391. This is obviously the second son

Li Lanyun came to report on the progress of various game development in the game department. The fastest game to be launched should be Three Kingdoms Online2.

When talking about Three Kingdoms Online2, Cao Yang was still a little dazed.

"Yes, if Three Kingdoms Online2 comes out, Three Kingdoms Online can be offline."

"Yes," said Li Lanyun, "We are already making relevant arrangements for the operation. After the curtain call for the Three Kingdoms Online service, we specially invited Xu Song to sing the service service song."

There is also a curtain call for the game server, and someone to sing. It is difficult for anyone to think of this except Boss Cao.

When doing the show, you should have a sense of ritual even when you close the costumes.

Cao Yang said, this way there will be a beginning and an end.

And we can also use this service closure ceremony to build momentum for the launch of the Three Kingdoms online2 later.

"This process is slightly separated by one or two months, so I will give those old players more mourning." Cao Yang said with a smile.

In history, when some of the larger games were closed, players would always post mourning messages on the official website forum, because large games like Three Kingdoms Online were launched since 2002 and have been in service until now. It is about 2008. It has been nearly 6 years. Junior high school and high school that have accompanied many people are almost the most important period of a person's life.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is everyone's youth.

"The remaining problem now is to open the server." Li Lanyun asked tentatively, "Do we need to migrate the data of old players in Three Kingdoms Online1, or do we want to give them some compensation?

Or, just ignore the old players of Three Kingdoms Online and use 2 as a new game to operate?"

Previously, Cao Yang discussed with Li Lanyun that otherwise, the Three Kingdoms Online server would be a gimmick, and then when the Three Kingdoms Online2 was launched, the data of the old players would be migrated.

Three Kingdoms online2 itself is an optimization and modification based on 1, and is considered an advanced version of the game.

This way for old players, there is a surprise of [Resurrection from the Dead]. In the method of writing novels, it is called "to rise and suppress first", so that the pleasure and surprise that you can pull up later will be overwhelming.

However, Cao Yang thought for a long time later and felt that this was not very good.

"It depends mainly on what the purpose of our Three Kingdoms online2 is," Cao Yang frowned. "If you want to resurrect the corpse, the set of resurrecting the soul is very good. I originally thought this plan was very good, but now I am a little worried about the return of old players."

He raised his head and looked at Li Lanyun, "Brother Yun, do you predict how many old players will come back after the Three Kingdoms Online2 is launched?"

"It's hard to say," Li Lanyun frowned, "After all, the Three Kingdoms Online has been in service for so long, and the number of monthly active players in the game is less than 50,000.

The old players in the past have either started working or have married and have children. It is actually difficult to get back.”

"Yeah." Cao Yang nodded, which was also in line with his judgment.

In other words, even if there are some old players in Three Kingdoms Online2, many people will leave forever when they leave. Just like World of Warcraft in their previous life, when the players who grew up with the World of Warcraft also started to work, get married and have children, World of Warcraft was just a precious memory for them.

This is the bad thing about online games. It has a life process, and it will only be players of an era. After this period of time, the game will die.

Although Three Kingdoms Online2 was developed based on 1, there have been many changes in the design. Both the style and gameplay are advanced versions of Three Kingdoms Online.

"And if we want to drive backflow for old players and carry out data migration, it is not friendly to new players. It will only make new players feel that this game is bullying. It is obviously under the banner of a new game, but the combat power of a bunch of old people crushes them, but in fact, neither side is pleased."

"Yeah." Li Lanyun said, "I think so too."

In fact, from data and market analysis, Three Kingdoms Online1 has now entered the end of the game. It has not squeezed out the surplus value completely, but let it go in advance. Boss Cao is more kind.

If other game companies are operating, at this time, the game will definitely sell props and equipment and pets in a crazy way, striving to make a fortune before the game is closed and drain the last little value.

Cao Yang didn't want to do this. He felt that reputation was more important. Now the only little reward he wanted to get from the Three Kingdoms Online was nothing more than the topicality created after closing the server to make Three Kingdoms Online2 successfully gained.

"Since our target users are clear, the next Three Kingdoms online2 operation will be much easier," said Cao Yang.

Yes, it's much easier to do.

After Li Lanyun reached a consensus with Cao Yang, the problems that troubled him during this period were solved.

Now it seems that the Three Kingdoms Online has 50,000 monthly activeness, but the number is actually not small, so they want to transfer the data of this group of players. It would be even better if more old players can be brought back.

Since Boss Cao said that he was a new player, that is, young people who had never played Three Kingdoms Online before, and now he is mainly born in the 1990s, there is no need to worry so much, just treat Three Kingdoms Online2 as a new game.

"Now, let's make the end of the Three Kingdoms Online more ritualistic. After that, the Three Kingdoms Online2 strives to build momentum and operate according to the upper limit standards of the new game." Li Lanyun said.

"Yes. OK." Cao Yang nodded in agreement, "Actually, I figured it out later. For the old players, this game has become a kind of sentiment. When we go out of Three Kingdoms online2, the old players who want to come back will still come back."

"Okay." Li Lanyun recorded the plan he had just discussed in his notebook.

Actually, there is nothing to record, because it's just a few words.

...

When the Three Kingdoms Online2 was made, although it was advanced and modified based on the Three Kingdoms Online1, this version also added a lot of new things.

Li Lanyun changed some unreasonable settings in the previous Three Kingdoms Online1, and re-made all the original four professions. Now two new professions have been added, adding certain talents and changes between professions.

After you have finished your profession, skills, and talents, you will find that although this game still has many shadows of Three Kingdoms online, there are some inheritance relationships in terms of the large framework setting or the style of painting, it is essentially very different.

Later, Li Lanyun and the development team of Three Kingdoms Online2 drew on the successful experience of Fantasy Westward Journey and made both the life system and some social systems, making the entire Three Kingdoms Online2 economic system healthier.

Although the Three Kingdoms Online1 was planned for 10 years in numerical planning, the calculations of the sky were not as good as those of people. In the end, they found that the operational activities and many players were really [too liver], which led to a significant shortening of the consumption speed of the game. By this year, Three Kingdoms Online could only maintain the vitality of the game by continuously adding new versions and new content, but the operating conditions were no longer as good as before.

The picture quality and art design of Three Kingdoms Online2 must have crushed similar products on the market. After the transformation, Three Kingdoms Online2 not only retained the core advantages of 1, but also learned lessons and made a lot of optimizations. It can be said to be an advanced version of 1.

Li Lanyun is still very confident about this.

...

"By the way, where is DNF? What's going on with DNF now?"

The problem of Three Kingdoms online2 has been solved, and Cao Yang is more concerned about this.

Li Lanyun replied, "Now, we are replacing art resources, and it is expected that it will not be available until around February next year."

"This time, Hanguo Neople attaches great importance to it."

Bomi is a precedent this time. The agent can make such an excessive request to the developer, so he actually asked them to exchange all the art resources and his attitude is very tough. If they do not have the ability, Bomi Company will come up with original artists to help create.

But it really makes domestic games proud.

This was almost impossible in the past life. A Chinese game company also wanted to guide Bangzi's games, especially in terms of style and picture quality that they are very good at. It would be considered good if it was not the other way around.

Even the Peace Elite invited many Han Guo painters to serve as foreign aid during the production process. It is conceivable how powerful the Bangzi Game Company was in the previous life, and how capable the original artists of the Bangzi were.

This time the situation is completely the opposite.

The main reason is that Bomi Company is too strong, and it is the world's best in terms of economic strength and creative strength. The team brought by Boss Cao has trained many excellent domestic original artists, so the quality of Bomi Company's game is well-reputed all over the world.

Since Bomi Company said that the quality of the DNF game of the Bangzi is not good, they have to change it.

This is based on strength and is determined by strength.

Whoever is better has the final say.

Neople has such an agent, and they are not happy enough, and it is even more impossible to come with Bomi.

On the one hand, its own games can be improved with the help of Bomi. On the other hand, Bomi is indeed rich and powerful. No company in China can have such strong operating capabilities as Bomi.

I don’t know how many foreign game companies want to find Bomi agents but can’t find one. This time, Bomi Company took the initiative to ask them to represent DNF, which has given them great face.

After calculating the time, the design and development of art resources of Bangzi Company this time is fast. From Bomi to the full calculation in October, it will only take 4 months to renovate the game. In fact, the project volume is quite large.

But it's pretty good. Cao Yang has seen the modified original paintings on the stick that Li Lanyun sent him before. Although the game improves the quality, it generally retains the basic settings and characteristics of the original characters, so it will not be as outrageous as redesign.

"Okay, February is February," Cao Yang thought for a while and said, "You remember to slightly stagger the time when DNF and Three Kingdoms online2 are launched, otherwise the two products will compete for resources between each other."

After calculating the time, Three Kingdoms Online2 will be launched almost in February.

"I understand." Li Lanyun said with a smile, "Three Kingdoms Online2 will first carry out a wave of publicity, and then go online at the end of January. DNF will replace the perfect technology resources. We will also take it back for acceptance. Moreover, China is about one version later than them. In terms of time, it is best to wait until the DNF is replaced in Hanguo. We will go online again. It will be almost the end of March or April."

The two discussed for a while and then the meeting ended.

Other aspects are proceeding step by step. If nothing unexpected happens this year, it will still be a Bomi game year.

...

On December 18, the official Bomi Three Kingdoms Online issued a service clearance announcement:

"Tell all players of Three Kingdoms Online to close the server:

Three Kingdoms Online was launched on July 28, 2002, and has been going on for 5 years, 4 months and 10 days.

During this period of time, I would like to thank you for accompanying the Three Kingdoms Online all the way to the present.

Everyone is left in the game, and it is also the precious history of Three Kingdoms Online.

It is precisely because of you that you wrote the Legend of the Three Kingdoms with the Three Kingdoms online project team.

However, the world is full of feasts. After more than 5 years of service in the Three Kingdoms Online, it has experienced glory and troughs and declines. Just like the birth, old age, sickness and death of people, now the Three Kingdoms Online is already a natural decline old man. It is time to say goodbye to everyone, withdraw from the stage, and give way to a new game.

Three Kingdoms Online will be officially closed on January 8, 2008.

Thank you to your friends who once accompanied the Three Kingdoms Online, whether you are working, getting married or working hard for your dreams...

In the history of Three Kingdoms Online, you are the greatest luck.

However, this time it’s finally time to say goodbye. Thank you for being there and thank you for leaving a rich and colorful mark in the Three Kingdoms Online.

Thank you, we will always remember you, because with you, there will be the Three Kingdoms.

Thanks again.

Bomi Technology Co., Ltd. Three Kingdoms Online Project Team.”

Below this notice on the server, there is also a server promotion video.
To be continued...