68 Chapter 68 (1/2)
Chapter 68
The worst, it would seem, was the creation of a world boss that simply had James staring blankly, dumbfounded, at the floating screen.
What…the actual…Cluck?
When James had selected the world boss option, he been greeted with a simple screen, extremely similar to his Boss Mob creation tab. Rue, feeling helpful, had explained to James the basic mechanics of how the World Boss would work. Though, he was no stranger to such a concept.
According to the pixie, World Boss's unlocked when a dungeon had Event Research, Instance Research, and Boss Research all at level 5. The Event and Boss research levels made sense, but he had questioned the pixie about the instance requirement. Her response had been rather short, and yet helpful. The more players allowed in an instance, the higher chance they can take down the World Boss mob. It also meant a higher amount of food…er experience, for James when the World Boss struck.
James had accepted her explanation, noting that his instances, at Rank 5 instance research, could now hold 45 players if he wanted, across his 35 instances. That meant, if both of his floors were filled to max, his dungeon could support 3150 adventurers, if he let the max amount into each floor. He wasn't sure how hard the World Boss was going to be, but he also didn't want to have his floors flooded with players. Crowding was a big problem in MMOs, and he didn't want that to be an issue. If that meant players wouldn't be able to bring down the world boss on the first try, so be it. More experience for him, and hey, it encouraged player growth and strategizing…right?
James had adjusted his maximum number of players in an instance down to 30, where he had been keeping it. This still allowed for 2100 players in his dungeon at one time, if they completely spread out across his first and second floors. Hell, if they just stuck to his first floor, that was still 1050 slots, which was still a lot higher than the initial 200 he had started with, just two days ago. At this rate, James was going to be able to accommodate the entire server of players in his dungeon in no time. He would need it though, because he was certain his experience was going to be a lot harder to come by, the stronger the adventurers became.
After his discussion about what exactly unlocked the World Boss option, and a quick chat confirming his feelings towards his floors and their capacities, something he was sure he would keep playing with a later date, it had been time to create his World Boss.
At that moment, Rue's eyes had flashed with excitement, and the blasted slot machine had once again appeared.
”Seriously?” James groaned. Of course, it was RNGesus, why wouldn't it be? James had found a new way to make currency, and the developers were of course going to try and capitalize on that. He had a feeling this durned 'experiment' as Xander called it, was paying for itself and then some. Bastards.
Sighing, James made a motion with his tentacles towards Rue, and the pixie, eyes burning with excitement, had pulled the lever. He watched as the machine played its musical tones, flashing lights and all, before it stopped. Whereas he usually received three options to choose from, sadly, it seemed the developers had chosen to only allow one option per spin for the World Boss.
”No.” James had simply said at the option. Rue had nearly fallen to the ground with laughter before he could even fully read the selection.
Big Gre'ed Tractor
The name was as far as he got, before he was looking at the cost for a reroll. There was no way in hell he was having a giant piece of farm equipment as a world boss. Seriously.
At that moment, he also felt his irritation with the developers rise. Not only had they made it so the World Boss generator only gave one selection at a time, they had upped the requirements for a reroll. He was sure that was in part due to the fact by the time a Dungeon Core reached this level, they would already have their NPCs up and running, and be generating a stream of currency. That, or they would have dungeon tokens to throw at the machine. Though, he was also certain his random dungeon nature, and ridiculous floor type, was hurting him as well.
However, thanks to Steve, James was certain he was the only dungeon core with the World Boss option, simply because there wasn't enough time yet for other dungeons to have fully gotten all three of the research options required to level 5. So, while that was a plus for him style wise, it also meant he didn't have a stream of currency running back into him yet.
He did, however, have a small fortune of V coin he had gained through his hard efforts, and while he had initially decided he wasn't going to tap into it for DCO, opting normally to simply use Dungeon Tokens for rerolls, this, the world boss, had finally made him break.
”Reroll.” He said, okaying the screen that appeared in front of him, and selecting the V coin option. It would cost him 5 Dungeon tokens to reroll once, or 5 V Coins. A single Dungeon Token converted into a V coin currently, so the conversion was at least fair. However, Dungeon Tokens were much more useful to him as resource generation tools. So, he spent some V coins.
How many became a problem.