Lucas and the Nebula Gas team didn't pay much attention to online chatter like 'Kill the cliffhanger author' and other discussions.
This has beco a habit for Nebula Gas.
That is, to focus on making gas.
Don't worry too much about what players are saying online, wait until the ga cos out and then find out.
The main thing during the ga developnt phase is to develop the ga.
Of course, right now "Warcraft" doesn't have the map editor and the map editor community that will co later.
The basic settings for the whole ga are already done.
All kinds of servers for multiplayer mode are set up.
At the sa ti, the matching system for RANK scores is also ready.
Maps are divided into two modes: regular matching and ranked.
There are quite a few maps for regular matching. Lucas has made about 15 so far.
As for ranked maps, Lucas picked so classic maps from the past like Twisted adows (TM), Turtle Rock (TR), Lost Temple (LT), King's Field (TS), Echo Isles (EI), Gnoll Wood (GW) because they needed to be balanced.
But these maps are not perfectly balanced.
For example, TR is like the ho field for the Elf race, because the neutral monsters on this map are mostly turtles, and turtles have a passive skill, which is that they take less damage from lee attacks. The Orc race mostly uses lee troops, so it's hard to level up and play with others on this map. But the Elf race mostly uses ranged units with the help of Druids of the Talon's Faerie Fire skill (which lowers armor), so they have a natural advantage.
Then LT becos the Orc's ho field, because there is a building called the Fountain of Life on the map. If you get close, you can heal health. The strongest unit of the Orc race is the footman, so fighting near the Fountain of Life is good for them. They can also take it down early to get a lot of experience and good items.
Also, there is no tavern on this map. So Human tactics can't be used against the Orc race, so they can make the most of their strengths.
You could say each map has its own special feature. This gave players a special view of "Warcraft" in the past: there are no unbalanced races, just unbalanced maps.
This is bound to happen, because each of the four races has its own special features.
So for ranked gas, Lucas also added a BAN option.
Before the ga, both players pick their race and then BAN maps. They can BAN maps they don't want to play, and then pick from the remaining maps.
After doing so planning, Lucas stretched and left the office.
Everyone in the team was relaxed in the break room because the ga developnt was done for now.
They started playing "Warcraft" instead of "Monster Hunter: World".
"Hey, you're pulling your workers!"
"Don't block the path!"
"Use dust of appearance!"
"How can I help you!"
Anna, Rachel, Hector, and Edward sat side by side.
Human, Orc, Night Elf, and Undead, one for each.
The person they were playing against was using the Orc race.
Right now, they were getting wiped out by a level 6 Blademaster using Blade Storm.
After the Blademaster finished using Blade Storm, he used Wind Walk to disappear before the Mountain King could use his hamr.
"Hey, Anna, the Blademaster disappeared a long ti ago, and you just used dust of appearance."
"Yeah, yeah, you've been playing for so long, and all you have is 1 Mountain King, 8 Riflen, and 2 Knights!"
"Yeah, Anna, you're already at tier 3. You can make two more heroes, why haven't you?"
Anna, sitting in front of the computer, turned red in the face after hearing what her coworkers said.
"To be honest, I definitely can't make any heroes. I can't control them, and I can't level them up!"
"As for why I have so few troops, didn't you see my base? There are so many towers, anyone who cos dies!"
Rachel looked at Anna's screen and was speechless. "Anna, heroes are strong and have a lot of skills! You don't need to make it so hard. Select all your troops and then A-click sowhere, and then control the hero you want to play. The troops will automatically attack."
As a skilled "Warcraft" player, Rachel taught her A-click secrets.
"Boss Lucas, do you think I'm right?" Rachel asked Lucas, who had walked over.
"Well... For beginners, they should start with leveling up one hero, then heroes and troops, then multiple units, and finally managing things." Lucas thought for a mont and said so things that sounded useful, but also sounded useless.
If you asked him to play, he could, but if you asked him to teach soone else, he wouldn't know how.
It was a little surprising to him that these four people had been playing against a crazy computer for so long, and it seed like they might not win.
"By the way, Boss Lucas, how are the "Warcraft" pre-sale numbers?" Hector asked.
When they heard Hector's words, the others also looked at Lucas with concern.
Everyone was worried about this.
"Warcraft" is the ga that Nebula Gas has invested the most in so far.
Mostly because the CG cost too much.
And the models were made with the standards of a normal RPG.
Didn't that cost a lot of money?
"You all know how good the ga is. Why are you worried about sales?" Lucas said with a laugh.
But he still told them a little bit.
"We didn't do pre-sales overseas because there are so problems with approvals. They'll probably be online a week after China. But pre-sales in China have already reached over 3 million. It might be hard to make back the costs in the first day, but it's not a problem to make a profit in the first week, and that's without overseas sales." Lucas said with a smile.
Everyone was excited when they heard this number.
This number isn't the best that Nebula Gas has ever done. The best is still "Minecraft", followed by "Monster Hunter: World".
But it was still clearly a big success.
The quality and content of the ga, and the sales now, gave everyone a boost of confidence.
The whole team was full of confidence this ti. They believed "Warcraft" would definitely be a ga that was both popular and well-received, and that it would give a new aning to the RTS ga concept!
...
November 15th, "Warcraft" officially goes on sale!
After the playable demo before, "Warcraft" was extrely popular.
On the official blog, the fall of Lordaeron and Arthas beca trending topics.
Many content creators made compilations of CG scenes from "Warcraft" on video websites, and they got a lot of views.
For players, whether they were attracted by the story or by the special gaplay, they were eager to try out this true RTS great.
(End of this chapter)
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