A massive army of several thousand men, marching in a grand procession, was led by a five-star general who had been included in a deluxe gift package, who challenged the enemy.
"..."
It felt like my passion had been frozen out and sent to be made into blood tofu, then scalded in oil, dipped in sauce, and served on the table of a tycoon.
182. The Sun Dynasty
Within a week of its release, hundreds of millions of players flocked to the game and quickly built countless cities across the country.
Each region has at least ten million cities that have sprung up, adorning the otherwise empty map.
A week later, players who had just casually checked in all left, and casual players who had been hit hard by the harsh reality also left. Those who remained were mostly people who were willing to play for a long time.
Among them, players who have already recharged have tasted the initial benefits.
Because of the varying proportions of different types of players, those who spend money are still in the minority, so almost every big spender is surrounded by a group of free-to-play players...
That city gate was completely undefended!
Those initial soldiers, scattered in twos and threes!
Only the various resources that are diligently cultivated are abundant, making one's mouth water with envy!
As long as we break through the city gates and strike at the heart of the enemy, all these resources will be ours...
According to statistics, in the first week of "Iron Horse and Ice River", approximately four million small towns were completely razed to the ground.
Players who are forced to lose their cities can start over with their remaining troops, but half of them choose to withdraw from this brutal competition.
This leaves many cities on the map that will never grow, with only mines and farms still working to supply NPCs.
—Just like the producers who work silently at the bottom of the food chain.
The map's ecosystem suddenly resembles an ecosystem, interestingly presenting a scene of survival of the fittest.
During this week, ordinary players were farming and getting beaten up, while wealthy players had already developed their alliances.
The Alliance Token only costs 8848 each, which is practically free for them!
Take Comrade "Ritian" for example.
On the first day, he wholesaled 50 alliance tokens and established his own "Sun Dynasty" alliance, which was upgraded to level 4.
Then, the more than two hundred studio members he hired joined the alliance one by one, becoming his de facto game underlings.
The Sun Dynasty chose District 88 as its starting point, but with so many people scattered across a single map, they were still quite far apart.
So in the first week, they mainly focused on personal development.
—Well, if we consider the alliance leader giving out 30,000 to everyone as their first purchase as personal development, then…
Incidentally, each member of the studio receives a base salary of 6,000 yuan per month, while a few elite members earn tens of thousands of yuan per month, and the core members of the studio earn an annual salary of about 300,000 yuan.
Every member of the Ritian Dynasty developed at the same rapid pace as an ordinary nouveau riche.
In the early stages of their development, they adhered to the following policy set by the alliance leader:
1. Expand and develop towards the core area where the alliance leader is located.
2. Develop distant alliances and attack nearby cities; conquer all the cities that are viable along the path of development.
3. Develop alliance members. In principle, players who have recharged more than 3,000 can be developed into peripherals; players who have recharged more than 10,000 can be invited to join the alliance; players who have recharged more than 100,000 will be directly "elites" upon joining the alliance.
All members of the Sun Heaven Dynasty alliance receive a subsidy of approximately 2,000 yuan per month.
Based on their contributions to the alliance, there is a monthly ranking of contributions. The first place winner can receive a bonus of 100,000 yuan, while the bonuses for the others range from 50,000 to 1,000 yuan.
Incidentally, in order to track monthly contributions, Brother Ritian recruited a master's graduate in economics from a top-tier university as his "Iron Horse and Ice River Assistant".
As an assistant to Iron Horse Ice River, each month you only need to be responsible for tasks such as compiling statistics on the contribution level of alliance members, the daily income and expenditure of the alliance, the monthly development status of the alliance, and financial statements.
In the first month after the game's launch, some individual players formed alliances.
However, compared to such large alliances with time, discipline, and funds, it is worlds apart.
Whether it's the development of members within the alliance, the difference in core dominance, or the policy of recruiting wild players, there are vast differences.
Not many days later, the Sun Heaven Dynasty successfully dismantled one of its rivals.
First, there is direct confrontation, without any fierce conflict or clash, but the pressure is relentless, using superior forces to force the opponent to retreat and gain more room for development and strategic resources.
Subsequently, the organization collapsed internally, using the lure of high salaries and incentives to poach several key members.
Next is the war of public opinion, using the method of distributing red envelopes to the entire server to make a name for oneself and preemptively weaken the opponent's morale.
Finally, they used a covert method.
It was exactly 2 a.m. on a dark and stormy night.
The Marshal of the Sun Heaven Dynasty and Commander of the Western Battlefield of District 88 notified everyone to log on. Then, he prepared his troops and led a massive army of 46 city lords, 89 five-star generals, and 120,000 basic troops to march towards the enemy's core city.
It's 2 AM!!
Normal people are sleeping soundly here, and no one would ever think that their hometown is being robbed.
Even if someone discovers it and alerts them by calling someone, the latter is unlikely to be willing to get out of bed for a game...
But for the Sun Heaven Dynasty, this was not a problem at all.