Chapter 608 - 194: Patch Update, Nationwide Cultivation
[Taking the Combat Insect Clan as an example, the Wind Blade damage exerted by the Wind Breath physique on the Insect Warriors can be gradually adapted by the insect race through principles of reducing Wind Blade damage by positively transforming their bodies.]
[For instance, generating a special texture on the body surface can guide the wind element to slide along specific directions over the body, reducing the direct impact of Wind Blade on the body, much like how the special shape of an airplane wing can guide airflow to reduce air resistance... Of course, this is just an example, the evolution of insects is far more complex than simply altering body structures.]
[The Wind Control Life Soul trait inflicts a damage directive that can be defined as disintegration by the wind. For example, if I expend 1 point of spiritual power to drive a wind rule power of 1, no matter how the insect’s shell hardens or what kind of structure it evolves, it cannot resist this force which directly alters the essence of its existence.]
"If it directly causes predetermined damage, then why can’t we players break the defense of some creatures."
[You misunderstood. The damage I refer to is not the real damage concept in the game. Suppose the target’s defense is 100, then 99 points of wind element rule damage can’t break the defense, but these 99 points of damage will not be affected by other factors.]
[The wind element damage controlled by Wind Breath is influenced by the insect race’s evolutionary ability. Starting at 99, it will reduce to 95 on the next attack, then 92, continuously adapting to reduce the damage value until it reaches zero.]
"I understand." Dark Night Will Come nodded humbly, then continued to inquire:
"So cultivation battle skills are just a support, not as important as Life Soul traits."
[From a future perspective, this is correct. However, for players lacking methods to gain Body Refining experience, cultivation battle skills are a very valuable system. They can accelerate the acquisition of Body Refining experience, reducing sacrificial power consumption in Body Refining Level improvement. Although Life Soul traits are rules, they don’t have supportive growth functions, so cultivation battle skills are also very important. But purely in terms of value, even divine battle skills cannot compare to a First Generation Life Soul Trait.]
After listening to the guidance’s explanation, Dark Night Will Come completely understood the positioning of cultivation battle skills.
You can regard Life Soul traits as a powerful machine. How much electricity players input determines the level of its function.
The positioning of cultivation battle skills is to support player growth, enhancing the power output.
Life Soul traits are the cap, cultivation battle skills enhance the player’s foundation.
In Monster World, racial forces mastering rules are in the minority in terms of comprehensive numbers.
But nearly every race has a method to enhance the physical foundation, the difference lies in the strength and weakness of growth methods.
Current players are like they have mastered a bunch of super weapons (Life Soul Library) but lack the basic values to drive super weapons.
After understanding the details, Dark Night Will Come continued to test two divine cultivation techniques.
After initially finishing the test, he did not rush to leave the cultivation space, calling up the forum interface to start compiling strategy content.
He spent 2 hours writing it, half an hour modifying, repeatedly checked to ensure there were no issues.
He then released the update content of the Cultivation Tower in the player forum.
The post’s popularity surged like a rocket, with a large number of visitors clicking to view.
The strategy post mainly discussed the positioning of different levels of cultivation techniques and recommended which type of cultivation method players should choose at the current stage.
He divided the recommendations into three tiers.
The first tier is for new players.
His suggestion is not to embed any cultivation techniques initially but to raise a Fat Peach to increase sacrificial power production.
Then use the income from Fat Peach to cover the expenditure of Mortal Cultivation Battle Skills.
Using the cheapest cultivation battle skill "Great Flame" for calculation, AFK requires 1.5 sacrificial power per hour, 36 points in 24 hours.
New players only need to raise Fat Peach to level 13, and the daily sacrificial power production will be enough to cover the cultivation cost of "Great Flame", gaining Body Refining experience for free.
The second tier is for veteran players.
His suggestion is to directly embed Mortal Cultivation Battle Skills, which can significantly accelerate Body Refining experience acquisition.
Veteran players generally have opened multiple Star Vein Slots. The attribute enhancement brought by Body Refining experience improvement and the Life Soul attribute inheritance effect can significantly boost combat power.
The third tier is for top players.
His suggestion is to embed Spiritual Grade Cultivation Battle Skills if the sacrificial power from daily hunting is sufficient to maintain the cultivation cost.
He used the guidance for his explanation and more detailed interpretation with forum players.
He stated that cultivation battle skills are foundation-building tools; only when the foundation is solid, the power of released Life Soul traits can be maximized.
The number of comments below the post skyrocketed during this time.
Lemon Tea: Thanks to Dark Night boss, the strategy is very detailed. After reading it, I’ve decided to raise a Fat Peach first, regularly collect the pension, and then consider equipping a cultivation battle skill. The ability to toggle it on and off is convenient, just turn it off when not needed. I was worried about the inability to turn off cultivation battle skills after equipping them just after seeing the update.
What Ranking Plays the Same Game as Me: What the heck is a Divine Cultivation technique? The price is too high. I’ll consider it when I can earn hundreds of thousands of sacrificial power per day in the later stages. For now, the cheapest one will do, Body Refining is rising too quickly, my Star Vein Level can’t keep up.
Green Skin Boss One: Eye-opening explanation, very detailed introduction to the positioning of cultivation battle skills. The feeling of AFK cultivation should be very satisfying. In the future, Lifeforce Inhalation will become an essential Life Soul for every player, as it’s completely bound with new features. To cultivate battle skills, it must be embedded. Let’s congratulate Lifeforce Inhalation for returning to the top of the Life Soul popularity chart.
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Regarding the new feature, players engaged in heated discussions on the forum.
Strategy Party players broadly recommended low-grade cultivation techniques.
In the eyes of the vast majority of players, while Body Refining Level can bring attribute enhancement, it still needs to follow Star Vein Level.
Opening one Star Vein Slot and embedding a New Life Soul would then consider the Life Soul attribute inheritance brought by the Body Refining Level.
Considering the current strength of players, without considering expenses, embedding a divine cultivation technique will quickly push Body Refining Level beyond the Star Vein Level.
The standard for judging which quality of cultivation battle skills to embed is only one: whether the player’s daily earnings can cover AFK cultivation costs.
In the post, Dark Night Will Come ranked the priority of a series of current enhancement settings.
From a new player’s perspective, from high to low are:
Life Soul Level, growth pet (Fat Peach Finance), Body Refining Level (cultivation battle skills), Armed Vehicles (as long as there’s a multifunction vehicle, it’s practical, regardless of high-priced vehicles), Star Vein Level (opening 2 slots), guidance upgrade.
From a veteran player’s perspective: Life Soul Level, Star Vein Level, growth pet, Body Refining Level (cultivation battle skills), guidance upgrade, Armed Vehicles.
Since the game’s server launch, Life Soul Level has always been listed at the top.
The mainstream players are like this, Monster Stream players are like this too.
Even unconventional Gun Merchants and Alchemist Guild also place upgrading supportive Life Souls like Brain Overclocking as the top priority in their growth systems.
However, the second priority has shifted many times; veteran players and new players have different needs.
After veteran players got familiar with the game’s settings, discovering that the trait effect can be enhanced by the attribute enhancement brought by Life Soul Level, the previously second-priority Body Refining Level was replaced by Star Vein Level.
The importance of Star Vein Level increases the later the game progresses.
But in the eyes of new players, raising the Body Refining Level is more meaningful than the Star Vein Level.
Only by opening Level 1 Body Refining can they battle with inherited attributes from the Main Form.