Players’ NPC daddy

Chapter 497 Bait
Whether Godlock has a main plot has always been a matter of debate. After all, this is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, and the so-called main plot is usually reserved for stand-alone games.

There is no way around it. The main line is the core of the entire game's story. Once you advance it, it will be a permanent advancement. Even with the end of the main line, you will complete the entire game.

In a game like "Godlock" with extreme freedom, where players explore and generate quests when they come into contact with NPCs or even monsters, the presence of the main storyline of the world is infinitely weakened, leaving only the "World Quest" that will cause changes in the world pattern.

So when the title [Shock, Godlock is suspected to have a main quest] appeared, basically everyone who saw it would think it was a marketing account and would be ready to criticize it without hesitation.

However, the publisher is the well-known strategy guild [Fairy Kingdom], which has completed several world-class tasks and is a true cutting-edge figure in the gaming world. Most of the content published is also very rigorous.

After carefully clicking on the relevant columns and reading them, almost everyone who has seen it responded with "Shocked! There actually is a main plot!"

It turns out that the Fairy Country is not proficient in journalism, they just wrote down their reactions truthfully.

[Finding the twelve zodiac signs on earth, and then transforming the geocentric theory into the heliocentric theory] is the main task sorted out by the [Fairy Kingdom]. This is no longer about changing the world pattern, but a direct change in the world's basic structure, which is enough to be called the [main line].

However, many people were also keenly aware of the trick. It was not that the Fairy Kingdom's words were half-truths, but that they were incomplete. The cause of the incident was not explained, and only the recent "Typhon Crusade" was mentioned. There was no mention of how this mission was discovered.

What [Fairy Kingdom] concealed is probably the most precious resource in the entire game - the extremely high level of trust with a very important NPC.

As we all know, "Godlock" is subversively different from other games, that is the attitude of NPC towards players.

In traditional games, almost all NPCs will have an exclamation mark on their foreheads, waiting for players to ask to trigger tasks. But the NPCs in Godlock are different. They are like normal people, keeping a distance from strangers, and will not issue tasks even if players ask.

For example, in the orthodox game, tasks like "My daughter is sick and needs some herbs. Can you help me find them in the woods?" or "Can you help me deliver a letter?" are common.

But normally, no one would entrust these things to a group of strangers, even people from another world wearing only loincloths. They would first entrust people they are familiar with, such as... other NPCs.

This is natural and also very scary, because it means that if the player does not cultivate trust between themselves and the NPC, then the NPC will waste time on tasks and complete some extremely important tasks themselves.

Some people even joked that if the players, as foreigners, kept acting arrogantly, then the NPCs might complete all the world quests without saying a word. Of course, some people were dismissive of this, after all, except for a few NPCs, the players' level was much higher than that of the NPCs.

But [Trust] is indeed an extremely important hidden value. When it is high, the NPC will even actively search for information and provide it to the player. If the NPC is stronger, he will lead the player all the way to the end.

Although your own personal gaming experience is very important, who doesn’t want to feel the joy of being led by a senior once in a while?

It was almost certain that [Fairyland] would have one, or even several important NPCs, but the question was who…

Maybe there is Black Beast Knight Blaze.

The difficulty of this question is the same as 1+1=?. After all, Black Beast Knight Blaze is very popular and is known as the [easiest/most difficult COS] character.

After all, up to now, Blaze's facial modeling has not been revealed on the Internet. He only needs to wear heavy armor and hold a big sword.

If a COS of Black Beast Knight Blaze appears at a comic convention, the reaction of most game fans will be to do an extremely skillful triple roll to prove how experienced they are.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to force trust with NPCs. After all, these NPCs are not dull robots. They can see clearly what the players are thinking when they approach them. Most people can only sigh with regret and enjoy the world more deeply.

Back to the topic, many elves are keenly aware of what is hidden under the main quest of the Fairy Kingdom to open this world. The source of suspicion comes from [necessity].

Finding all twelve beasts on the entire game map is not an easy task, but players will never give up on the challenge just because it is not easy, difficult or tedious, right?
The only reasonable explanation is that the Fairy Kingdom feels that this task should be completed as quickly as possible, and it would be best if all players could be mobilized.

This is something worth considering.

……

"It seems that the hidden main line that was set has been found." After the penguin finished surfing the Internet at high speed, it subconsciously reported to the empty work area.

"Ah, I almost forgot."

Penguin patted his forehead. His predecessors had [fallen apart] in the accident of the [Typhon Conquest] not long ago.

Glasses, who was under great psychological pressure and very fragile, went to the small animal park to heal himself in the furry world. Others went to search for the legendary woman and had a dispute over what means to use.

People led by Kitchenware think that radical measures should be used, such as calling the police, while the rest think that the radicals are too conservative and that they should directly offer a reward, and the amount should be high enough to make the woman's heart beat.

Penguin thinks...you can't skip work just because you are a senior executive!

Are you kidding me? All the work is thrown to an intern?

The penguin sighed heavily and flipped through the busy web pages.

Generally speaking, there are no problems with Godlock itself, because all the so-called problems that occur are actually reasonable and can be explained. Even if the whole world suddenly explodes, it must be because a certain condition has been met.

The Twelve Beasts was an event no less than the explosion of the world, but it was not a bad thing. On the contrary, it was the threshold to the next stage.

But therein lies the problem. He doesn't think some players will honestly hand over the [Twelve Beasts] they have obtained to complete the ceremony to enter the second stage.

Penguin tapped the table with his fingers, and finally gritted his teeth and mustered up the courage to create a new folder.

【First World Series】

[The official competition to determine the strongest player. Players who possess the Twelve Beasts can directly enter the top 32. ]

The champion reward has not yet been determined, but it is enough to fish out the player who owns the [Twelve Beasts].

(End of this chapter)