Chapter 207
While Lu Wu and Bei Li were researching the new upgraded content, something happened in the forum, evoking new discussion amongst the players .
The problem was, a player from the European server who logged into his account in the local server noticed that his character class menu was still on a Beiqi player’s menu after he returned to Europe . His character also remained in Beiqi instead of his normal Land of Cangxu .
Similarly, local players who started playing Battle Online in Europe found their log-in locations still in the Hidden Dragon Village of the European server after they came back . Their character class menus were also unchanged, remaining a dead soul warlock, knight, etc .
Due to a sense of attachment to their original servers, many players hoped the officials could launch a server changing service so they could return to their preferred server .
After some discussion between Lu Wu and Bei Li, they thought this was a great suggestion, so they released an official announcement .
[Cross-Server Account Update Announcement]:
Content: Following the feedback received about the location linked to a player’s account, the officials have decided to add a cross-server account function . Each account will be able to change servers once by purchasing a pass at the game shop for 100 soul coins . Once purchased, players need to activate the pass, where they will be given the option to choose their desired servers (currently only available for the local server and European server) .
Cross-Server Precaution One: After selecting a server, a player’s level, equipment, channel items, and situation will be transferred to the new server without any changes . However, their exclusive title in the previous server will be forfeited .
Cross-Server Precaution Two: Upon logging in to the server for the first time after a server change, players will be given a chance to change their default character classes . After changing their default character class, only a character’s level attributes will change . Your character’s levels will remain unchanged . However, the player’s character class advancement or inherited character class will be forfeited!
Cross-Server Notification (Red): Crossing servers is only allowed once, no multiple crossings allowed!
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The efficiency of the officials won the players’ positive reviews .
At the same time, many European server players who had previously logged in to the local server started to spend cash to cross their servers . A few local players on the European server also chose to come back to their original server .
However, not many players changed their default character class when they crossed, since they were familiar with their respective character classes . Several other players chose not to change character classes as they were reluctant to give up their class advancements .
Following this, the officials released another announcement . Even in different servers, their skills in the Cultivation Pavilion were the same . Players could grow and progress in the other server .
With the officials’ guarantee, most players just gave up changing . They continued with their original character classes and kept battling in different servers .
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As Battle Online gained fame and became more popular day by day, several foreign professional gaming organizations began to invite Lu Wu for interviews .
Lu Wu did not explicitly turn them down . The timing was certainly not ideal because he was still just a cat .
Even so, the agency with the leading authority on all things gaming, the Imagine Game Network aka IGN, produced a review for Battle Online .
The world-renowned gaming media company had a professional comprehensive rubric by which they assessed games . Expert reviewers would try a game and write their reviews based on this rubric and award a score to the game ranging from 0 . 0 to 10 . 0 on the overall game experience .
Each aspect of the game would also be assessed on a scale of 0 . 0 to 10 . 0, including performance, graphics, audio, gameplay, and attractiveness . However, the overall score was independently awarded and not calculated by the individual factors .
As Battle Online had not yet been launched in America, where IGN is based, their evaluation was carried out on the European server .
What the reviewers found in their evaluation of Battle Online utterly blew them away .
After obtaining multiple confirmations on their test report, IGN published their review . Their review quickly went viral in the gaming community .
Graphics: 10 . 0
Evaluation: Completely realistic scenario simulation . One could not tell if they were in the real world or in the game . Every scenario was replicated to the very detail, a falling leaf, a gentle breeze, even the light shadows during the sunrise and sunset were impactful . Could be named as a revolutionary product .
Audio: 10 . 0
Evaluation: Perfectly synced to the visuals, the audio sounded very realistic and not artificial at all . One could only imagine what kind of monster the audio master was behind the scenes!
Gameplay: 9 . 8
Evaluation: Super realistic graphics make gameplay very enjoyable . A high level of liberty in the game, air walls are absent, long shots of the graphics were also not two-dimensional . All areas on the map were accessible to players . The progress system was also comprehensive and versatile, with more than one way to fight monsters and level up . A player could be any character class they desired: an explorer, beast trainer, sailor, adventurer, and more . It is to be noted that there are even more gameplay options available on their original server, but we have yet to carry out our evaluation there . Since there still are elements of the game that have yet to be launched on the European server, we can only give a 9 . However, once these new features are launched in the future, you can expect to see full marks from us!
Attractiveness: 10 . 0
Evaluation: The game introduced a very interesting character class development system . While leveling up, the body conditions would upgrade in sync . Each level advancement was extremely rewarding . At the same time, the warship-development mode in the current stage added more pleasure to the game . The game was absolutely enticing . It had a wide, open-world view and a very high power system . Even after reaching the final level in the game, there was still plenty for a player to do as there were many new territories to explore .
Game Performance: 10 . 0
Evaluation: Battle Online received positive feedback from players on both the original server and European server, and quickly amassed a huge user base . At the same time, it has been constant with its position as the game with the top number of active players among new releases . Moreover, other highly-anticipated games released in the same period were given a cold shoulder, attracting far fewer players .
For one, Star Wars was launched in Europe in the same period as Battle Online . Although having been chosen as one of the top three most-anticipated titles, its release being a day later than Battle Online’s launch proved to be detrimental, as it only attracted less than 30,000 players from Battle Online . These players still came back to Battle Online after that . What a dreadful ending .
Overall Review: The game has a grand world view with 100 percent realistic graphics . It has a comprehensive economic system, realistic player killing system, an intuitive interface, and various entertainment elements . The developers have perfectly handled cheaters and bugs that may ruin the gaming experience . We have become avid fans of this game and we look forward to the launching of an American server! This is a legendary game that must be played!
(Attached is an 80 minute intricate review of the contents of the game . )
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When IGN published its test report and video reviews, Battle Online became the hot topic in the gaming industry all around the world . It caught the attention of foreign players, lured by the enticing gameplay videos, resulting in the registration of a huge batch of players .
A huge influx of foreign players entered the official Battle Online forum, eagerly posting requests to launch an American server and Asian server as soon as possible so they could have a taste of the latest and greatest game . After all, the review published by IGN spread the word in the gaming community about the amazing gameplay .
At the same time, the players that searched for related contents of the game knew it had a cross-server account function that meant a late start might hugely affect their respective servers .
So the requests of foreign players in the forum got higher and higher .
Lu Wu valued the launching of other servers, too .
He immediately contacted Wu Guoyi, and was told that the other two servers could be launched anytime as long as he had all the preparations done .
Hearing Wu Guoyi’s guarantee, Lu Wu wasted no time and got busy again . He sorted out all the game settings himself and left all the research to Bei Li .
Recently, Lu Wu kept on thinking that he had become more useless since he had Bei Li, and for this, he concluded three reasons .
One, if he had any problems, look for Bei Li .
Two, if anything was not understandable, look for Bei Li .
Three, just look for Bei Li .
They say that behind every successful man is a great woman . To Lu Wu it couldn’t be any more true .
However, he still felt different . Behind him stood a hungry, adorable, premature little girl with infinite potential .
This weird feeling of dependence made Lu Wu feel very happy indeed!
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