Chapter 4260: Island Holiday (Part 3)

"You mean you want to fight another round?" Shiler asked while drinking soy milk.

"That's right, there was always a feeling of winning unfairly before. I didn't expect that the one who defeated Batman wasn't us, but Constantine." Stark shook his head and said, "I reckon Batman is also very unconvinced. Although he didn't take fewer benefits, encountering such a scumbag as Constantine, he should also be quite angry."

"I also feel we can start another round," Reed spoke up and said, "but don't engage in this kind of free-for-all war. There are too many mixed elements, which isn't a good thing. Although the reality might be more complex than the exercise, isn't it time for specialized training now? Having restrictions is the best."

"Then what form do you think is better?" Shiler asked.

Wanda thought for a while and said, "Do you still remember the Superhero Kill we played?"

"You mean that card game?"

"I feel that form is not bad, it can well train intelligence."

"But if that's the case, it would all rely on strategy," Steve said with a frown, "purely competing in martial arts won't work, and purely competing in intelligence won't work either. Isn't there a combined but balanced way?"

Shiler thought for a while and said, "I'll go find them to study it; perhaps we can open a new mode."

A day passed very quickly. The palm trees swayed under the sunset. They finished dinner during the blue hour, set up tents on the beach, and slept in the tents.

The next morning, Shiler took out a large pile of food supplies, borrowed the noodle shop's kitchen, and made breakfast. After eating, they prepared to go around in the jungle. After arming the children to the teeth, the group set off toward the mountain in the middle of the island.

Although it was a man-made island, the jungle was made quite decently. There was a small path leading to the top of the mountain; although it lacked some challenges, it was just right for parent-child hiking.

This mountain wasn't high, and they climbed to the top after an hour. Standing on the top of the mountain, they could almost see the entire island at a glance. The sky was purely blue, and the seawater under the white sand beach presented a jelly-like green. A warm breeze blew gently, and a faint salty, fishy smell drifted over.

At noon that day, the absent people finally arrived. Strange came first, followed by Loki. Strange sighed and said, "I watched the diving video you sent. My god, how did you dare to go to such a deep place?"

"Just went to take a look, you wouldn't really expect there to be a giant octopus there, would you?" Shiler shrugged and said, "They said they wanted to fight another round..."

Strange didn't react at first, and after understanding what he meant, he widened his eyes and said, "How much time has passed, are these people crazy? Even if they are crazy, Batman isn't crazy. How could this kind of exercise happen every day."

"It's not the kind of free-for-all war from before," Shiler shook his head and said, "they want to formulate a relatively balanced rule, and conduct a battle similar to a game under restricted conditions."

Strange frowned and said, "First of all, how could this possibly be balanced? Could you make Batman's IQ drop? Or restrict others from using superpowers?"

"It definitely can't be this kind of restriction. I'm still thinking about it." Before Shiler finished speaking, Peter leaned over and said, "I have a good idea, do you want to hear it, Doctor?"

"What idea?"

"We can launch a brand new PVP mode in Battleworld, and then form teams to participate."

"I thought so too, but how should the combat within the game be done? Like the New Earth before, restricted to fighting within an area?"

"No, I feel that's still too free, and if the area is restricted, it's not very fair to some people. We can play war chess."

"War chess?"

"Right, you've played international chess, right? Turn these chess pieces into superheroes, some people fight on the chessboard, and others command from behind. When necessary, both sides can exchange positions, and then add some other conditions, wouldn't that work?"

Good heavens, Shiler thought, isn't international chess with moving pieces just Wizard's Chess? But it really sounded like something worth doing. Because, it was completely possible to combine Peter and Wanda's suggestions to make a superhero war chess.

The movement and combat of superheroes would be restricted by points, but their abilities wouldn't actually be weakened, but would be made into skills or cards. Which skill to use each turn, how to position, and how to conduct team cooperation were very testing of team collaboration ability. And if there was a head-on collision, real-time combat could also be conducted, which also had a certain training effect on martial arts values.

And what Peter said, one person fighting in front and another commanding behind, was even more interesting. Shiler could already imagine that if this mode were opened, it would definitely turn from scolding opponents to scolding teammates in a short time.

If a swapping mechanism were added, it would be even more chaotic. Shiler didn't even dare to imagine what kind of mess would happen if Superman commanded Batman. What about Reed and Stark?

And superheroes were also divided into schools, there were intelligence types, natural superpower types, mutation types, magic types, and technology types. It was completely possible to target these, add entries and faction bonds, so it would be even more testing of cooperation.

Of course, if terrain systems, resource systems, and certain PVE systems were added, you'd just play this game, and you wouldn't make a sound once you started playing.

And, this mode could also sell season passes; initially, only ordinary maps were unlocked, and if you wanted to play more maps, you had to buy season passes; if a map lottery system were added, you'd earn even more.

After Battleworld stabilized, the revenue situation actually declined; although the universe administrators didn't need the supplies submitted by the superheroes at all, recycling these supplies could well inhibit the entropy increase of the universe, facilitating their balance adjustments, so they also didn't want the revenue to decline. Then naturally, they had to stimulate consumption.

Although the PVE mode was also okay, PVP had always been the main source of "krypton gold" (spending money), especially since this mode could train some people's command ability, those with spare money would definitely not miss it.

However, Shiler wasn't in a hurry to do it; he just sent his thoughts to Lucifer. After all, no matter how good the idea was, the program had to be able to realize it. The biggest problem was restricting the abilities of those extremely powerful super-powered individuals; otherwise, if someone got anxious and broke through the blockade, it wouldn't be good if they shoveled everyone away together.

With an idea, Shiler discussed and perfected it with others. It wasn't that the more elements added, the better; adding too many instead made it easy to be unable to operate. So first list the possibilities, and then simplify them.

"If real-time combat is to be added, abilities can't be turned into skills; otherwise, it would become turn-based. It's best to retain basic attacks and one ability, and turn the others into cards; that would be fairer." Stark said.

"As for basic attacks, different effects can also be made according to the characteristics of different superheroes," Peter was obviously very experienced, and he said, "for example, Iron Man can have two states, one is not wearing armor, and one is wearing armor..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Stark said, "Can I take a hit from someone else without wearing armor?"

"You might have less health, but not to the point of being killed in one hit," Peter said, "we can't design instant-kill skills; otherwise, it wouldn't be balanced enough. Those with fragile physical defenses can be designed with relatively brittle bodies, and then the cards can be stronger. And those with stronger bodies should have restrictions on their cards."

"Then what if both the body and abilities are very strong?" Wanda asked.

"Then restrict movement or the number of attacks, or else introduce some negative states to restrain them." Peter said.

"I feel we shouldn't pursue balance," Reed proposed, "the abilities of superheroes are different to begin with, and ability levels are high and low; if everything is restricted to the same level, it won't achieve any training effect. Even if Stark is stupid, he wouldn't go to fight without wearing armor, right?"

"I feel we can do this," Shiler said, "don't allow two people who are too strong to form a team; it's best if one has martial power and one has brains, and force a switch at regular intervals. In this way, even if one person is very strong, when switching to the other person to play, they will also stumble."

This proposal was recognized by most people. Seeing Natasha asked again, "Then how to judge who is strong and who is weak?"

"I feel that everyone should spontaneously do this," Peter said, "this kind of game mode must have a commander; if it's two people with developed limbs and simple brains, it's absolutely impossible to win the game, so there must be an intelligence type. And in order to make up for the martial power level of the intelligence type, naturally, one has to pick someone who is good at fighting."

"What if they are both smart and good at fighting?"

"Then I feel he won't come to participate in this game," Shiler said, "the rewards of the game won't be designed very high; he is already omnipotent, so there's no need to come and waste time. Most people participate in this game to train teammates and collect information."

"That's right, this kind of strategic game can best show a person's decision-making inclination, and it's a very good behavioral analysis sample. Batman will definitely not miss it," Jarvis said, "and, I believe he also has the intention of training the command ability of the Justice League members. After all, through the previous war, he should have already realized that multiverse wars can absolutely not be dealt with by fighting alone, and improving the level of collective combat is the top priority."

"Alright, then who will you form a team with?" Shiler asked.

"The two of us together," Wanda pointed to Jarvis, and then said, "he is responsible for formulating strategies, and I am responsible for fighting; this is the best."

"As for me... although I feel I am the kind of omnipotent person you mentioned, if I really can't wear armor in the early stage, then I must find a defensive hero to help me block early damage; I choose Steve." Stark snapped his fingers and said.

"Then I'll be with Bucky," Seeing Natasha said, "in this kind of game, two people with balanced abilities are stronger than two people with lopsided abilities."

Shiler thought about who he would choose, but after thinking about it, he actually really didn't have the need to participate in this game. All of Shiler's personality traits were the same person, and forming a team with them was completely unnecessary. If it were with others, it seemed to have no meaning either.

Suddenly, a candidate flashed through Shiler's mind; his combat ability indeed needed to be well trained.

And just at this moment, Lucifer replied to him, saying, "It can be realized on the program. Come over now, and let's discuss the specific rules."

"No problem, coming right now." ===== CHAPTER 4261 =====