screen and call daddy, begging the other side to give up!

"Game balancing is a big project that requires a long period of fine-tuning and attention to achieve the most perfect balance."

On the way back, Chen Ba said to Yang Dong: "As long as it is a game related to the parameter mechanism, it is normal for this kind of imbalance to occur."

"Is such that……"

Yang Dong said with a smile on his lips: "Actually, if you think about it from another angle, "Star Emperor" has already done very well!"

Imbalance refers to normal ranking.

If the road to immortality is the ultimate sublimation, where is the imbalance?Graphics card supremacy is no joke!
Your stats are very high, your mechanics are supermodel...

so what?

Your graphics card is not as good as mine, and your graphics memory is not large enough, so you are destined to be unable to take my move, go to hell!
"It really is!"

Chen Ba had never thought about this angle, but after Yang Dong reminded him, he suddenly realized it.

Yup!

Regardless of numerical values ​​and mechanics, Road to Immortality is simply the most balanced gameplay.It doesn't matter if the character is weak, but the graphics card is really strong!

(End of this chapter)