The players present were overjoyed and could not wait to open the faction store interface.
Compared to Version 2.0, there were hundreds of times more faction merchandise. There were all sorts of equipment, materials, and items. Because the army was cooperating with many financial groups, Han Xiao deepened the relationship and negotiated with the heads of these financial groups to open up the product channels of the various financial groups to the army members. This was equivalent to using the products of these financial groups to fill up his own faction's inventory. He would be the middleman to earn the difference in price.
This way, as long as the items were not too rare, they could be bought directly from the army store. This greatly increased the logistics ability of the Black Star Corps.
Han Xiao had also integrated a large number of blueprints in the past seven years to build up the logistics department. With the support of his strong financial strength, he had built countless military factories and assembly lines for the logistics department. He had also cultivated a group of professional talents. The independent productivity of the army was extremely high, and there were thousands of types of mechanical equipment. There was no lack of high-level Rare equipment, pink equipment, and orange equipment.
All the resources and equipment were provided to all the army members. As long as they had the money, they could equip themselves to the teeth.
The standard armor of the Black Star Army had also been improved many times over the past seven years. Many intermediate armor technologies had been fused into the armor with superior performance, which was then distributed to the middle and low level army members on a large scale. It was called the 'Black Star Army Seventh Generation Individual Armor', which was divided into more than a dozen models, including assault, defense, reconnaissance, and so on.
The armor on most of the players was already outdated. Compared to the current seventh generation armor, it was like a simple handmade product.
Looking at the faction store list, the players present were extremely excited, especially pro players like Mad Blade and Hao Tian who did not lack money.
As long as they participated in the war, all the good items, including orange equipment, would be given a fifty percent discount!
This was an opportunity that could not be missed!
The players had accumulated a large amount of savings in Version 2.0, and it was not easy for them to encounter such an opportunity to buy better equipment. The thought of being thrifty was instantly thrown out of their minds.
What was the point of saving money? Wasn't it to spend it at the right time?
There was no need to hold it in anymore!
Without exception, all the players present applied to participate in the military operation half a month later through Philip's sub-program.
Faction War Mission (Black Star's Counterattack)
Mission Introduction: Section Zero is preparing for a large-scale counterattack military operation. As a glorious Black Star warrior, you are participating in this expedition.
Mission Requirements: Follow the Black Star Corps fleet, follow orders, and participate in battle.
Reward: + 500 Black Star Corps Favorability, unlocking the follow-up mission of the secret war.
The players only took a quick glance before turning their attention back to the faction store. As expected, the price of everything was halved.
Everyone was overjoyed and wanted to dance for joy.
Han Xiao released this mission to guide the players. As he could not release the main storyline mission himself, he introduced the rewards to let the players know that after joining the war, they would be able to unlock the follow-up mission of the secret war main storyline. This would reassure the players, increase their interest in joining the war, and reduce the number of people who chose to slack off.
In his previous life, Section Zero was the one who had sent the players to join the war. Since he had left so many players behind, he had to do this job.
This large-scale military operation was not suddenly suggested. Han Xiao knew that the players would return during this period of time, and he had already started preparing for this large-scale counterattack two months ago. He had been waiting until now to bring the players along to participate in the secret war.
Although the players had accumulated quite a lot of experience and money in Version 2.0, Han Xiao needed an astronomical amount of experience to level up. It was not enough to rely on the experience that the players had accumulated in the previous version. He had to fatten the players up. Otherwise, the Mission Completion Cards that he had accumulated would be useless.
Now that the version had just started, Han Xiao could not wait to guide the players to participate in the battle. This was so that the players could complete the battle missions as soon as possible and earn more EXP. Only by increasing the spending power of the players and making the players rich together would he be able to earn more. All this while, he had always been aiming for mutual benefits.
In other words, the leeks were not fully ripe yet, and he had to work hard to fertilize them.
Furthermore, Han Xiao was extremely clear that with the increase in the level cap of the new version, the players' first choice would definitely be to level up. That way, the players' spending power would decrease. How to stimulate the demand and make the players willingly take out their money to spend was a difficult problem.
Giving the players a fifty percent discount was Han Xiao's method to stimulate the players' spending power.
A large number of players formed a huge crowd and left the plaza, heading straight for the logistics department. They were also browsing through the shop list to look for equipment or items that they liked.
"Give me a set of standard armor and a set of pink equipment!"
"We're rich! We've struck it rich this time!"
"I never thought that there would be such benefits at the start of the version. Is this to increase our fighting power so that we can protect ourselves in the war? Our leader really loves us!"
More than a hundred thousand players had almost filled the logistics department to the brim, and all of them had come to place orders.
Other than the individual players who were buying as much as they wanted, some guilds had also started to gather their members to raise funds.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Let's gather a bit more money and buy something big!"
Jupiter, the president of the Guild of Gods, was excited. He was prepared to use the guild's funds to raise money to buy a few sets of mining equipment and mining spaceships. In the future, he would bring the members of the guild to mine for resources and provide a steady stream of profit for the guild.
Mad Blade and the other professional players preferred high-quality Rare equipment. They took money from the guilds of the clubs and bought pink and orange equipment wantonly.
It was as if these hundred thousand players had taken an aphrodisiac. Their desire to spend was unprecedentedly high as they went on a shopping spree. They carried bags of various sizes, all of which were new equipment. Although their wallets were empty, their faces were brimming with happiness.
They saved half of their money. Happy!
At the same time, Han Xiao returned to his office to check the financial income of the army.
"In less than half an hour, we earned 2.7 billion Enas …" Han Xiao was shocked. Even with the current wealth of the Black Star Corps, this was not a small amount. After calculating, each of the hundred thousand players had spent an average of 20,000 Enas. Although the goods were all sold at a fifty percent discount, after deducting the cost, this wave of profit was still a few hundred million Enas.
With the current productivity and inventory of the Black Star Corps, it was a piece of cake to satisfy the needs of all the players.
Han Xiao did not play the trick of increasing the price first and then discounting it. This time, he really gave a fifty percent discount. With the technology patent, the profit was still very high even after the discount!
The players were not stupid. They remembered the price of goods in the previous version. Furthermore, what Han Xiao lacked now was not money. There was no need to ruin the good impression of the players for this small amount of profit. He wanted to let the players feel the real benefits.
Han Xiao's goal was not to earn this wave of money but to stimulate the desire of the players to spend. The main reason was to empty the wallets of the players. Then, with the long-term discount, the players would have an urgent need to earn more money and fight harder. This way, they would be able to indirectly gain experience. Squeezing the wallets of the players dry could stimulate their fighting spirit!
A mature leek had to learn how to fertilize itself!
"These players have spent all their money. It's about time to start …" Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and smirked.
In reality, emptying the wallets of the players was only the prelude to Han Xiao's plan. The real harvest had just begun!
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Logistics Department …
With less than three digits left in their savings, the players happily changed into their new equipment and felt that it was worth it. They opened the faction store again and browsed to see if they could get any more benefits.
Looking at the powerful equipment that was still at a sky-high price even after the discount, many of the players were tempted. Unfortunately, they could not afford it even after the discount. They could only stop their fantasies and look away to see if there was any cheap equipment. At this time, many of them realized that the knowledge in the faction store was much more than in the previous version.
Taking a closer look, many of the players were shocked.
The faction store had gathered all the basic and advanced knowledge of the five Super systems — Pugilist, Mechanic, Magic, Esper, and Psychic!
There was even a portion of High-End Knowledge!
Everyone clearly remembered that in Version 2.0, the knowledge for the five major classes of the Black Star Corps was not complete.
In reality, the basic and advanced class knowledge could be gathered as long as one spent money. With the wealth of the Black Star Corps, Han Xiao had gathered all the low-level class knowledge for all the classes in seven years. He had even bought quite a number of High-End Knowledge.
With the scale of the Black Star Corps today, there were countless members of every class. The reason they bought so much knowledge was to make it easier for them to train their warriors.
However, in the eyes of the players, this had an extraordinary meaning. In order to learn their own class knowledge, the players in the other Star Fields had to make a good impression with their class mentors and earn Contribution Points from different factions. It was very troublesome.
However, in the Black Star Corps, they could learn the knowledge of all five classes. This meant that they did not need to change factions or find mentors. The class knowledge was taken care of by the Black Star Corps, which saved them a lot of energy and time. This was an advantage that the players in the other Star Fields did not have!
What surprised the players the most was that not only did the class knowledge increase, but they also did not have to spend money!
In the previous version, learning knowledge required money. At this time, in the shop, learning class knowledge did not require Enas but only required Contribution Points and Experience!
Although the Experience cost of learning knowledge did not change, the required Contribution Points were also reduced by fifty percent!
"Knowledge is free?"
"This doesn't make sense. Why doesn't knowledge cost money? Didn't we lose money by buying knowledge in the previous version?"
"Wait, I've found the reason!"
Many players were eager to ask Phillip, and some of them opened the internal program to ask, and soon got the answer.
Due to the expansion of the Black Star Corps, training camps were set up all over the country. In order to train the members of the army on a large scale, the exchange model for class knowledge was changed. There was no longer a tuition fee. As long as the members of the army had enough Contribution Points, they could apply to learn class knowledge.
This system was not only applicable to the players but also to the NPCs. It was like the Black Star Corps' training course.
Everyone was enlightened, and they could feel the grandeur and grandeur of the Black Star Army. A Star Cluster level organization was indeed different from the past. Their actions were generous, and their system was perfect.
"So, this is also our benefit?" Other than a portion of the players who felt depressed because they had wasted money, the rest were overjoyed.
"Does this mean that we don't need money to learn knowledge in the future? We only need Contribution Points?"
"What the f * ck, this is too profitable."
"As expected of a growth-type faction. The benefits are great!"
Most of the players felt great. They could feel the practical benefits brought by the development of the Black Star Corps in the past ten years.
In terms of faction benefits, the Black Star Corps was far ahead of all the factions that the players had joined in the other Star Fields!
How blissful!
"The three consecutive missions gave me quite a lot of Contribution Points. I can learn quite a few knowledges. I haven't even learned all the basic knowledges yet."
"Hehe, I've spent all my money. Learning knowledge doesn't cost me anything."
"We can even get a 50% discount on our faction contribution points. This is such a good deal!"
With the thought of not taking advantage of the situation, many of the players who had saved up their Potential Points happily started to learn class knowledge.
As the players bought these knowledges, Han Xiao's experience bar started to slowly fill up.
"It's finally here …"
Han Xiao heaved a long sigh of relief, feeling refreshed.
This was what he needed the most!
Removing the tuition fee for class knowledge was to harvest more experience from the players. Because this system also had to consider non-players, Han Xiao changed it to a system of exchanging Contribution Points for knowledge.
Because for normal members, experience did not exist. If there was no requirement for Contribution Points, it would be equivalent to giving away experience for free. This was the bottom line of maintaining the faction system.
In order to let the players use the experience that they had prepared to use for leveling up to learn knowledge, Han Xiao used the three missions to give the players a wave of Contribution Points. He also used a fifty percent discount to stimulate the players' desire to spend and empty their wallets.
When the players had spent all their money, they would want to continue to take advantage of the fifty percent discount. At this time, when the players realized that they did not need to pay to learn knowledge and that they could get a fifty percent discount for Contribution Points, a considerable portion of the players would be tempted to use their experience to learn knowledge. The reason why they were tempted was because knowledge could be learned at any time. However, Han Xiao needed to harvest a wave of players' experience within a short period of time.
After holding it in for ten years, he could no longer hold it in!
Considering that he had to maintain the value of Contribution Points as a secondary currency and not cause "inflation," Han Xiao did not give the players too many Contribution Points for free. Otherwise, he would have given the players ten thousand Contribution Points directly to the [Reverence] relationship so that they could learn as much as they wanted. Not only would he have taken all the players' money, but he would also take all their experience, losing both the players and their wealth!
"But it's good to harvest slowly. I'll leave some experience for the players so that they can quickly level up to Grade B. I can't harvest all the leeks at the root …"
Han Xiao knew that he could not spoil things through excessive enthusiasm.
Looking at the experience bar increasing at a crazy speed, he licked his lips and was touched.
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