Chapter 299: How does Mr. Gu change it?

Chapter 299: How does Mr. Gu change it?

Chapter 299: How does Mr. Gu change?

 Lilith went completely 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 as long as you are willing to make the effort to look them up.

 But the question arises, 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 bugs, but it triggered the players' rebellious psychology and led to a large number of losses, while Nitiantian did nothing and did not fix the bugs, 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, Starlight Milk and Dark Chain, have obviously affected the living space of other BDs.

 “Then what should they do rightly?

“Are these two bugs a blessing from God as many players say, or are they a curse?”

Obviously, the reason why Lilith asked this question was because she was really curious on the one hand, and also wanted to know why Shengjing Group could collect so many negative emotions in an instant by doing this, so that she could learn frame by frame later. .

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

Gu Fan was silent for a moment: "Of course God will provide food for them, but their knowledge and ability cannot afford this bowl of rice."

 In fact, he has been paying attention to these things secretly. Although the Shengjing Group's overturning incident was not directly related to him, Gu Fan basically expected it in advance.

 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.

So it is impossible for Gu Fan to hide it, so it is better to explain it clearly to Lilith, further clearing his own blame and strengthening Lilith's trust in him.

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

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.

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

 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.

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.

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.

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

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, Mr. Li .

“Shengjing Group probably thought that there were only three ways 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 make urgent repairs.

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 players to quit the game like it is now.

 The disadvantage is that it will affect the inflow of new players and they will not be able to capture 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 BDs.

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

 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, and try to rely on these two BDs to increase the popularity of the game and lure new players in. 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 approach. Fixing bugs is the job of game companies. This is a matter of course. What's more, after the fixes, the game becomes more balanced.

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

 Yes, players are really like this.

But this is not the fault of the players. How to find the best critical point between the players' demands for "coolness" and the game company's maintenance of "balance" is what tests the level of the game operation team.

Lilith was a little confused: "Are there more than three ways? Are there any other ways?"

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

“First of all, we issued a notice as soon as possible, saying that the official had noticed the two BDs, Starlight Milk and Dark Chain, and stated that the appearance of these two BDs was indeed a bug, and urgent repairs were carried out on the same day.”

Lilith was stunned: "Ah? Carry out emergency repairs on the same day? Isn't this the first method? What's more, after all, it involves a bug in the underlying code, and I'm afraid it won't be fixed in one day."

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

“I only do two things: The first thing is to change the text descriptions of skills and talents in the game so that they are consistent with the actual trigger effects.

"The second thing is to add an additional mechanism to the skill of Starlight: after casting it for the first time, the player being treated 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 healing effect of the subsequent "Starlight" skill on the player.

“This change is very simple to make and one day is enough. But this is only the first step.”

 (End of this chapter)