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Vengeance will be mine.
~Eula (Batman?)
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"It's more than just not planning to return to the main ga. We're gathered here to discuss how to launch a counterattack against the City of Glory and ruin the official Oath team's already garbage reputation," Ryan said, stating the reason for their gathering.
"Personally, I can accept the account bans to so extent. After all, the power level of the spirits in Pokémon is indeed a bit overtuned."
Crimson Night belonged to the more level-headed group of players.
"But many village players have never even been to the City of Glory, yet their main accounts were still banned. That part is completely unreasonable."
"Anyway, I don't accept it! If you want to appeal the ban, you have to delete all your Netherworld Village data first. What right does the official Oath team have to dictate what we're allowed to play?"
Macchiato was filled with righteous indignation. She kept tapping the table with small movents of her hand, silently venting her frustration.
The constant clicking from the other side was probably the sound effect from Mio's floating keyboard settings.
This was not the first ti Carl had seen Mio with such a terrifying expression.
Judging by her face, she was probably arguing on the Online Forum with players who supported the official Oath team's bans.
Mio's expression at that mont practically scread, "Say that again and see what happens."
"So, Shopkeeper, what should we do? Why don't we all gather in Crimson Night's Open World and head straight to the City of Glory to settle things with the official Oath team?" a Crimson Sigil player suggested.
"Yeah! Shopkeeper! We all support you. The Pokémon DLC you released just gave us real combat power too! Let's go to the City of Glory and blow those bastards away!"
"Do you know how long it takes to earn back the rank points lost from a single defeat in the main ga's Trial of Glory? A day! It took a whole damn day to get them back!"
"Shopkeeper! Give the order!"
"You an issue the quest!"
"For the Shopkeeper! It's ti to shoot down the sun and wipe out the pests! How can a ga possibly be run well with those parasites from the official Oath team in charge?"
"We nominate the Shopkeeper as the new operator of Oath!"
"All hail the Shopkeeper!"
Looking at the increasingly indignant players in the eting room, Carl really wanted to say, "You people are making this very difficult for ."
"Everyone, calm down first. I know everyone gathered here wants an explanation from the official Oath team, but there are also far more new Netherworld Village players who ca here purely to enjoy the ga."
Carl calmly tried to dissuade the group of reckless strategists in front of him.
"First of all, I support the decision to settle things with the City of Glory, but the thod is wrong. Even if we truly conquered the City of Glory, it wouldn't cause any real harm to the official Oath team."
Carl was actually quite moved to see so many players willing to stand by his side despite the heavy pressure of the bans.
Well, the number was not actually that large. Only about five thousand people or so.
Compared to the main Oath player base, these core Netherworld Village players were still far too few.
These players were almost all Carl's die-hard supporters, willing to go to war with Oath for his sake.
But most Netherworld Village players were truly just here to play the ga.
"Shopkeeper, do you an the number of people you can currently mobilize is insufficient?"
At that mont, Vengeful Blood said sothing that once again made Carl break into a cold sweat and left him a little speechless.
"That's true. The vast majority of Netherworld Village players won't be like you, willing to abandon everything in Oath for the sake of another ga."
"Miss Player, I have never seen you as soldiers."
Carl said this after wiping away the nonexistent cold sweat from his forehead.
"But indeed, just as she said, there are still too few die-hard players willing to give everything for Netherworld Village. So once war breaks out, we are certain to lose."
Carl did not actually want to speak in such absolute terms, so he shared his thoughts with the players present as clearly as possible.
Because he wanted to give every player as much freedom of choice as possible.
Whether they liked playing Oath or Netherworld Village, either was fine.
But the official Oath team simply refused to give players a choice, stubbornly demanding that they choose between Oath and Netherworld Village.
Unfortunately, at this stage, even though the number of Netherworld Village players was skyrocketing,
Just like Vengeful Blood, if their anonymous alt profiles were exposed, they would still choose to return to Oath's embrace without hesitation.
"So please, do not bla those players who might abandon Netherworld Village in favor of Oath."
Carl said this while turning his gaze toward Vengeful Blood.
"There are indeed many things in Oath that they cannot bear to part with."
Well, although Carl spoke so righteously, the main reason he could think of for players refusing to abandon Oath was most likely because they had spent money on it.
"If I could sell my account, I would have quit ages ago.jpg"
"Guys, calm down. Attacking the City of Glory directly right now really has no aning. We can't win, and we'll just make ourselves look ridiculous."
Ryan spoke up at this mont, calming down the surrounding players. Then he looked at Carl again with a aningful gaze.
"But just sitting here and taking it isn't my style either. So, Shopkeeper, you must have so ideas, right?"
"A way to recruit more die-hard supporters to our side while also damaging the official Oath team."
Ryan pulled up a chair and handed the stage over to Carl.
Why did Carl feel like he was holding a shareholders' eting?
"Regarding that, I've actually been planning sothing for a while."
Carl dutifully told this group of armchair generals the real way to conquer the City of Glory.
"First, after anonymous mode was enabled, the number of players in Netherworld Village surged. Now, it basically maintains a stable seven to eight hundred thousand players online, and that number is still rising rapidly."
"But the official Oath team's soft-ban strategy makes most players afraid to admit they are village players, so they can only play in secret."
"The result is that when we truly propose to 'attack the City of Glory,' not many players will likely stand on our side."
The reality Carl was describing was exactly that.
Most ordinary Oath players still only saw Netherworld Village as a side mode.
It was fine for casual fun, but if they were really forced to choose between the village and their waifus in the main ga of Oath, most players would choose the latter.
"So what do you plan to do, Shopkeeper? I don't think the account bans will stop here. At least give us so way to fight back," Crimson Night said.
"And secure more allies."
Crimson Night was truly and seriously considering the matter of conquering the City of Glory and fighting the official Oath team.
Unfortunately, the mbers of the Navigator Guild were completely insignificant in the face of Oath's massive scale.
"It's simple. First, the way to convert those casual fans who co to Netherworld Village into die-hard fans is to do what Oath has always done, let the players establish an emotional connection with the village."
Carl gave the simplest solution.
"Don't you see it? Oath has always used gacha characters to build emotional bonds with players."
"Now, when players go to war, they all shout things like 'For the Saintess!', 'For the Saintess's ntor!', 'For the smug brat😭!', 'For Mama Hasumi!', and so on."
In Carl's view, players had always been an easy group to understand.
As long as there was a character they felt deeply attached to, they would be willing to fight for her.
(To be continued.)
◇ You can read the ahead chapter on Pat if you're interested: p-atreon.c-om/Blownleaves (Just remove the hyphen to access normally.)
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