Chapter 153 - Orcs (1/2)
”Isn't that too trivial? Why waste money on such a thing. I am sure there will be areas where you can have the players practice it. It is not use to waste virtual space for that,” said Ellie shaking his head. Sometimes, she felt that this man was crazy and extravagant. Though she crafted weapons according to his requirement, she felt that they were also unnecessary. She felt the same way currently.
”Actually, this could be considered as important as having experts teach players. It is much more important than them. They could mostly be able to give advice, but without practice any amount of guidance would be wasted,” said Balthazar.
”I don't deny that. Just don't waste money and my time on it. Why waste resources when you already have the game providing you the environment,” said Ellie irritably.
She felt a bit annoyed that Balthazar would tell her something that simple. Elias was the one who had created V.R. guides and training environment for the members of Blyth family. Being his niece, she had seen many train and practice and she knew the importance of it.
”I understand your concern. You are comparing the training environment we need to create to what Elias does. It is not the same,” said Balthazar calmly trying to explain.
”How so?”
”The people who train here, do that to fight other people. They already have experience in real life fights and understand that they need to improve to survive. Their goals and state of mind are different compared to the players,” explained Balthazar.
”No player would experiment on his technique or try to improve his fighting skills in the game. They would lose valuable XP, equipment and consumable if they do that. It is very expensive for them. Even if a guild will agree to compensate their equipment and consumables, they lose their XP on being killed by monsters. Due to this, most don't really get rid of their fear that resides at the bottom of their heart and try to learn new thing or fight to their limits. This will always hinder their progress,” he continued.
”It is the same reason that Leon had tasked us with creating the V.R. learning environment to begin with Ellie,” pitched in Elias who was listening to their conversation. ”The confidence that their injuries would only be in the V.R. is something that make people to explore their limits. If the pain doesn't persist outside or prolong or hurt them, it allows them more practice and understand the actual technique.”
”See, even Elias agrees with me and apparently even Leon,” said Balthazar.
”That being told. We don't allow any experimentation or practice through V.R. platforms without supervision as we are using this just to prepare for real-life. It is to make sure that they don't misunderstand and learn the wrong thing. We haven't really experimented the limits to which the somnium tech replicates the features of human body,” added Elias.
”That is a valid point, but I don't think that we need to worry about it for the game, right?” asked Balthazar.
”Obviously,” said Elias.
”OK. I will see what can be done. I still need data on what would be considered hard or tough situation for a player so that it would help him improve,” said Ellie agreeing with their points and informing them what more is required for her to set it up. She was a strong-minded researcher who quickly learns her mistakes and tries to improve on them.
”Yes. That actually depends on players levels. We need some exploration and videos and need to spend some time together to decide on a proper way to realize this,” said Baltahzar. ”Anyway, contact Crimson Power. His actual name is Rudra Powers. You can discuss with him about anything you require,” said Balthazar.
”Would also suggest you to go and try out some fighting quests frequently so that you would also get your own view of the training required. You can also join the guild as a forger and engineer. We can provide a decent amount of resources for you to play,” he added.
”Hehe, I was already planning on using your guild for that purpose,” said Ellie with a smile. ”If that is all, I better get moving. I will still need to get a few for helping me with this. It is not an easy job, especially if we are to simulate a bunch of monsters. It is not like I can borrow Elias work for it.”
”Yes. Their behavior, patterns and even physique would be quite different. You would need to put in a decent amount of work and probably even have it tested by experts before we let the players use. Else, it might cause more harm than good,” said Balthazar nodding his head.
There had been multiple attempts by many guilds to create training environments, but a large number of them failed in their attempts. Sometimes, the environment hindered the growth of players than help them. This was only realized later by those guilds. The most important thing that they learned from this is that they always required a fighting expert's help to evaluate these things.
As he thought of this, Balthazar realized that there was a much simpler way that would become quite popular among the guilds which failed. It was simulating group battles in various environments. Most professional teams take part in competitions where group battles were a norm. So, this allowed them to develop better co-operative skill. Realizing this, he told Ellie to work on this first before any other undertaking.
”OK. I will try my best,” said Ellie. ”We didn't yet discuss about my pay though. I am not going to do this for free, you know.”
”Oh! I forgot. What is your price?”