Seeing the oversupply of happy coins in the market, Chen Yu was not indifferent to consuming the excess happy coins; he directly launched some pay-to-win activities.
For example, in Battle Royale, compared to the Battle Royale in Baiye City which consumed entry counts, after arriving at Tidal Town, this Dungeon was changed to a mode where entry cost five hundred happy coins.
And since happy coins were used as an entry ticket, it was only reasonable that some pay-to-win items would appear inside.
Chen Yu didn't even need to think much.
He could just take the pay-to-win items from Resident Evil; the cosmetic skins there were already very mature, and Battle Royale mainly needed skin changes.
No attribute changes.
Competitive games still require fairness.
Things like a skin adding ten attack points would not happen.
At most, the smoke grenades thrown would turn into exploding stinky eggs or fart bombs; the effect would remain the same, but it would... easily make opponents lose their minds.
Besides Battle Royale, pay-to-win projects for other Dungeons certainly couldn't stop. Currently, only Resident Evil's normal mode and Audition Online are relatively complete; other Dungeons still have many areas that can be “improved.”
For instance, in the dynasty warriors Dungeon, Chen Yu did not add any extra items that could enhance damage, but instead first introduced two types of skins.
One type was general skins.
The other type was soldier skins.
General skins referred to various generals; for example, Zhen Ji had a "Luo Shen Fu" skin, which, when equipped, would change her skill effects, making everything she did produce water, as if she were made of water.
These skins would provide certain bonuses to skills, adding some extra attributes.
However, they did not have a significant impact on game balance or the battle situation; those who couldn't defeat Lu Bu still couldn't defeat Lu Bu.
The difference was that they might look cooler.
Then there were the soldier skins.
Soldier skins generally directly replaced the soldier models. Currently, Adventurers were followed by two hundred light cavalry.
Using skins, they could transform into unique troop types such as heavy cavalry, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, or White Horse Archers.
There would be a certain improvement in combat power, from being completely useless.
To being not entirely useless.
In any case, they would provide some type of assistance, increase combat desire, especially when facing the final boss, triggering a savior buff at critical moments.
Actively blocking attacks for the Adventurer.
This effect was very important, equivalent to having two hundred extra substitute puppets.
Although when facing the enemy boss, these two hundred cavalry would be mowed down when blocking attacks, they could at least block a few attacks without issue.
In addition.
Chen Yu also opened up the purchase quantity for soldiers; by consuming happy coins, the number of soldiers could be permanently increased, with the current cap at five thousand.
Even if all five thousand of these people were just for atmosphere...
But imagine this.
Five thousand atmosphere-setters cheering behind you, shouting phrases like “General is mighty!” and “General is the bravest in the army, unparalleled in the world!”
Wouldn't fighting be more exciting?
Furthermore, the attributes of the soldiers could also be improved, including attack power, health, and defense. If all were maxed out, they would still have some effect.
And if you felt a certain soldier's "slogan" was shouted more earnestly and resonated with you.
Then that soldier could also be upgraded to a Vice Commander ; after becoming a Vice General, the soldier's combat power would be greatly enhanced, equivalent to an unnamed general in the levels, and they could even unleash a “musou” (unrivaled) attack.
As soon as these two skin systems were launched.
They immediately caught the attention of the Adventurers in the dynasty warriors Dungeon.
“Hmm? Our dynasty warriors is also getting better; with so many pay-to-win systems launched all at once, Lord Chen is targeting us rookie players with his pay-to-win ideas.”
“To be fair, these skins are indeed quite cool.”
“But the problem is, the generals that can be used in each story level are different. Even if I buy my favorite Zhao Yun skin, I can’t use it in the Wei Kingdom story.”
“Upstairs, do you still not understand Lord Chen’s trick?”
An Adventurer replied, “That’s exactly why they can’t be universal, otherwise one skin would be used until death, and how else would Lord Chen trick people out of happy coins...?”
“Buy one for the Wei Kingdom faction, one for the Wu Kingdom faction, one for the Shu Kingdom faction, and another for the Warlords faction. Oh no... what do I do when my wallet is empty?!”
“What else can you do? Go work...”
After a few skins, the happy coins in the Adventurers’ hands were almost depleted.
Then they discovered...
General skins had to be bought, but soldier skins were also particularly cool.
“This White Horse Archer skin is really beautiful. I can’t even imagine how cool the scene will be when charging with these White Horse cavalry.”
“Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is a man’s true romance...”
“You’re wrong, the true romance is the Southern Barbarian Elephant Cavalry. Haven’t you seen those massive creatures? Holy cow, isn’t this Southern Barbarian Elephant Cavalry a bit overpowered?”
When clicking on the skin.
A group of cavalry riding giant Southern Barbarian Elephants charged before the Adventurers, their displayed combat power astonishing them beyond measure.
Then they looked at the price...
“One Elephant Cavalry, 3888 happy coins. Let’s disperse, let’s disperse.”
“Crazy, crazy. Where am I going to get so many happy coins? Am I supposed to rob the Great Xia Bank?”
“I just realized these soldier skins are bought individually.”
“Actually, it’s not bad. Except for the absurd Southern Barbarian Elephant Cavalry, the prices for things like heavy cavalry aren’t high. One happy coin can get you one skin. Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and White Horse Archers only cost ten happy coins.”
The Southern Barbarian Elephant Cavalry was probably something only rich guys would play with.
“Are you still debating soldier skins?” At this moment, an Adventurer said in the Dungeon channel, “What’s so good about soldier skins? Haven’t you noticed that after upgrading a soldier to a Vice General, you can give him a general skin?”
General skin?
This discovery made all the Adventurers in the channel rush to check it out, and they found that this general skin was quite interesting.
Firstly.
A soldier upgraded to a Vice General could choose to wear a certain general skin.
This general skin included top-tier beauties like Zhen Ji, Guan Yinping, Zhang Xingcai, Sun Shangxiang, and Diao Chan, as well as intelligent generals like Zhou Yu, Jiang Wei, and Zhuge Liang, and fierce generals like Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Zhao Yun.
The Vice General's strength was definitely not as strong as when controlled by an Adventurer; it was greatly weakened.
But they looked really good, and their skill effects were comparable.
Crucially, this skin was not restricted by the storyline; once purchased, it could be used in every level.
This was equivalent to buying a pet.