MMORPG: The Tales of Souls 198 Manual Skills Research

"Without further ado, I'll start my lecture." Song Xinyue drank a glass of water and took a deep breath as she walked to the wall where the images were being projected.

"As you may know, manual skills within New Earth are very important things not only for the player but also for the economy. Manual skills are indeed one of the most interesting things in the game, and that is why I research: How to improve the efficiency of handwork and its results? "

"Do you have any ideas on how the hand skills system works?" Song Xinyue asked, this question was asked specifically for Liu Yang, as he was the only one who came to attend the lecture.

When Liu Yang heard this question, illumination came to mind.

(Is it possible the skills are so much more amazing than it appears to be?) This idea popped into Liu Yang's mind after he heard the question.

Looking into Liu Yang's face, Song Xinyue understood that he has just discovered something new.

"Combat systems and manual skills system have some unique features if they are exploited by players. But since many players don't have time to do this kind of thing, they prefer to use only the superficial of both systems.

As the focus of my work is on manual skills, I will just talk about it, a fellow researcher at the university is researching the combat system, but he is presenting at another school.

As has been said before, manual skills may be more than apparent, but why? Do any of you know the reason? "Song Xinyue asked again. Neither of the two listeners in the audience spoke.

Liu Yang didn't speak up because he didn't know what kinds of secrets the manual skills system contained. On the other hand, the young man sitting in front of Liu Yang knew about the things Song Xinyue was talking about, but he preferred to be quiet so as not to annoy her since his job was just to watch.

"The reason for this is simple but at the same time very complicated. Whenever we, players, use some kind of manual skill, we always use the skills granted by the system. This is instinctive when we are playing.

If we always use what the system allows us to use to facilitate the use of manual skills. What would happen if we didn't use the system to do things? What would happen if we used our skills to do something on New Earth? What kind of results would it have? "Song Xinyue asked, this was the most important part of her research work, what kind of things can happen when not using the system.

Hearing these words, Liu Yang felt as if a new world had been opened for him. Many ideas started to pop into his mind because of these words.

(Amazing, this is just amazing. How have I never thought of this before ?? Using my hands without the help of the system, what kind of results can happen?) Liu Yang marveled at this, he thought it was worth watching Song Xinyue's talk because he discovered something very interesting.

Whenever Liu Yang fought creatures or did some manual work, he would use the system aid to help his performance. But now, he will start trying to cook by following only the recipes and using his cooking skills.

"According to my research, for a player who was already used to using the system as a helper, this makes it a little difficult to get used to doing things without the system. But those who used it sometimes, they could feel a slight difference between using or not using the system.

After several months of observation and experimentation, I was able to find interesting research results. I asked both groups to use their skills for the same thing, the test groups were each of the types of basic hand skills like cooking, manufacturing, blacksmithing and so on.

Data show that those who used manual skills with the help of the system had more ease in performing tasks, but the result was simpler and more common. In contrast, those who used only their skills without the help of the system had more difficulty getting the work done, but the results were much better and more efficient.

Because of this, I found that the player's hand skills in the real world can impact directly within the game, the higher the player's proficiency, the better the result. The player can also learn how to do things in-game and test in the real world, this also works, one of these is the ability to cook.

My research has proven that skills learned in the real world can be used in the game, and vice versa. This discovery has many hidden benefits that few know about.

For my research thesis, I had to look for some researchers from the human kingdom who also did this kind of research. They came to the same conclusion: It is possible to improve players' performance by having them use their skills without the help of the system.

But how can you find out that the system is not helping us? This is very simple, developers have created an option to disable help systems, either for manual or combat skills. If the player wants to experience the game as if it were another world, they just need to disable system support.

One important thing to remember before disabling support is: Can you do things without the support system?

If the answer is yes, you can disable that will not interfere much with the game, but if the answer is no, you will have some difficulty adapting to certain things.

Let's take the example of the cooking skill, this is the basic skill that many players have learned to travel alone.

With the help of the system, the player just needs to think and his movements will be automatic, the system will cook and prepare the food for the player, even if it looks like he is making the food.

When the system is turned off, the player will need to use his hands and skills to prepare a dish.

The dishes created by the system were simple and common, if the same dish was cooked by a player without the help of the system, the taste and effects would be at least twice as good.

Look at the following graphics. "Song Xinyue stopped talking and showed an image on the screen.

The image was two graphs of the same cooking skill level 1 food dish. One side was cooked using the help of the system, and the other was cooked using only the skill of the player.

The preparation time, design of the cuts in the food were faster with the help of the system, but in comparison, the taste and special effects of the dish were better when users cooked with his skills. This was clear in both graphs.

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