A real cheat was blocked, and the game industry was rectified with a backhand

the next day.

The two met at the e-sports hotel as agreed.

Shen Zijun carefully examined his childhood friend's face and said with a smile, "You look much better today."

Liu Hao subconsciously touched his face and replied, "Really? It was rare that I didn't quarrel with my wife yesterday. Maybe it was because of my mood."

The two chatted while wiping the keyboard and headphones with wet wipes.

"If you ask me, you should relax when you need to. If you keep a stern face all day long as if others owe you millions, won't your sister-in-law quarrel with you? If you play games with me without saying a word and with a sullen face the whole time, I would want to scold you, let alone live with you."

Liu Hao paused.

It seems that there is some truth.

Did you push yourself too hard before?

"Also, your boss may not be as unkind as you complain. Otherwise, why would he approve such an outrageous reason for leave?"

Liu Hao couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

Is this still my fault?

"Play games, play games."

"okay."

Log into the game.

There are obviously more people playing the game today, and there are also more high-level people in Tristram.

Now that you have completed the story campaign, the next step is to upgrade your world level and give your equipment a preliminary look.

Then, experience the side plots, which often lead to the results of various copies.

The dungeon, called the secret realm in the game, is one of the main ways to obtain equipment.

In addition to equipment, power will also be dropped in the secret realm.

The so-called power is an enchantment effect that can be engraved on equipment and disappears after use.

There are also some universal powers that do not require brushing, but they can only play the lowest level of role.

For example, one of the Barbarian's powers can increase the AOE range of Hammer of the Ancients, ranging from 10 to 30.

There is no need to swipe the version for casual use. After engraving, it can only increase the lowest level by 10 points. The one swiped will be random within the range, with a maximum of 30 points.

The same goes for equipment.

For example, the one-handed hammer Echoing Rage has the characteristic of attack speed.

Each Echoing Fury has fixed attributes.

The attack speed bonus attribute ranges from 5% to 8%; one of the three main attributes of agility, strength and intelligence appears randomly, with values ​​ranging from 825 to 1000; the upper and lower limits of weapon damage, increased damage, and attack-attached fear effects are all the same.

In addition, there is a randomly appearing affix, which may be one of seven types of elemental additional damage, attack power, increased damage, critical hit rate, critical hit damage and other top-notch affixes.

There may also be useless affixes such as armor, life, elemental resistance, reduction of control, increase of experience points, and gold coin drops.

The equipment system can be described in one word.

That's randomness!

Randomness within a certain range.

You never know whether the next weapon that drops will be top-notch or rubbish, and what kind of outrageous data will appear.

What randomness brings is the same pleasure as gambling.

That's true for a single piece of equipment.

How many pieces of equipment does a Diablo character have?

Helmet, necklace, jewelry, breastplate, belt, pants, wrist, gloves, shoes, ring, weapon

How many pieces of each type of equipment can I have?

The rarest equipment is dark gold equipment, with three pieces of equipment in each slot, not to mention the next-level orange legendary equipment, and countless yellow equipment that appear with random affixes.

A huge equipment library, coupled with a reasonable drop and guarantee mechanism, and a highly playable talent tree, constitutes a character with many gameplay styles.

Even a powerful piece of orange equipment can give birth to a new way of playing.

In the last round of clearing a secret realm, Liu Hao dropped an artifact of the Hammer of the Ancestors school, and the effect was immediate.

"Fuck, Brother Hao, what kind of damage did you do? A full-health elite monster was killed instantly with just one Hammer of the Ancestors?"

"Great! Damn, why are there so few monsters? There are more ahead. Let's go before my buff ends."

In this round, it was Shen Zijun's turn to be lucky.

“Withdrawal! I’ve been working on it for half an hour today and it’s finally my turn to withdraw money.”

He hurriedly looked at the equipment attributes.

"Orange special effect, increasing the damage of chain explosion by 300%? Damn! Brother Hao, wait for me, I will wash a set of talents."

Liu Hao smiled and asked, "Why, let's compete? Who can swipe faster?"

Shen Zijun patted his chest and said, "Come on! Let's each have a round and see who is faster. The loser goes to buy a drink."

"Row!"

Re-enter the secret realm.

"3, 2, 1, start!"

As soon as the words fell, the two Nephalem rushed towards the deepest part of the secret realm.

Looking at the extremely ferocious hammer of his ancestor, one hammer could kill a large number of people with horrific damage, and the damage numbers were huge.

"Great! How can I lose? Barbarian, this is so cool. I'm almost at the BOSS's door, you...ah?"

Liu Hao was confused.

Because the moment he looked to the side, the BOSS in front of Shen Zijun was already dead.

In the moment of distraction, the barbarian lost control and was instantly killed by the monsters that swarmed over him.

"No, how did you do it?"

Shen Zijun puffed out his chest proudly and said, "Let me show you. This passive skill is called chain explosion. Monsters ignited by the mystic's fire skills will explode after death, causing AOE damage to those around them. After activating this passive skill, the explosion damage can also ignite small monsters. So."

I opened another secret realm and demonstrated it myself.

A fireball passed by, and the first monster at the beginning of the secret realm was set on fire.

Then another skill was thrown over, and the monster died instantly.

boom!

The monsters were blown away by the flames.

The powerful explosion damage directly reduced the second monster next to it to half health.

Throw the second fireball.

The chain reaction has begun.

Small monsters were constantly being killed, and the dead monsters ignited new monsters and then blew them up.

The others with low health exploded again, and the ones with half health were killed again.

There were so many monsters that it would take at least two or three hits of the Hammer of the Ancestors to kill them.

Two fireballs, everything was cleared up instantly.

Dense and numerous damage numbers popped up, which was extremely relaxing.

The elite monster in the monster group was blown to pieces by the surrounding monsters before it even had time to use its skills.

Then, Shen Zijun used his flash skill and moved forward.

The map is random, and the content ahead is different every time.

But I just had a hunch that there was a monster ahead.

As expected, there was a very rhythmic pattern, with monsters appearing one after another and being blown to death one after another.

That is to say, some elite monsters are slightly off-center and require extra damage to be killed, otherwise the time to clear the level will be faster.

Liu Hao's eyes turned green with envy, and he encouraged himself fiercely.

"No, I also want to get a piece of awesome equipment!"

With that, the two of them regrouped and started their brushing career again.

The level of the secret realm also gradually increases from level zero.

Level 2, level 3, level 10, level 15.

There are more and more entries on elite monsters.

Multiple, summon, wall, damage aura.

Gradually, it became more than just mowing the lawn.

In addition to mowing the lawn, you also need to think about the scientific combination of skills and equipment.

You need to be familiar with the characteristics of the profession and do some operations.

The characters become stronger, the equipment becomes better, the operations become more skilled, and the damage numbers become larger.

With one skill, the screen is filled with critical damage numbers.

Groups of monsters fell down wailing.

There is nothing that cannot be solved by one Hammer of the Ancients. If there is, then just give it another hammer.

One is a mystic with extremely strong AOE capabilities.

One is the ceiling of single-unit explosion.

The two of them are omnipotent in the secret realm.

By the afternoon.

"By the way, do you want to try a different profession? I plan to choose a druid."

"Then I'll be a necromancer. But should I spend another day leveling up? Isn't that a bit too long?"

“Try it and get a feel for the style and skills.”

The two accounts were re-created and they re-entered the sanctuary.

It's still the same plot I've seen before.

Only this time, the first monster had just been defeated.

The experience bar increased dramatically.

upgrade!

Then, I saw the experience bar surge again.

Upgrade again!

The experience of a monster directly soared to level three.

Liu Hao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Wait, has the experience value increased? I remember that the first time I killed a monster, I only gained one level, right?"

Shen Zijun scratched his head and said, "It seems so. But why?"

"Because of the buyout system, players have to train alts, and it is unnecessary to force players to go through the painstaking upgrade process again?"

"Probably."

This time, we didn't explore around, but went straight to Tristram.

Talk to the village chief Kane and complete the most basic tasks.

The game pops up a prompt.

After one account gets the clearance achievement, the experience value of the second account will increase a lot.

And there are two ways to upgrade.

The first one is to continue to complete tasks and upgrade.

The second way is to freely explore and upgrade in the big world.

The two looked at each other and guessed what the other was thinking.

If you can leave the Novice Village and enter the big world so early, what tasks are there to complete?

Wouldn't it be enough to just let the main character lead the way in clearing the secret realm?

The small account only needs to stand at the entrance of the secret realm and wait for experience points.

Shen Zijun smiled and asked, "How about it, Brother Hao? Naughty Cat's game is pretty good in terms of details, right? Isn't it better than Road to Heaven?"

When Liu Hao heard this, he subconsciously felt a little resistant, but he had to admit that this was the fact.

The whole game has been smooth so far.

Extraordinarily silky.

There are almost no setbacks or setbacks.

And it's not just that.

In the plot, Lazarus is Mephisto's minion and the leader of the devil-worshiping Trinitarianism.

There is a collection element, which is to destroy the Triune altar.

There are seven maps of various sizes in the kingdom, with a total of 150 altars.

It’s very troublesome to find!

If you don't look for it, you will lose a lot of attribute points, skill points, BUFF and so on.

The surprising thing is that as long as the attribute BUFF is unlocked by the main account, the sub-account can inherit it.

If you want to continue to complete the entire collection, just use the account with the best progress.

Watching the second account's level increase rapidly, you can even get some equipment for the big account to support the small account in the shared page of the warehouse.

I couldn't help but feel emotional.

No wonder we often see comments online saying that Naughty Cat is the gaming company that understands players the best, no doubt about it.

If so, the reputation is well-deserved.

Looking at the area of ​​the entire continent, there is still a huge amount of unlocked space.

How many more stories are there to tell? How many more areas to explore? How many more enemies to defeat?

The more you play, the more you get excited, and the more addicted you become.

At night, before parting.

Liu Hao hesitated for a moment and said, "Jun'er, I won't come to play with you tomorrow."

After saying this, Shen Zijun didn't care at all and asked, "Are you going back to work?"

"Yes. After all, avoiding it all the time is not a solution. However, the release day of Road to Heaven 4 is Saturday, so I can still play with you."

"Row!"

After two days of indulgence, Liu Hao suddenly felt that the whole world became a lot more pleasing to the eye.

I no longer get road rage when driving, and the atmosphere when I get home is noticeably relieved. At the company, it seems that the leader is not as aggressive as before.

At work, things are also going much more smoothly.

Liu Hao himself couldn't help but sigh.

"Diablo is really a great tool for relieving stress. Did I push myself too hard before? It's not too much to spend a little money on something you like, right?"

Thinking about it, I placed an order online and bought a computer, planning to install it at home.

I thought about the game again.

Well, buy a pass. The barbarian skin in the mall is also very cool, so buy one too.

In the next few days, Liu Hao's whole spirit and energy changed. His face was no longer stern, but was filled with smiles.

When the stress reaches a certain level, you may lose control of your facial muscles.

There was gradually some laughter and joy in the house.

Time passed quickly and it was Saturday, the 15th.

The long-awaited White Moonlight "Road to Heaven 4" is now on sale.

With the attitude that proper relaxation is a responsible attitude towards life, Liu Hao did not break his promise, and the two arrived at the e-sports hotel early in the morning.

This Saturday and Sunday is also the time to relax for the last time.

"Hey, damn Baofeng Entertainment, why would they sell such a good IP?"

Seeing the sequel to my favorite game back then come out, I can’t help but feel a lot of emotions.

"Isn't it that Baofeng Entertainment doesn't take it seriously and thinks the Road to Heaven series is not profitable?"

"How can you make money without a sequel?"

In the chat room, create the character and enter the game.

Liu Hao’s first reaction was that the two games had some similarities in design.

In Diablo, the player plays the role of Nephalem.

In Road to Heaven 4, the player plays the role of an ascetic monk.

There are not many professions, only four: warrior, mage, archer, and assassin.

This is because one of the main features of Road to Heaven is that skill points need to be earned, making the skill tree more complicated.

I thought I would be very excited to replay the sequel of my favorite game.

But I didn’t expect that I would start to feel uncomfortable after playing for less than half an hour.

"Isn't the amount of items dropped too little? I'm in Diablo and I already need to clean out my backpack, but only three pieces of equipment dropped."

Shen Zijun nodded depressedly: "Isn't it? I am quite interested in these background setting materials, but reading them takes up too much time."

I thought it would be a nostalgic day, but unexpectedly, it turned into a complaining conference.

Arrive at the first settlement and receive the location of the next mission point.

At this time, an hour of game time has passed.

I thought that the next step would be a vast sea and sky, with a large continent to explore, countless interesting NPCs, and exciting tasks waiting for me.

The result was unexpected.

It was simply to have the two of them go to a cave to get items.

After completing this task, another half an hour passed.

Is it time to head to the vast continent this time?

Then let us go to the next mission point.

Complete one task after another until you defeat the BOSS and the prologue ends.

The two were stunned to find that this was not an open world.

It is the most old-fashioned, linear process, brushing through each chapter and fragment.

Liu Hao complained with a frown on his face: "No, what era are we still using linear processes? And they sell it at such a high price. Who gave you the courage, Fish Leong?"

Shen Zijun teased with a sly smile: "Didn't you say before that the open world game process is against the team training?"

"Shut up."

"Oh."