Earning Points: Already a Huge Profit
[The Raging Waves showcased an exceptionally high Level of Instance design. Your Instance design has received high praise from Firmament, earning you a total of 1.93 million points!]
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[Dear Dungeon Designer, Firmament has clear rules regarding the points return rate, and the points return is calculated in segments:]
[For the portion of points not exceeding 100 million, Firmament will return 1% to the Dungeon Designer.]
[For the portion exceeding 100 million but not exceeding 1 billion, Firmament will return 1/1000 to the Dungeon Designer.]
[For the portion exceeding one billion but not exceeding ten billion, Firmament will return one ten-thousandth of it to the Dungeon Designer.]
Seeing the change in points, Lin Ye took a big gulp of cola, feeling refreshed and invigorated from head to toe.
Lin Ye was too lazy to bother with the strange and complicated calculation method of this integral, nor was he going to bother to calculate it.
He'll take whatever amount Firmament offers; you can't reason with Firmament. Besides, Firmament is a highly advanced AI, so it can't possibly make mistakes in these kinds of calculations.
He also knew that Firmament would definitely cut back significantly; Lin Ye had been mentally prepared for this ever since the last Instance ended.
The main source of points in this Instance is actually the 400,000 Air Force and naval troops led by Yamamoto Sanjūhachi and Tominaga Yasuyuki who attacked Pearl Harbor. These are the biggest kills, and although their strength isn't that great, the experience they give is plentiful.
Each of them had 1,000 points deducted, and given the large number of people involved, they constituted the core of this Instance point refund program.
As for the Emperor and Itō Hidetaka having a huge number of points deducted from their individual scores, although it was 100,000 for one and 1 million for the other... with a return rate of one ten-thousandth after exceeding one billion, the reduction would actually be very severe, and it wouldn't be enough to make a difference.
Furthermore, Lin Ye also discovered that the Firmament's mechanism clearly has a points threshold, which is 2 million points. Because with a total of 1 billion points, the return rate is only 1.9 million points, and then it will drop to one ten-thousandth of the return rate, making the amount extremely scarce.
It's virtually impossible for any Dungeon Designer to earn more points than that in a single Instance.
This can be considered the limit of the Instance rules set by the Firmament. From the Firmament Curtain's perspective, it certainly doesn't want any Azure Star people to gain points too quickly.
Therefore, Lin Ye is truly satisfied with the current outcome.
Lin Ye had originally taken advantage of Firmament loophole in the Firmament, and was afraid that the Firmament would renege on its promise and impose other restrictions on him.
Since you're able to keep all the points for yourself, you've already made a great deal!
For instance, in Instance before the Raging Waves, the number of Instance was at most a few thousand, and after deducting points, the number would not exceed a thousand. The points that could be obtained each time were definitely far less than two million.
Getting 10,000 or 20,000 points each time would be considered top-tier, so 2 million points is an outrageous and abnormal amount for them.
Lin Ye covered in one day what those powerful individuals covered in a year, or even several years! Isn't that monstrous enough?
Moreover, he was well aware that after this Instance ended, Firmament would definitely further weaken the Raging Waves.
Lin Ye didn't know exactly how the adjustments would be made; it might involve changes to the number of participants, or it might involve directly canceling the points-based growth mechanism.
But one thing is certain: Firmament will never allow itself to earn points so comfortably again.
Therefore, these kinds of opportunities are rare; once you earn them, they're gone forever, so cherish them while you can.
[Firmament Notification: Your ranking on the Firmament Hero Ranking has improved due to your increased Designer points. Please check Designer yourself...]
Lin Ye went straight to the window and looked at the location of the Firmament Hero Ranking.
[NO48 Singh; Race: A San people; Level: lv3; Dungeon Work: Royal War, the Glory of the Ganges!]
[NO49 Lin Ye; Race: Great Xia people; Level: lv3; Dungeon Work: Earth Online: The Five Permanent Members’ Raging Waves!]
[NO50. Katerina; Race: Celtic people; Level: lv3; Dungeon Work: Whirlwind Blade!]
[NO.51. Kim Geun-seok; Race: Goryeo people; Level: lv3; Dungeon Work: "The Chaebol's Grandfather"!]
Lin Ye had initially thought he would see a significant improvement in his ranking, but upon closer inspection, it turned out he had only moved up one rank.
Last time he was ranked 50th, this time he is ranked 49th. This shows how difficult it is to advance in LV3.
It's also clear that at this level, there's a significant diminishing return. At a lower level, 10,000 points are enough for someone to survive comfortably, but at this level, 10,000 points are practically worthless, with extremely low cost-effectiveness.
For young Designers to reach this level, they either need a lot of support from Settlement and the collective strength of many people to barely reach the threshold of LV3.
Otherwise, one must be a prodigy like Lin Ye, and also be able to dance within the rules of the Firmament.
Ordinary people simply cannot reach this level.
To advance further, considering the points system of Firmament Curtain, even with powerful backers and financial support, it's all in vain; upgrading requires sheer hard work and perseverance.
According to Lin Ye's previous calculations, it would take at least ten years, or even several decades, for a powerful figure like the Emperor to advance from LV3 to LV4.
Therefore, all of these LV4 individuals are either middle-aged or elderly, and are highly respected elders in the Settlement.
However, none of these were problems for Lin Ye, because the Raging Waves was not Lin Ye's only Instance, and Lin Ye did not plan to rely on this one Instance to live off his past achievements and retire.
Five Permanent Members has two other major Instances waiting for him to deploy to Azure Star.
Those two Instance are even more difficult than Raging Waves!
We've finished fleecing everyone this time, but we can still fleece the Firmament Curtain in the next Instance.
Besides improving his ranking, Lin Ye also noticed something very interesting.
They themselves pushed out the names of Katerina and Kim Geun-seok.
Lin Ye remembered that last time, Kim Geun-seok was ahead of him, while Katerina was in fifty-first place.
It's clear that Kim Geun-seok and Katerina had very close points. Then, Katerina probably overtook Kim Geun-seok yesterday, and with her own rise today, she directly squeezed the Koreans out of the top 50.
That's actually quite interesting.