Overgeared

A game surely had an end. It was because the story had an ending, or the content was depleted. It wasn’t just single player games, but also online games enjoyed by multiple users. The developers added new content every time, but it didn’t mean much. It was easy to remember that even movies made by hundreds of the best people in each field with hundreds of billions of capital behind them were often ruined.

People in the gaming industry weren’t gods. They weren’t always successful in developing content that satisfied the majority. On the contrary, the more updates that were done, the more the game received a backlash. In the end, every game tended to have fewer users as the service period continued and they would eventually disappear into history.

Online games with a PvP system had a particularly short lifespan. It was because PvP naturally had winners and losers. The winner got the better reward, so as time passed, they entered their own league.

What were some ways to extend the lifespan of the game? This was the biggest challenge the gaming industry had been contemplating for a long time.

The answer was in seasons. It gave new stimulus to users by resetting the game environment after a certain period of time passed. It wasn’t at the level of simply resetting the rankings like in chess-type games or games like AoS, FPS, etc. In the case of MMORPGs, the story and levels were completely reset. This way, people could start the game on an equal footing again from the beginning.

Of course, the proper line was kept. In order to reduce the feeling of deprivation to existing users, the classes and items acquired in the previous season were partially inherited. On the other hand, variations were added to the content of quests, hidden pieces, and information of hunting grounds and dungeons, etc, to render existing knowledge meaningless. The intention was to ensure that the winners, who monopolized a lot of information from the previous season, would start from the beginning like the average person.

So far, this was a very simple example. The game companies used the seasonal system in their own way. They used several innovative methods to satisfy the winners and losers of the previous season, and both existing and new users. As a result, most of the games that introduced a season system were well received.

The difference in lifespan between games that introduced the seasonal system and games that didn’t introduce the seasonal system was quite large. Of course, by now, most of the games except for Satisfy had been destroyed.

“Grid has gone beyond an empire and created a divine world. In this way, Grid’s power will grow uncontrollably... I’m not using a leap of logic to talk about the seasonal system. Who doubts Grid these days? Grid isn’t someone who harms others just because he becomes stronger. Rather, he has a style of feeling responsibility. He is a great man. We all know that.”

The professor, who was voicing the need to introduce a seasonal system, inserted a neutral gear along the way. It was proof that he was conscious that the absolute majority of public opinion liked Grid. At the same time, it was a move to appeal that his opinion had objective value.

“Moreover, it is clear that hell and heaven have become the enemy of the players. For humanity, which has to rally around Grid, there is no news as good as the birth of the Overgeared World. Isn’t there a statistic that less than 20% of people perceive Satisfy as a simple role-playing game? Research shows that most players enjoy Satisfy for a variety of everyday reasons, whether it is simply to decorate their home or garden, spend time with their family or lover, enjoy leisure activities such as fishing or exercise, or simply using it for work purposes.”

The professor drank water while avoiding Huroi’s bloody gaze and continued his words.

“I’m just talking about the future. It should be noted that when Grid and the rankers have subjugated hell and heaven and the story is over, or when the failure prevents people’s daily lives from being maintained, we need to note that we have to start Satisfy again in a new environment.”

“What will happen to the NPCs if the world is reset?” Huroi, who didn’t get a chance to come forward because the professor praised Grid every time he said something, finally interrupted at the right moment. He pointed out the fundamental problem.

The professor fixed his glasses. “The NPCs? Is that a matter to worry about? Once the world is reset, it means the system is reset. So the NPCs will be reset as well, right?”

“I was asking how the NPCs are going to make sense of the world starting over, but you are thinking about killing them. You are trying to teach people when you are a potential killer. The world is going to the dogs.”

“Killer...? What are you now...?”

The professor panicked. From then on, Huroi’s criticism began. He even took advantage of the fact that the professor was part of triplets to curse him. A convincing logic wasn’t presented. It was because the professor didn’t consider Grid’s position at all.

Reset the NPCs? What type of crazy nonsense was this?

worked around Grid, had plenty of reasons to insult the professor. He didn’t need any

after this .” The host couldn’t control the executive of the Overgeared Guild he painstakingly worked hard to

majority of people recognized and utilized it as another world rather than a game. Progressing through quests, killing monsters, leveling up, competing with others, and increasing their power...

Overgeared Guild. People just wanted peace. They dismissed the argument that a seasonal system should be introduced to reset the environment they had adapted

seasonal system would be introduced when the company didn’t even update

common opinion of the people was that the professor was cheap and he was cursed

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industry developed and technicians from many fields flowed in. As the nation

“Perhaps—”

and it didn’t look awkward even

directly proportional to the size of the temples. It was fine even if it wasn’t proportional. In the future, the Overgeared World

you know

a question that arose from the time

he was alive, he alone cut down the empire’s great army to defend his homeland. Then he became a death knight and defended the

his homeland Lubana existed until relatively recently. The empire might’ve deliberately concealed the name of the Undefeated King, but this would have its limitations. The people of Lubana might’ve longed for the Undefeated King for at least a few decades after the death of

of course I

and Lars shook their heads, but Garion knew about the Undefeated King. She nodded with an

no way Garion couldn’t know Madra. Madra must’ve smashed the

be wondering if he also became

“Yes... in any case.”

body and soul were defiled. He was reduced to an undead by Pagma and stayed in the Behen Archipelago until recently. Existing as a death knight and becoming a human god? The possibility

the legends. His position was different from Lars, who was an ordinary boy. It was more likely that he would be chosen as an angel before he

aware that his predictions were quite often wrong.

he has fallen to the level of becoming an

“......”

time, his

to Baal. I heard that

become a slave

sighed, feeling gloomy after his unnecessary

warp gate is

of the knights

do they bow every

again. It was because Grid’s red robes fluttered and his sunset-colored

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