Lin Ye's new gameplay: combat mode selection!
Actually, when Kim Geun-seok first looked at the map of the Raging Waves, many details on Earth Online seemed somewhat illogical to him.
One of these differences is the territorial boundaries of these "countries".
On the real Azure Star, different Settlements are roughly the same size, with the largest and smallest not differing by more than five times.
The current enemy faction in the Instance, the Bear Country, has a land area that is 170 times larger than that of Stick Country?!
In Kim Geun-seok's view, this distribution of power was extremely unreasonable, and Lin Ye was probably just bluffing!
However, it's nothing serious.
The map is just an embellishment; the more important part is the subsequent task design.
[The Bear Country possesses a formidable military reserve, with excellent weaponry across land, sea, and air forces. Due to the design choices of the Dungeon Designer, Lin Ye, this Instance will not initially reveal the Bear Country's military strength to Challengers; they will need to discover it through actual Challengers.]
[Additionally, this Instance features a specially designed weather system. The territory of the Bear Country is extremely cold, so Challengers are advised to prepare in advance!]
[The following is a detailed introduction to the task:]
[Mission 1: Capture any one of the three main cities of the Bear Country: Volgograd, Saint Petersburg, or Moscow.]
[500 points awarded for successful mission! 800 points deducted for mission failure!]
[Task 2: Within half an hour of the Instance opening, declare your submission to the Bear Country and hand over all your personal skills to Bear Country! 20 points will be deducted!]
After reading the detailed description of the mission, Kim Geun-seok- seok frowned slightly.
The rewards and penalties for completing tasks have been significantly increased.
Kim Geun-seok remembered that when the Raging Waves were first opened, the points rewards and penalties were mostly below 100, but now the penalty points have been directly raised to 800.
This is understandable, though, because ever since the last Raging Waves ended, all the Instance on Azure Star have been increasing their rewards and penalties, and his own Instance has also increased its rewards and penalties to 1000 points.
Given this overall situation, the 800-point penalty imposed on Lin Ye, the originator of the large points system, is actually not that high.
What truly relieved Kim Geun-seok was Lin Ye's mission design.
This Instance does not require Challengers to annihilate the Bear Country, but only to occupy one of Bear Country main cities.
There's a significant difference between conquering a country and conquering Champa.
This would greatly reduce the difficulty of the Instance.
With ten thousand Challengers, and five thousand of them being elites from the Kim family, capturing a city sounds like a very good chance.
"As expected, Lin Ye's design skills aren't actually that strong!"
"His initial release of the Instance was entirely experimental, so the objectives were set to be relatively simple. Overall, it wasn't much different from a normal Instance."
[Firmament Notification: Dungeon Designer Lin Ye has added an innovative Military Combat Mode Selection Mechanism to the Instance. If Challengers choose to perform Mission 1, they can subsequently choose from four modes: Land Warfare, Aerial Warfare, Naval Warfare, and Total War.]
[Land Warfare, Aerial Warfare, and Naval Warfare combat modes are single-class modes. After selecting a fixed combat mode, all weapons and technologies unrelated to that mode will be frozen in the Instance!]
Total War Mode is a multi-unit combat mode where you can freely use all weapons and technologies!
[Once the mode is selected, Instance cannot be changed. Challengers choose carefully!]
"Hmm? Selecting the combat mode?"
What is Lin Ye up to?
This was a completely new concept that Kim Geun-seok had never encountered before, and he fell into deep thought.
Having witnessed the Raging Waves before, Kim Geun-seok could boast, but to be honest, he was still somewhat wary of the tricks Lin Ye had devised in his mission design.
She was terrified that she might accidentally fall into Lin Ye's trap.
Meanwhile, the Livestream Room for the Instance also became lively, with heated discussions taking place.
[As expected of God Ye, he's always innovating! This new Instance even incorporates new gameplay!]
[The unit selection mode sounds interesting, but it actually reduces the difficulty for Challengers because Challengers can choose units based on their own strengths. So touching!]
[Stop speculating. God Ye dared to set up the mode this way because he has confidence in every type of weapon and technique in his Instance.]
[Isn't this new mode a blatant slap in the face to the Goryeo Kim family of South Korea? The South Korea accused God Ye of copying their technology, and God Ye countered with a new mode... If the South Korea were truly capable, why haven't they developed any new modes all these years?]
[Don't say that. Kim Geun-seok and God Ye are about the same level; it's still uncertain who will emerge victorious.]
As they talked, the Livestream Room started mocking the South Korea Settlements.
Unlike their previous treatment of the Dahe Settlement, the Great He Clan people, while also disliked, are undeniably quite powerful. Many Settlements on Azure Star are wary of them.
People generally look down on the Goryeo people.
Firstly, in terms of hard power, although the several conglomerates in the South Korea Settlement do have some strength, they still lag behind those in the first-tier Settlements.
Although the momentum has been strong in recent years, it has always been just one step short.
Park Seong-man, the strongest in South Korea, is only LV3, and below him is Kim Geun-seok, who just fell out of the TOP50.
In other words, this Settlement doesn't actually have any top-tier level 4 experts. Their usual boasting is just self-indulgence.
Another important reason why people dislike the Goryeo people is that the people in this Settlement are shameless.
Whenever a new technology or a remarkable design genius emerges in another Settlement, South Korea always jumps out and says something inexplicable.
Once or twice is fine, but after a while, everyone starts to find it disgusting.
[Hmph! What are you talking about, Shiba!]
[My Goryeo people is the most intelligent race on Azure Star, what do you bunch of losers know!]
[Geun Seok oppa is the best! Don't let these haters affect you, your fans will always protect you!]
[Hmph! Lin Ye can make a bet with Geun Seok oppa. If any weapon that appeared in the previous Raging Waves Instance appears in the Winter Is Coming Instance, Lin Ye should be declared the loser!]
It must be said that the Koreans are quite skilled at hurling insults; their entire clan managed to hold their own against the other viewers in the Livestream Room.
"I see!"
Kim Geun-seok was deep in thought, suddenly exclaimed.
As if he had suddenly realized something, a smug smile appeared on his face.
"This free choice of combat mode seems interesting, but it's actually a product that Lin Ye rushed out!"
"The flaws here are too numerous to be true; they simply cannot withstand scrutiny."