Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 552 Qualifications, Potential and Potential

This is... a notice for the entire park?!
Xin Lailai was slightly startled when she saw the notice that suddenly popped up in front of her, with a look of surprise in her eyes. 83203, who was sitting on the chair, lowered his eyes slightly and tapped the armrest lightly with his index finger, as if he was reviewing the content of the notice that appeared in front of him.

"Um, Boss 83203, what exactly is this announcement from Paradise about..."

Xin Lailai looked at the notice in front of him where the term "academic sect" appeared very frequently, then looked at 83203 on the side and asked tentatively.

Although he didn't dare to confirm it directly, to be honest, there were too many things in the content of this notice jointly issued by the Six Great Paradises + the Void Tree Camp that gave him a sense of déjà vu.

——Especially the part about the definition and division of qualification levels, which was exactly the same as what he saw in the database of the academic sect.

"Nothing, just some proposals made in the previous meeting were passed. This kind of thing has happened many times in the park. The changes you see now, such as the equipment scoring mechanism, are all changed in this way."

"Um... Could it be that all the changes to these regulations were proposed by you, Boss 83203?"

“Some of them are not, and some of them I am only responsible for reviewing.”

Partly not...

83203 said calmly. Xin Lailai's expression tightened slightly when he heard it. He felt that some of the cognition in his mind was refreshed again.

Forget it, I'd better read the notice carefully...

Finally, Xin Lailai obediently turned his attention back to the notice in front of him. The level represented by the two sentences just now by 83203 was too far away from him. It was not something that a small pioneer like him should think about.

So, Xin Lailai read line after line of text carefully. She would click on every noun and entry that she encountered along the way that could be jumped to or searched for at the secondary level and read it carefully, for fear of accidentally missing out on any important and valid information.

As the contents of one announcement after another flashed through his mind, the core and focus of this "server-wide notice" in front of him gradually became clear in Xin Lailai's mind.

In fact, although the park listed as many as seventeen announcements to explain the situation, overall this announcement mainly talks about three things.

The first one was the change in the "title definition" centered around the most eye-catching announcement: "All potential upper limit ranks", a title that he had just seen once in "Perfect Physique LV.MAX" not long ago.

To put it simply, Paradise has finally made a clear definition of the "potential level", "potential upper limit level" and "qualification level" that have confused countless contractors.

As for why these definitions are so confusing, let's take a simple example:

Judging from the "All Potential Limits" rank he has now, doesn't it sound particularly easy to make people think that this rank is a super valuable rank that can improve the upper limits of everything from physical attributes to skill levels, life value, mana, etc.?
But in fact, what the "upper limit of all potential levels" can truly improve are actually only the upper limits of direct physical attributes such as strength, agility, physique, intelligence and charm. Even special attributes such as willpower, soul strength and luck are not included. As for the upper limit of skill level, it goes without saying that it has nothing to do with the original "upper limit of all potential levels" at all.

However, literally speaking, the term "all upper potential ranks" is particularly easy to cause misunderstanding, and even misled many contractors who first encountered this term. Therefore, after a lot of suggestions, Paradise finally decided to change this obviously inappropriate title to "all physical attribute potential upper limit ranks", so that people can finally see what this thing is directly from the literal meaning.

Not only that, this notice also mentioned detailed definitions of terms such as "potential level", "potential upper limit level", and "qualification level" that sound a bit difficult to distinguish.

The first are "potential level" and "potential upper limit level". These two are the terms that are most easily confused. If you are not careful, it is easy to understand them all as something related to the upper limit of your own abilities.

But in fact, in the definition of Paradise, there is only one rank that determines the upper limits of physical attributes and various ability levels, namely the "potential upper limit rank". Although the "potential rank" sounds related to this aspect, it is just the sound. What the "potential rank" really determines is the "width" of the corresponding physical attributes and the "efficiency" of ability improvement.

Taking Xin Lailai himself as an example, assuming that the upper limit of his current real intelligence attribute is 200 points, and the upper limit of mana that each point of real intelligence attribute can provide is 1 points, then if he wants to increase the upper limit of his real intelligence attribute, that is, to make his real intelligence attribute reach more than 50 points, he needs to increase the "intelligence attribute potential upper limit rank"; and if he wants to increase the upper limit of mana derived from each point of his real intelligence attribute, so that the upper limit of mana provided by each point of real intelligence attribute exceeds 200 points, he needs to increase the "mana potential rank".

As for why it is "mana potential rank" instead of "intelligence potential rank", this involves the number of attributes derived from the intelligence attribute and even the boundary dividing the human race and other races.

If you find it difficult to understand, it will be much easier to understand if you replace the term "potential level" with "racial value".

Simply put, each race has its own potential level range, which is the fluctuation range of the race value. This is why when a certain attribute is the same, humans and other races perform differently.

For example, an ordinary person and an ordinary wild cat both have an agility attribute of 5 points, but the 'initial agility attribute potential level' of the domestic cat race, that is, the 'initial agility attribute racial value' is usually about 2 levels higher than that of humans. To use actual numerical examples, if a human with an agility of 5 points has a speed value of 5 in neural reflex speed, then a wild cat with an attribute of 5 points usually has a speed value of around 15 points in neural reflex speed.

On the other hand, with the same 5 points of strength attribute, wild cats are not as strong as humans with the same attribute because their 'initial strength attribute racial value' is much lower than that of humans.

By the way, the reason why the prefix "initial" is added is because the "potential level"... that is, the "racial value" is not static, especially when the extraordinary power is introduced. If the gap between the potential levels of the two physical attributes is too large, it is very likely that the body will be torn apart alive with a single move. Therefore, if a wild cat is really allowed to continuously improve its physical attributes, then the opponent will usually gradually reduce its agility attribute racial value with each opportunity to break through the attribute barrier, and in turn improve the racial values ​​of other attributes, so that its overall physical attribute potential level is in a balanced state.

However, due to the racial identity of wild cats, unless the wild cat intends to change into another race, the range of change in attribute potential level will ultimately be limited to a fixed range, which is the so-called "racial value range".

Just like when Xin Lailai had the option to change his race to a giant in his past attribute barrier breakthrough, in fact, that option did not really mean that he had unawakened giant blood in his body or something, but it could directly increase his "strength attribute potential" by one level. However, because the magnitude of this change has seriously exceeded the normal human race value range, it will cause his race to change directly from a normal human to a giant.

This includes the fact that the mana limit derived from increasing each point of real intelligence attribute should increase the "mana potential level" rather than the "intelligence attribute potential level". The former will not change his race, but if the latter is really increased by one level, he will probably have to change from a human to a big-headed person on the spot.

At least according to the various experimental results that have been obtained, the potential levels related to physical attributes that normal humans can improve by more than one level are currently only five: "Mana potential level", "Life potential level", "Defense potential level", "Breath potential level", and "Regeneration potential level", but each level has its own corresponding upper limit.

As for the potential ranks of special attributes such as "soul potential rank", "willpower potential rank", and "luck potential rank", it seems that no race has been found to have any restrictions on improvement, or there has been no case of a change in one's own race due to the improvement of potential ranks related to these special attributes. At the same time, all the "potential ranks" mentioned above, in Paradise's current judgment, are actually all "physical attribute potential ranks". As the literal meaning says, these potential ranks are closely related to one's own physical attributes and even race, and the difficulty and risk of improving them are extremely high. For example, his current "life potential rank" bonus, but he spent 20, 50, 80 consecutive precious opportunities that each contractor can only experience once to get it, and it is also accompanied by a great deal of luck.

In addition to these potential levels that are closely related to physical attributes, in Paradise's current judgment of potential levels, there is actually something called "ability system potential level."

As the name suggests, this type of potential rank improves things related to one's own ability system. However, unlike the "physical attribute potential rank" that can directly bring about changes in attribute values ​​and even race, the "ability system potential rank" actually brings about the perception, training, and efficiency improvement of the corresponding abilities.

Yes, it is just "efficiency" rather than "upper limit". For example, a swordsmanship master whose swordsmanship qualification is capped at Grandmaster LV.20. Even if he improves his "swordsmanship potential level" a lot, in the end he can only speed up the efficiency of developing his swordsmanship moves and increase the insights he gets from practicing swordsmanship. His body and soul are still unable to withstand a higher level of swordsmanship master, and cannot reach the swordsmanship realm above Grandmaster LV.20.

The only way to truly make him reach a higher level is to find ways to improve the "upper limit level of swordsmanship potential" of this swordsmanship master, rather than the "swordsmanship potential level".

This is also the biggest difference between "potential rank" and "potential ceiling rank". If you use a virtual online game as an analogy, "potential rank" is like simply increasing your efficiency in gaining experience and enhancing the growth value you get when you upgrade, but it cannot change your "level ceiling". Although the "potential ceiling rank" does not have as many complex effects as the "potential rank", the "physical attribute potential ceiling" and "ability system potential ceiling" are not as different in effect as the potential rank, but they can allow you to actually reach a higher level and reach a higher height.

Simply put, if the contractor's body is compared to a tall building, then the "potential level" is the "length and width" of the building, and the "potential upper limit level" is the "height" of the building. The existence of the two together determines the "volume" of the building, which is the so-called "qualification level".

Yes, that's right, this is the true definition of "qualification level", which represents a comprehensive indicator of "potential level" and "potential upper limit level".

By the way, after reading half of the notice, Xin Lailai had already checked the effect introduction of "Perfect Physique LV.MAX", and the content above had changed from "All potential upper limit ranks and all qualification levels +1" to "All physical attribute potential upper limit ranks and all ability system qualification levels +1" as expected.

It sounds like a big change, but in fact, if you follow the definition above, you will find that if you break down this new description, it is actually just a slight merger of "All physical attribute potential upper limit rank +1", "All ability system potential rank +1", and "All ability system potential upper limit rank +1".

As for why there is no "All Physical Attribute Potential Level +1" effect? ​​According to the above definition, if the perfect physique really includes such a thing, then this ability should not be called "Perfect Physique LV.MAX", but "Complete Mutation MAX".

This is the first content in the park announcement, which directly provides an extremely clear definition and division of the various titles that were particularly easy to confuse before, making these titles more intuitive and obvious, at least allowing people to understand the general meaning from the literal meaning at a glance.

The second content, which Xin Lailai personally believes is the most important one in this announcement, is that the concept of "qualification level" will be officially incorporated into the notarization system from now on.

You should know that although the concept of "qualification level" has been circulated within the park before, it is ultimately just a way of classification developed by scholars to facilitate the confirmation of personal potential, and it does not have the effect of notarization. Now that the park has officially incorporated the concept of "qualification level" into the notarization system, and even specially added the authority to confirm one's own qualification level to the brand, it means that the park intends to thoroughly spread this concept and directly exist in the park as something close to common sense.

As for the consequences of this approach, the most intuitive one is that it will have a significant impact on the contractors' choice of ability system. For example, some people who originally planned to go the swordplay route, if they find that their swordplay aptitude is not very good, but their swordplay aptitude is quite good, they will probably give up the swordplay route and embark on the right path of swordsmanship. At the same time, the originally hot-selling Sword Master and Sword Expertise Scrolls in the park are expected to experience a Waterloo-style drop, and instead become a flourishing variety of technical products.

Not only that, with this function, future contractors will have a clearer direction when choosing a religion. For example, if they find that they have good qualifications in the fire and solar systems, they will actively choose the Sun Religion. If they find that they have good qualifications in necromancy, they will actively choose the Death Religion. Combined with the current religious structure within the Sanctuary Paradise, it can be foreseen that the situation in which the Eastern Faction completely overshadows the Western Faction in the paradise will inevitably suffer a certain impact, but in the end it is highly likely that it will not have any major impact.

After all, the current situation in which the Eastern Faction dominates the paradise is determined by many factors, and it cannot be changed simply by having more contractors choose the Western Faction. Of course, if used well and every tiny change is accurately grasped, it may become another huge business opportunity.

Just like the Chamber of Commerce that acquired a large number of equipment that was rated as dark purple or gold in the old rating system before the equipment rating mechanism was changed, which suddenly became light gold and legendary equipment in the new rating system, and finally made a fortune from the price difference, this kind of regulatory change will inevitably bring opportunities and business opportunities no matter when it happens.

However, this kind of business opportunity has nothing to do with him who spends most of his time fighting in the world. After all, the most important thing to seize this kind of opportunity is to grasp the timing, and those opportunities are fleeting. If you don't stay in the park for a long time, it is basically impossible to seize it, or even if you seize it, you don't have enough time and energy to convert it into profits.

The above is the second content of this announcement. As for the last content, it is the most concise one, but the one with the most far-reaching impact:
——That is, from now on, the six paradises will increase the tendency to recruit contractors with high willpower.

To put it simply, when the qualifications of two candidates in the present world are not much different, the paradise will give priority to recruiting the one with stronger character and stronger willpower. If the willpower is outstanding to a certain extent, the paradise will further provide its evaluation value. In extreme cases, there may even be a case where a C-level comprehensive qualification can get the equivalent of S-level novice resources.

Although this has nothing to do with him who has already entered Paradise and become a pioneer, Xin Lailai personally looks forward to the appearance of such an exception in the future, realizing the feat of breaking through the third level with six real attributes that he has not been able to achieve, and making the "Perfect Physique LV.EX" that only exists in theory become a reality. However, in terms of probability, he feels that by the time he becomes a high-level contractor or even an extremely strong person, he may not necessarily see the appearance of such a person.

By the way, could it be that Yan Yi, the late bloomer that Yamu and the others mentioned, was also unable to break through the six real attribute barriers? Or did he not know about this at that time?

Xin Lailai looked at the notice in front of him, and at the announcement about increasing the assessment value of contractors with excellent willpower, he suddenly thought of the name that Yamu had told them.

As if seeing through his thoughts, 83203, who was sitting on the chair, glanced at him and said indifferently:
"Yan Yi was indeed the person closest to achieving this goal at the time. Even people in the academic sect thought he could succeed. But unfortunately, he had accumulated too much energy at the time, so he failed to suppress his physical attributes during a rest after an expedition. His body broke through the barrier of reality before his willpower, and he formed a perfect golden elixir in his sleep."

“Although he later broke through the real barrier of willpower with his own will, and transformed the perfect golden elixir into the Heavenly Dao Golden Elixir with his self-realized acquired method of completion, he still missed this opportunity.”

"..."

I failed to suppress my physical attributes while resting, my body was one step ahead of my willpower, and I formed a golden elixir in my dream...

When Xin Lailai heard what 83203 said, her eyelids twitched slightly, and she began to doubt whether what she heard was the language of Paradise.

Forget it, he just took one step at a time and did it honestly.

Then, he looked at the screen in front of him, and looked at the 90 real attribute points that were converted from 18 ordinary attribute points after he completed the barrier breakthrough. He directly allocated them according to the ratio of strength 4, agility 4, physique 4, intelligence 4, and pressed the confirmation button.

[Confirmed, reinforcement begins]

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(End of this chapter)