Li Yada had thought that Boss Pei would use his exquisite skills to make the monster run around in circles. However, that did not happen.
All she saw was Boss Pei confidently increasing the monster's attack power! Boss Pei confidently obtained the weapon! Boss Pei confidently charged forward! Boss Pei fell …
As if everything had been arranged, the monster's pitchfork hit Pei Qian's body just as the flash cooldown ended.
He had been as ferocious as a tiger, but he had been killed by the first monster. How could that be?
A smile appeared on Pei Qian's face.
Not bad, you didn't disappoint me!
That was the feeling I wanted!
As the saying went, do everything possible to dissuade players. Of course, this was the effect he wanted!
Li Yada looked at Boss Pei's smile and was a little surprised.
Boss Pei's mental fortitude was indeed better than that of ordinary people!
If it was an ordinary player, they would either be confused or angry after being killed by a monster twice. Why was Boss Pei happy?
Was this because Boss Pei was finally getting serious and was going to use 100% of his strength?
Soon, Pei Qian was revived.
He raised the hatchet high and charged towards the pitchfork-wielding villager again.
Five seconds later, the screen turned black again.
"Hehehehe …"
The villager's sinister laughter was still as mocking as ever.
Pei Qian thought for a moment and opened the editor. He asked, "Which is the monster's attack power?"
Li Yada hurriedly pointed at the screen. "This column of values is all. "If you want to adjust a specific monster's value, you can enter the number directly. If you want to adjust all the values according to a formula, you have to click here …"
Pei Qian followed Li Yada's instructions and opened the formula to adjust all the monsters' attack power.
"I was thinking too much. Boss Pei should be lowering the attack power now, right?" Li Yada secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
She had almost thought that Boss Pei was a gaming expert.
However, Pei Qian clicked on the list of values and multiplied all of them by a multiple of 1.3.
After he was done, Pei Qian nodded.
En, that's more like it!
Originally, the monster would lose about sixty percent of its health. After the changes, it would lose eighty percent of its health.
Since it would be killed in two strikes, there was no difference.
Li Yada felt a little dizzy. Even through the thick lenses, she still could not understand Boss Pei's actions.
"Alright, I'm going to experience it seriously. You can leave first," Pei Qian said.
Li Yada nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei. Feel free to ask me any questions."
After Li Yada left, Pei Qian entered the game again.
"Alright, then let's challenge it with this difficulty!"
It was not that Pei Qian thought too highly of himself.
The key was that if he did not treat himself harshly, how could he dissuade other players?
Thus, Pei Qian began his journey of suffering.
After dying more than ten times in the village, Pei Qian felt that he had gotten used to this rhythm.
Although Pei Qian's request was to dissuade players as much as possible, he realized in the end that such difficult games were all the same.
The foundation that Lu Mingliang and Bao Xu had left behind had been perfected by Li Yada. Needless to say, it really had the flavor of Onyx Soul!
This wasn't intentional, but something that happened naturally.
The so-called "difficult" or "not difficult" criteria for the so-called high difficulty games could be broken down into the following dimensions:
The first was the numbers.
It was easy to increase the difficulty with the numbers. All he had to do was increase the monsters' attack power infinitely so that players would die from a single touch.
However, if the numbers were too difficult, Pei Qian would not be able to complete the game. The game would then become a dead end. It could not even be called a complete game. Everyone would think that it was a bug and that the game was half-finished.
Thus, the numbers had a limit and could not be messed around.
The second was the operations.
For example, players had to execute a series of specific operations and use their skills in a certain order and rhythm to defeat a specific enemy.
The third was the reaction speed.
The monsters would use an extremely fast skill. Players would be able to dodge it if they could react in time. If they could not, they would be killed.
The fourth was the targeting.
For example, in the game, one could use specific attributes to defeat the corresponding enemy.
The fifth was the unexpected.
For example, players were walking on the edge of a cliff and a monster suddenly jumped out and pushed them down.
The difficulty of most games was measured from these five dimensions.
However, Pei Qian had to ensure that he could pass as well. That meant that the numbers, operations, and reaction speed could only be maintained at an acceptable level for normal people.
If it was purely the numbers, a boss had a million HP. If players lost 1 HP every time they touched it, that would be enough to dissuade most players. However, Pei Qian himself would not be able to take it.
Similarly, if the operations were too difficult and the reaction time was too short, Pei Qian would not be able to take it.
Thus, the difficulty of the numbers, operations, and reaction speed could only be increased to Pei Qian's limit. In other words, that was the limit of a normal person.
If he wanted to increase the difficulty, he could only work on two aspects: targeted and unexpected events.
For example, a certain monster would only be more effective if it was fought with a specific weapon. If there was a small monster that would sneak up on players, he had to use special tools to deal with it or use a long-range weapon to lure it out.
Pei Qian could rely on his own understanding of the game (peeking at the design plan) to solve these problems.
As for the numbers, operations, and reaction speed, he could only maintain them at an acceptable level.
Thus, no matter how much he changed, he still returned to the Souls-like game.
Pei Qian was not considered a fan of Souls-like games. Basically, he would only fight three or four bosses before giving up.
However, fighting the small monsters at the beginning was not a problem.
Thus, after being tortured by the grass-fork villager a few times, Pei Qian quickly regained his initial feeling. He could rely on his own strength to deal with the small monsters without suffering any damage.
Now, he had to do something even more important.
He had to secretly add a unique weapon for himself.
Pei Qian had the authority of the game editor. What he had to do was simple.
He had to randomly pick out a weapon model from the art resources and add it into the list of tools.
He had to copy the data of a similar weapon and change a few attributes such as the weapon's attack power and attack speed.
He had to create a special mission for this weapon and set a special condition to obtain it.
All in all, he had to hide it in a place that nobody would think of.
Pei Qian opened the list of weapons in the game. There were all sorts of weapons and their data was complicated.
However, he still had to think carefully about which weapon to change.
If he chose a long-range weapon, he would definitely be able to reduce the difficulty of the game.
However, the problem was that this was an action game. Thus, there were not many long-range weapons in the game. There were bows, crossbows, and so on. However, these were the same as in Dark Souls. They could not be used as main weapons. They could only be used as support.
This was a problem of balance between close-range and long-range weapons. In such an action game, if there was a long-range weapon with a long range, high damage, and low energy consumption, it would obviously crush all other close-range weapons. That would destroy the fun of the game.
Thus, according to Lu Mingliang and Bao Xu's original design, be it bows or crossbows, the damage would be very low and the interval between attacks would be very long. Their main purpose was for players to pull the aggro of monsters.
If he really wanted to make it a one-click instant kill or a machine gun, he would definitely not be able to get past the System.
Thus, even if Pei Qian wanted to sneakily insert a weapon into the game, he could not make it too overboard.
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