Taking advantage of the darkness and chaos, Dafei rushed into what looked like a dormitory and entered the next cabin. Then, he quietly squatted by the wall beside the door, not daring to breathe.
The boss should have returned to its position by now, right? Dafei snuck his head over to take a look. Sure enough, the BOSS's back was blocking the exit. At the same time, Detection did not alert him, which meant that it could not detect what was behind it.
Dafei let out a sigh of relief. Now, it was time to search this warehouse. Hopefully, this bro will find something.
Dafei carefully began to search against the wall. This cabin did not have a rotten smell. Instead, there was a faint smell of engine oil.
— System Notification: You have discovered a broken Ballista. (Large-sized item, cannot be carried around)
Dafei was shocked! Ballista? The famous Ballista from War Machines?
Dafei carefully touched it. That's right! This was a broken Ballista! The Ballista known as the Boss Killer!
— System Notification: You have discovered Ballista ammunition. (Large-sized item, cannot be carried around)
— System Notification: You have discovered machinery repair tools.
— System Notification: You have discovered fishing rods.
And ammunition! And repair tools! Could it be that this Ballista could be used? That's right. How could an exploration ship not be armed? The winds were strong and the distance was long. Bows and arrows were not useful, so the Ballista was the main weapon! This meant that this was the ship's cannon room! The ships in this game were completely antique in design. In the movies, the two fleets would line up and open their cannons. Then, they would fire at each other to see who had more cannons and who could last longer!
If that was the case, there might be more than one Ballista in this cannon room! Dafei continued to search in the dark. As expected, he found another 16 Ballistas, eight on the left and eight on the right. They were fully equipped with ammunition, but none of them were in good condition.
There seemed to be no enemies in the cannon room. At the end of the cannon room was a locked iron door. There was no way out. According to the usual rules of the game, the only way out of a dead-end situation was to kill the boss.
I understand now!
As an experienced gamer, what was the purpose of such a scene appearing in the Beginner's Village? Of course, it was to teach the newbies war machines and give them Ballistae! In such an uninhabited Novice Village, my Detection skill is ingenious and ingenious. Of course, the Ballista is almost the same!
Normally, if a player chose to start with the War Machine skill, they would probably be doing quests in the city's machine workshop or working as an apprentice to earn money to buy discounted ballistae, right? The only difference between this place and the workshops in the city was that there were no instructors here. You could only learn by yourself!
Same as before, find the War Machine Skill Book. It must be in a corner of the ship's hold!
As long as he had the Skill Book, he would be able to repair these ballistae. The ballistae were powerful and had the ability to repel and pierce. It would not be impossible for him to defeat the powerful zombie at the entrance!
Of course, even if it wasn't for the sake of killing the zombie boss, for Dafei, who was determined to go out to sea to do business, the war machine was also a combat skill that he should learn. When his scouting and navigational skills were not as good as the pirates, and he was about to be closed in by the pirates, the ballista was the last line of defense. Moreover, when encountering sea monsters, they would also need a powerful self-defense weapon like the ballista.
Let me first introduce the science of war machines.
— — War Machines: Increase the durability and effectiveness of ballistae, siege engines, and medical tents. It can also be used to repair damaged war machines.
The branch skills of War Machines were usually Ballista Master, Siege Master, Tent Master, Battle Repair, and Bomb Explosion. On the other hand, War Machine Learning covered three types of machines, and when combined with other skills, it could create a dazzling number of sub-skills, such as Triple Crossbow, Burning Crossbow, Enchanted Crossbow, Sulphur Rain, Plague Tent, Plague Siege Machine, Machine Destruction, and so on. If one wanted to learn all of this system, they would need to spend a lot of Skill Points.
War Machines were not affected by the Hero's Attack, Defense, and other combat skills. Moreover, players could only carry one of each type of machine, so there was no need to spend too many Skill Points on a machine. Most players would choose to learn Ballista Master or Tent Master. As for Siege Master, they were thinking too much. Things like sieging a city were not something that players should consider at this stage of the game.
Next, let's talk about the ballistae.
— — Ballista: Attack 5, Defense 5, HP 100, Basic Damage 1-2, Attack Speed 5, Movement Speed 1, Special Skills: Repel, Pierce.
— — Repel: Enemies hit by the ballista have a certain chance of being repelled.
— — Pierce: After the ballista kills an enemy, the remaining force of the attack will hit the enemy behind it.
These were the attributes of the ballista when it left the factory. For every increase in War Machines, the ballista's Attack and Defense would increase by 5, its Basic Damage + 1, and its HP would increase by 100.
Although the ballista's Attack and Defense were not affected by the Hero's Attack and Defense, the ballista's damage was indeed related to the Hero's attributes. Different from the normal calculation of damage, the ballista's damage = the ballista's Basic Damage x the Hero's Strategic Attribute!
For example, the Level 6 Dafei had 5 Attack, 0 Defense, 0 MP, and 0 Knowledge. The Hero's Strategic Attribute was 5, and the ballista's damage was 5-10, reaching the level of a Level 4 soldier. The meaning of this formula was that the stronger the Hero, the better they would be at using the ballista.
Therefore, even if the Hero did not specialize in combat skills, as long as the level was high, they would still be able to unleash the power of the ballista. Therefore, even if Dafei wanted to be a businessman, learning the ballista would not be a loss at all.
If he learned the Master Level War Machines, the ballista's attributes would be: Attack 30, Defense 30, Health 600, Basic Damage 6-7. Then, with a total of 5 attributes, Dafei's damage with the ballista would be 30-35, which was close to the level of a Level 7 soldier! If he learned the sub-skill Ballista Master, he would be able to fire two consecutive ballistas, which would double his damage!
In other words, when new players started learning the ballista, it would be equivalent to carrying a Level 7 soldier with them. Moreover, it would not take up the Hero's Tactical Position. It was an additional soldier type. For new players in the early stages of the game, this was a rather powerful long-range firepower point. They could directly challenge some of the stronger wild monsters, especially those long-range monsters that normal players did not dare to touch.
Therefore, in the open beta, players who started with the ballista or the medical tent were called the mechanical opening, which had obvious advantages.
If the players reached Level 30, the total value of the Tactical Attribute Points gained from leveling up would be 50 points. The ballista's final damage would be 300-350, which far exceeded any conventional soldier type. It was so high that it was impossible to look at it directly! One shot was enough to kill a Level 7 soldier, and one shot was enough to kill many normal soldiers. Being hit by a ballista at sea was a test of the quality of the ship!
In short, the ballista, known as the Boss Killer, was an existence similar to a Boss! Of course, players could only carry one such Boss.
At this point, it was time to talk about the ballista's weakness.
Although the ballista was an existence similar to a Boss, its size was too large, making it inconvenient to aim. Its accuracy against moving enemies was not high, and its firing rate was slow. Once an enemy got close to the ballista and circled behind the ballista, it would be useless. If it encountered an aerial soldier, it would be even more useless.
During the open beta, the ballista's value on the battlefield was a 600 Health Point sandbag. It attracted the enemy's Magic Unit's first round of bombardment. In short, it was considered a huge contribution. Therefore, in the later stages of the game, the ballista's existence became less and less.
Then came the biggest weakness. The ballista's movement speed was only 1! This meant that the ballista's maximum movement speed was 1 meter per second. Players carrying the ballista were like turtles crawling. Even if they learned the Master Logistics Skill, they would not be fast. Moreover, they could only walk on the main road and not the small roads! Of course, the solution was to disassemble the ballista into parts and pack them up. However, before a battle, it would take a long time to reassemble it. If an enemy discovered the ballista during the process of reassembling it and rushed over, it would be as if they had never learned the skill.
Then, it was the repair of the ballista, which required spare parts, which were expensive.
Finally, players with ballista could only win the battle and could not be defeated. Once they were defeated … Hehe, they finally did not have to worry about the slow movement speed.
In short, the ballista could provide huge support to the players in the early stages of the game. It was awesome, but it could also cause a lot of damage to the players. How to use it depended on the players' training.
To Dafei, these weaknesses were non-existent. This was because naval battles and land battles were completely different concepts.
A ship was a moving castle. As long as the ship was in their hands, the ballista would be fired from the cannon compartment. If the enemy wanted to destroy the ballista, they had to first destroy the cannon compartment. The hull outside the cannon compartment was the thickest part of the ship's armor. Therefore, there was no need to worry about the ballista being destroyed at the start of the battle.
The problem of movement was not a problem. The ballista moved with the ship.
The problem of hitting the target was even less of a problem. The target of naval battles was the pirate ships. Even if one was blind, there was no need to worry about missing the enemy, right?
In fact, in history, all kinds of super huge ballista were equipped on ships. Only ships were the ballista's real home. Therefore, Dafei had to learn this skill!
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After searching for a long time, Dafei finally found a book in a box. Found it! He looked closer and saw that it was not a golden skill book. It was the Ballista Maintenance and Repair Technician's Manual!
— Ballista Maintenance and Repair Technician's Manual: Auxiliary item. Equipping this item grants the ballista disassembly and assembly skill.
Ha! So it was a piece of equipment similar to a black magic book! So that's it!
In the game, other than the traditional slots for weapons, armor, rings, and accessories, there were also a few auxiliary equipment slots. All kinds of miscellaneous items that increased skills, morale, and luck were equipped in these slots.
Although he did not find the War Machine Learning Skill Book, the effect of this equipment book was even better. This was because it did not require skill points to learn. The equipment would take effect on the player! If he really found a skill book, he did not have skill points yet, so he could only stare.
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