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Chapter 284 - 293: Bite the Hand that Feeds You!

Chapter 284: Chapter 293: Bite the Hand that Feeds You!

Meanwhile, the atmosphere on the side of Nitiandang’s game was somewhat subtle.

Zhou Yang, knocking on the table in frustration, said, "Shengjing Group really knows how to play the game, eating our food and smashing our pot!

"Is this how business is done? It’s simply too unkind!

"Our company may have a broad vision, but that doesn’t mean they can step all over us!"

Wei Chengjie sighed helplessly, "That’s just the style of my former employer. Not surprising at all. I feel like our actions might have given them the false impression that ’Nitiandang Games is weak and can be bullied’..."

Zhao Haiquan quietly said, "Maybe it’s not a false impression. Under President Li’s leadership, we are indeed weak and can be bullied. It’s just too bad President Gu doesn’t seem to have any plans to take action..."

Everyone fell into silence.

During the official launch of Shadow World, there were mostly good news. Although the initial player churn was high, the game’s popularity soared after the BUG with selecting professions appeared, fundamentally reversing the situation.

But with Shengjing Group entering the fray, things became murky again!

Shengjing Group released a test server for "World of Star Spirits", cleanly copying the full-profession gameplay of Shadow World, and even made some optimizations on this basis, winning praise from players.

If that was all there was to it, it would be fine. The key issue is that there’s a traitor within Nitiandang!

Without anyone’s knowledge, the official account of Nitiandang Games actually released an announcement encouraging players to try "World of Star Spirits", and promised to give out experience potions to those who reached level 30, to be sent directly through the in-game mailbox.

The in-game item distribution is part of the system’s functions, so it doesn’t require any code changes, only a few commands entered in the data backend.

When everyone first heard the news, they were shocked.

This is aiding the enemy!

Why is it only Nitiandang directing players to Shengjing Group, with no reciprocal events from their end?

It’s a national disgrace!

Who did this?

No need to guess, it must have been President Li.

Currently, the official account of Nitiandang Games is controlled by President Li and President Gu, including the input of backend commands. Although Zhao Haiquan and a few other members also have access, they have all vehemently denied it, leaving only President Gu and President Li who have not spoken.

It’s certainly not possible for President Gu to do such a thing, so through process of elimination, isn’t the answer clear?

God knows what President Li is thinking!

But with things as they are, there’s nothing anyone can do but watch helplessly.

What no one expected was that an even more preposterous situation would arise: Shengjing Group actually had the audacity to step all over us, in turn, kicking Shadow World while it was down!

In the past few days, as the heat for the test server of "World of Star Spirits" kept rising, the first batch of players reached max level and began pioneering raids, and the internet started to see various disparaging comments emerge.

For instance, "World of Star Spirits" offers richer content, more varied gameplay, more stable operations, more frequent updates...

And most importantly, the game is simpler and more user-friendly!

Are these comments correct? Actually, some of them are.

But overall, Shadow World still surpasses "World of Star Spirits", this old game, in terms of art, music, and overall gameplay.

But these disparaging comments did have one very successful point – "the newbie threshold"!

The newbie threshold in "World of Star Spirits" is indeed much lower than that in Shadow World.

After the open-all-professions mode was introduced, lone wolf players in "World of Star Spirits" could completely select a specific farming BD to level up by grinding monsters along the way, and team players could even continuously farm dungeons to gain a massive amount of experience. If one was skilled, they could reach max level in nearly seven to eight hours.

Moreover, the all-professions mode was unlocked at level 10, without the need to activate it by being targeted by a boss in a raid.

It can be said that players in "World of Star Spirits" truly experienced an excessive, attribute-inflating thrill.

New players might be baffled by the plethora of skills available, but even if they randomly picked skills, it wouldn’t render the game unplayable; and as long as they were willing to copy some ready-made leveling BDs from the internet, they could play simply and happily.

Because of this very reason, "World of Star Spirits" did indeed snatch away some players from Shadow World!

There were even some Shadow World players who were so engrossed in the game that after leveling up to 30, they would come back to claim their experience potions and then return to "World of Star Spirits" to continue leveling.

Looking at the current situation, the popularity that "World of Star Spirits" has garnered can be considered a huge success; it’s even close to rubbing Shadow World bald with its exploits.

Many Shadow World players have also complained online, hoping that Nitiandang could learn from "World of Star Spirits," simplify the game’s difficulty, and optimize the newbie player experience.

The result... was obviously ignored.

...

The next day at noon.

Gan Di was not live streaming at the moment, and the screen on his computer displayed "World of Star Spirits," not Shadow World.

As a die-hard MMORPG player, Gan Di had, of course, played Shadow World as soon as it launched.

At this time, the main members of Gan Di’s team had basically unlocked all professions and had begun to venture into the heroic difficulty of Lava Mouth. They had already reached the fourth boss.

But the thing is, venturing into new territories, obviously cannot be carried out non-stop 24 hours a day.

The majority of teams scheduled their venture times in the afternoons or evenings, most often from 8 PM to 12 AM. After all, most members in the guild are office workers, and the only stable attendance time they had was during the evening.

During the other times, Gan Di would either study new BDs or had nothing else to do.

Just right, as Nitiandang was encouraging everyone to play "World of Star Spirits" and was even giving away experience potions, Gan Di, having nothing better to do, decided to give it a try and found that the game was indeed quite good. Before he knew it, he had leveled up to max level.

In Shadow World, Gan Di organized his own guild with his fans, but he did not intend to play "World of Star Spirits" seriously; he just casually joined a guild with afternoon activities and selected a Healer Profession, planning to casually join in on team dungeons, playing without much commitment.

If it proved to be fun, he would continue to play both games, but if not, he would rather return to playing Shadow World sooner rather than later.

With about an hour to go before the official start of the guild activity, Gan Di was in the main city pondering over his healing BD.

As a traditional MMORPG, "World of Star Spirits" might not have the same quality of professions and skills as Shadow World, but it clearly had more in quantity.

After all, during its four years of operation, continuous updates and the introduction of various new skills have indeed made the whole system appear somewhat bloated, but the content was also undeniably rich.

If Gan Di were asked to evaluate, he would certainly prefer the texture and long-term playability of Shadow World, but using "World of Star Spirits" as an alternative during one’s leisure time was not a bad idea.

This was also an important reason why quite a few Shadow World players were diverted to "World of Star Spirits."

"Currently, the healing values in ’World of Star Spirits’ are still very conservative. These few BDs that have been figured out don’t seem very powerful,"

Gan Di mused as he looked at the healing skills and talents of various professions in "World of Star Spirits."

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