5 Chapter 5 (2/2)
”Well, if you don't like the options, you are able to use V Coin to reroll.” And there it was, microtransactions. Seriously?
”Doesn't that seem a bit, wrong?” Like, he was already stuck as a dungeon core, but now he couldn't even get free reign of his options, unless he decided to pay? Speaking of which, how did he even generate currency for himself as a dungeon?
”Actually, the developers put it in as an option to try to further randomize the experience. While they understand some dungeon cores may choose to utilize real currency to get the singular choice they were searching for, they figured many more would simply continue to embrace the randomness that this system provided them. Did you really expect the game to simply give you every option instantly? Where would the fun in that be?”
James hated to admit it, but Rue had a point. Half of the fun of some games, was the randomness that Random Number Generators, lovingly referred to as RNGesus, gave to the game. The thrill of the unknown, the excitement at getting an extremely rare item, all of those played to a gamer's senses. As he mentioned before, gamers loved to gamble.
”Alright, so we are going to play the slots, and see what mob types I may get to choose from?” Rue nodded her head, hand on the lever. ”Before you start, what are my options?”
”That would ruin the fun.” Rue said with a grin, and she pulled the lever. Whimsical music started to play as the slot machine flipped through countless options, faster than James could follow. After a few moments, the music stopped, and the screen on the machine showed three different options.
Random
Fire
Earth
”Tell me Rue, what exactly am I looking at?” He had expected the mob type to give him a creature type to work with, such as goblins, or kobolds, or slimes. But instead, he was staring at two elemental classes, and the word random. What?
”Mob types are generated based on the Mob element a dungeon has, as well as the dungeon's tier. For instance, a Tier 1 Fire dungeon would have mobs such as baby salamanders, fire slimes, and lesser fire spirits.”
”So, how does Random work?”
”Random, is the rarest mob type a dungeon can choose, but also the most difficult for the dungeon core itself.” James liked rare things, but what did she mean?
”How is it difficult?”
”Well, once you choose your mob type, you are locked into that type. Ever floor would normally generate mobs of that type, dependent on your tier. This allows a dungeon to develop a theme, and have a clear understanding of the mob growth. Random however, is just that. The first time you go to build a mob on a floor, its type will be randomly chosen. So, your first floor could be earth mobs, while your second floor could be wind mobs. ”
James had to admit, that type of additional chaos sounded fun to him. As cool as say, having an all fire dungeon seemed, he was sure as a player, he would get bored of fighting the same types of mobs. From a player perspective, a dungeon that was randomly changing types depending on the floors, seemed a lot more appealing.
”So Glyax, have you chosen a mob type, or would you like to use V Coin to reroll?” She motioned towards the slot in the machine, which James was sure a V coin would easily disappear into. James could only guess how much money the developers of DCO were going to make on those microtransactions. Smiling to himself though, he eyed his options. They weren't going to make any money from him today.
”Let's go with Random.” The moment he said the words, the slot machine disappeared, and his Character Sheet instantly updated itself, removing the N/A next to mob type, and replacing it with Random. He had to chuckle at how vague his sheet seemed. ”What's next Rue?”
The Pixie looked at his character sheet, and let out a sigh. ”Normally, we would construct your first floor according to your mob type.” She offered James a small smile. ”However, since we have no idea what you mob type is going to be, you should probably first create a simple room to summon a mob in, so we can better shape your first floor.”
”That makes sense.” James was nodding at her explanation. She was definitely being a lot more helpful than some of the dungeon pixies he had read about. ”So, how do we go about designing a room?”
Rue waved her hand, and a table appeared before them. Atop the table was what appeared to be a large, empty piece of paper? She grinned as she held a pencil out towards him. ”Why, with the Dungeon Creator of course.”