"The World" version upgrades

[mannshjj]

With each upgrade to "The World" it supposedly gets better in quality. However, I've noticed that some of the better versions of "The World" were in a way "down grading." Such as the version we see in .hack//SIGN, the players could go more places (as in the root towns) they couldn't in the version of "The World" (it also seemed like there were more different types of fields) that was in .hack//INFECTION - .hack//QUARINTINE. (which came after .hack//SIGN.) Also, the alphabet-keyword code in the version "Fragment" was more effective the three-word code, because it generated way more keyword combinations. There were also more severs in "Fragment." You'd think CCcorp would want to improve the service for It's users, rather than cut it shorter, and if it was allready programed into the system, it wouldn't be to hard too build off it.

[Wavemaster Minka]

What do you mean it generated more keyword combinations? o_O; I would think the three-word code would generate more... Maybe I'm wrong.

[End of a Shadow]

It's a video game, of course it be simpled down in places. Would you rather play a 5+ disc set game?

As for the names, yes it did cut back on more fields, but would you really want to get lost in the infinite possiblites? Go take Algebra II and learn about " Probability " and you'll see that its better for the comsumers to have something thats easy as a 3 worded system.

[Wave Master con Queso]

Um... my theroy has been that the end of .hack//Sign = the begining of the twilight, which in turn leads to problems on the servers (this is to be all "in character" or whatever we call it). Thus, CC Corp shuts down the servers until they are "fixed." When Kite starts playing, most of the game is infected in some form or another. Though his continuing to hold off the twilight does cause many problems, Kite also is removing some of the sources of the problems which make it a little easier for CC Corp to open the new servers... either that or they get enough complaints from players who remember them and/or desire to play them... or something like that. Anyhow, the idea is that all the servers remai from the World on, but they get shut down from time to time. Don't forget, when you go to the Chaos Gate the first time, you can chose any of the servers to go to (you can't actually visit them, I've tried since I still haven't gotten the fourth game but wanted to see the Omega server [yes, I do know what happens to it], but they are all options). Likewise, one of the first letters in the mail is listing them all off.

As for Fragments... it was just too unstable. Yeah, more servers would make for better gameplay, but it would also cost a lot in maintanance, and I don't believe CC Corp was too fond of the costs... so they probably did what a few other companies have done (who I will not name for their sake, but am still rather upset with since I rather liked the extra servers). They just let it run with a cut maintanance team and crossed their fingers. However, once things were really messed up, they found that many players left, and thus decided that maybe they should see what the problem is.

Thus, The World is born. Though it keeps much of the same details suggesting it was a job with many cut corners, a "better" version of Fragments became open to the public. The new name was probably just to prevent copywrite laws or something like that.

Oh yeah, and Pluto's Kiss didn't help make things better either. And, as to the "More root towns" comment, correct me if I am wrong, but I only recall three root towns in .hack//Sign.

[YamiJared]

you all have good points, let's see if I can work this out, the extra Fragment Servers Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, were kinda cool, but they were unstable, so they had to be shut down, look at the Upside-down city in Bitter Fantasy Mirror World, it was sooooooo chaotic. of course, you could go in buildings in SIGN, but not in the games, this sort've concerned me, but I figured that Kite simply didn't have a reason to go in a building or something, since he can go in buildings in Unison, which is the same version of the World as the games. also, choosing 3 words is way more effective than picking 3 letters by FAR. and also, didn't the games have MORE keywords than SIGN? I think so. . .but in SIGN, it looks like you could have more than 3 people in a party in Catastrophe, but not in the other episodes, I don't know what to say about this, maybe they were each in seperate parties, but they were fighting the same monster, in the games, doors and stuff lock so you can't leave the arena, but you can leave and even interrupt fights in SIGN, maybe they changed this so that people like Sora couldn't act like twinks ~.~. anything I'm forgetting?

[mannshjj]

Where does it say that it has to be at least 3 letters? The words to the legendary lands (Hidden Forbidden Holy ground) that exsisted in the previous version of "The World" were at least ten letters long, if not more. That would be 26 (letters) to the power of ten (26x26x26x26x26....) that's way more than about 100 keywords times three (which is the current system.) End of a shadow, I don't think that a game like "Fragment" would require more than one disk. It had more keywords and severs, but wouldn't require more disk's. (much less five) What makes a game "fun" is up to each individual. (Mimru even says this in .hack//SIGN.) Some people may want more keyword options. Besides, with 20 million players their bound to run out of keyword conbinations eventually. With more keywords conbinations, it actually would save the Admin's the troble of (resetting or what ever they do.) the fields when the amount of Gott statues or Spring of Mist's run out. (They don't regenerate, as we find out from playing the games.)

[Wave Master con Queso]

That is a good point, but imagine being the programer for those 26^10th fields, or however many it is supposed to be. After a while, I can tell you at least I would be pretty annoyed writing that many unique feilds. Granted, yes, I know that the feilds do repeat with the three part system... but it is not quite so noticable. Since it will also be argued that no company in their right mind would have only one programer, imagine how much it would cost to hire enough programers to keep the fields in a "pleasurable" status for the players...

[YamiJared]

Manshjj-it says that they use only 3 letters in AI Buster, and WaveMaster has a point, that would get tedious to program all those, and do you know how many keywords there ARE? even without the secret feilds, it would take years to claim them all by yourself! besides, if you DO manage to claim every feild, you have to much time on your hands and should stop playing, if you don't want to stop playing, MAKE A NEW CHARACTER! >.>

[mannshjj]

If there's only 3 letters, then explain how the words Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground could be said in three letters for each keyword, and don't forget that the original keywords letters used to make the fields were in Japanese Kanji/Kana then you yourself should know that there are thousands of Kanji characters, which would make just as many fields if not more. Programing for that kind of thing would not require labeling each field. All the programmers would have to do is label the specs for each keyword and let the fields generate themselves. (ex:"A" generates a water field. "B" generates and lv. 16 field, ect.) They recycle field graghics, and monsters/portals are made using a randomizer system, meaning that it shouldn't involve any work from the actual creaters. The Gott statues are made the same way, and Spring of Mist is another program spec designed to appear in certain fields, by the same way of the keywords. I am aware how many keywords that generates, but there are some crazy people out there. I'm not one of them but they do exsist.

[Wave Master con Queso]

On disc one or .hack//Infection, there are 29 possibilities for part A, 25 for part B and 28 for part C... provided I counted correctly. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that makes 20,300 feilds on disc one alone. Assuming you spent five minutes on each feild (Even though that is beyond unrealistic), it would take you 70.4861(repeating 1) DAYS to complete. I admit I play a lot, but I've only totaled 156 hours on my longest game.

[mannshjj]

All four games generate over a million keywords. I imagine that the three word code would generate close to about ten billion or so. Like I said there are crazy people out there. Most of them fat fanboys that live in their mother's basement and play video games all day. CCcorp would want to catter to this type of person, so they'll spend more money just playing the game, or on CCcorp products, upgrades ect.

[YamiJared]

I'm tired right now so all I'll say is that the original keywords for the Cathedral wasn't Hidden Forbidden Holyground, it was AAA ~.~ the first feild