The guild dungeon originally had rewards of demon points, and Apple promised commissions and materials. In addition, there was a little conflict with the Temple of the Gods, so Su Mo thought it would be a good idea to give it a try. However, he had never been involved in a guild dungeon, and the strategy was rather one-sided. If he wanted to improve his speed, it would be best to test his skills himself.
"I haven't played the guild copy before." Yu Zhen said, "Are you planning to take us there?"
Su Mo said: "I just checked the first week's speedrunning leaderboard. In addition to the rich rewards for the guild, there are also a lot of points for participating players. Haven't you been grinding monster dungeons recently to gain points and exchange for equipment?"
Yu Zhen paused: "Do you have a solution?"
Su Mo shook his head: "I have to try it. Our guild can also open it. Let's go in and test the skills in the next two days."
After a few weeks, the skill mechanism of [Lihua Town] has become an open and transparent mechanism. It is not difficult to find the skill mechanism on the Internet. Su Mo agreed to Apple, but he was not in a hurry to lead the team to run-in. Instead, he planned to try it in his own way. At the same time, he asked Apple for a list of [Fruit Platter] gang members. Except for the four of them who wanted to go, the remaining 11 people still had to make a choice.
It was already eight o'clock in the evening when Su Mo received the list. He and Xingzhi Wujiu and others had just finished earning monster points and were resting in the main city while preparing to go to the next dungeon. The list included all the gang members of [Fruit Platter], and priority was given to players ranked in the top 200 in the gang. Players from all professions were included, and the information and data were very complete.
Apple said: "We still have two groups trying to get on the list. The people crossed out on this list are from the other two groups. We can pick the rest."
"How are we going to select people?" Hong Guoguo took a quick look and said, "Many of the top fifty have been picked by the elite group, so there aren't many of us left."
Players with fixed groups were eliminated, and only 170 of the top 200 people were left to choose from, and the configurations that could be formed were also very limited. After all, the guild dungeon was a 15-person group dungeon, and the main tank, deputy tank and DPS had to be considered, and a high-end healer who could withstand the pressure was also required.
"Equipment is secondary. Cooperation is more important than equipment." Yu Zhen looked at the main list. "The people in the Fruit Platter Guild are not bad. They have basic operational awareness. However, in the Lihua Town raid, cooperation is sometimes more important than equipment."
Su Mo was selecting people, and when he heard this, he asked Yu Zhen: "Does anyone here look familiar to you?"
Yu Zhen suggested: "No, you should focus on their overall dungeon rating. PvE data is more important."
Su Mo turned his attention back to the list.
Concentrate all high-end DPS to form an extreme output group. Leading such a group requires very good coordination, low fault tolerance, and lack of stability. If one person makes a mistake, the whole group will have to pay the price. Moreover, it is impossible for him to stay in [Fruit Platter] for a long time to help others play guild copies. The key to helping [Fruit Platter] rush to the list is to help them form a fixed lineup that can be on the list for a long time.
Therefore, this lineup must be adjustable to a certain extent, including the replacement of professions, the pressure of command, the cooperation of team members... Taking various factors into consideration, the [Fruit Platter] guild has a lot of magic professions, not to mention other professions. Among the top 200 players in the guild, nearly 130 are magic professions, and there are also many healers. On the contrary, melee professions are scarce.
If they want high output, melee professions with high DPS are more popular than magic professions, but the problem is that they have too few melee professions. Even if they do have them, they are basically taken by the other two elite groups, leaving them with few choices.
"The key to extreme output is DPS. Melee high-attack DPS is fragile and has a high risk of OT. After death, the healing and recovery CDs will be wasted. Once a DPS makes a mistake, the output of the entire group will slow down, which is not worth the loss."
"Let's talk about the basic team configuration first. 1 warrior, 3 healers, and the other 11 DPS..." Su Mo continued to look at the list, "2 formation masters, 2 Taoist priests, 2 wizards, 2 spell swords, 1 physical sword, 1 summoner, and 1 assassin."
When the list was read out, Apple was silent for a long time.
This is an all-magic lineup! Except for the three melee fighters, the warrior, the physical swordsman, and the assassin, the rest are all magic professions. So far, in the guild dungeon speed rankings, no one has an all-magic lineup in the lineups with public details on the rankings... Can they really fight like this
Qingfeng said: "It looks a bit exciting."
Hong Guoguo: "...Brother, why do I feel like you've chosen the professions from high to low in this list? Is it so random?"
"Didn't you say there was no one left?" Su Mo ticked the name of the list, "Just use this lineup. Our lineup is all French and is balanced enough. It will be easy for you to adjust the players later."
Apple: "The warrior only has one??? What if he dies?"
"I'll take the off-tank position, and you can just find a warrior to be the off-tank in the future. It would be even better if you have a summoner... When I'm not here, you can call Fire Tree and Silver Flower to take the position." Su Mo looked at Apple: "Oh, by the way, I need two healers and one doctor for treatment."
apple: “… ?”
Didn't they say that we don't want to limit the output? The healer doesn't want a big healer but a second healer, and the tank only brings a warrior? If this isn't limit output, what is it? Or is it the limit output of the magic profession? This is playing with fire, brother!
The voice channel in the management group of Fruit Platter was very lively. At this time, two managers were arguing. As the first week of the speed ranking was getting closer, the points gap in the overall ranking was narrowing visibly. The two sides of the argument were the managers [What a Big Watermelon] and [Strawberry Yogurt]. There were only two days left to determine the ranking. Fruit Platter led the group to clear [Lihua Town] almost every day, but after trying various methods, it was still difficult to surpass the previous ranking by points.
The first place on the list came from [Heaven], with a record of 01:03:14, followed by [Hidden in the Clouds] with 01:05:22. The top ten clearance times were very close, almost all of them were elite teams, the best clearance time for [Fruit Platter] was 01:25:06, and the score for [Temple of the Gods] was 01:15:45. The gap of nearly ten minutes was narrowed down by them in the past few days.
The guild dungeon adopts a team sprint method, and the number of people allowed to enter the dungeon is 15.
The two parties in the argument were managers of two elite groups, and at the last minute they planned to gather the players with higher DPS in the two elite groups together for a sprint. However, they argued over the command and the way to pass the level. One wanted to use the extreme output configuration but failed seven out of ten times, while the other wanted to play it safe and bring more healers, but the output might not be enough.
"I've inquired about it. The team configuration of the Heaven Realm is top-notch. It's very likely that they are stacked up by extreme output." Big Watermelon said: "I know you want to play it safe, but it's more important at this stage. Let's get through this week and determine the rankings, then we can think of other ways."
Strawberry Yogurt was a little hesitant: "Everyone has limited energy, and your configuration has a low success rate. If so many people follow you, and if the people behind don't rush forward, it is very likely that we will be exhausted."
The manager who was listening to their argument couldn't help but ask, "Where's Apple? Didn't he say a few days ago that he had found an outside helper? I haven't seen him forming a group in the guild."
"What do you mean? I saw a few people joining the gang a few days ago, and it seems like Apple is fighting with them these days."
"Is it reliable? Time is running out."
"I don't know. Those guys have never played a guild dungeon before. I feel a little worried about letting them lead the team."
While they were talking, Apple entered the voice group and said, "Xigua, I'm here to borrow two people."
Xigua was as if facing a formidable enemy: "What are you doing? We don't even have enough manpower here, and you're still asking us for a loan?"
"Aren't we about to start fighting?" Apple said again: "Just lend me an assassin. The melee combat is all contracted by your two groups. Can you lend me an assassin? Oh, and lend me one of your group's wizards. Old Banana's schedule doesn't match up, so I'm short of two people."
Borrowing two people is not too much... Watermelon said: "Strawberry and I will go to help you. What time? Don't conflict with us."
Apple was delighted when he heard this, "Don't worry, there won't be any conflict."
Xigua understood: "Afternoon? Tomorrow is Saturday..."
"No." Apple said, "It's like this, we plan to open the book at 8 o'clock in the morning."
watermelon:"?"
Apple: "Meet at 7 o'clock. Can you get up at 6:30?"
watermelon:"… "
I don’t even get up this early for work!!
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6:30 in the morning.
The road to the north of Sunset City was particularly desolate. Several players from the Fruit Platter Gang were sitting on the stone piers in the city, yawning with sleepy eyes.
"Everyone is up early."
"You haven't slept at all! Are you serious about the devilish gathering time of 7 o'clock?"
"It's pretty good. Apple also said that I can log off after the game to have lunch and take a nap."
"I was dragged to rush to the top of the list last night, and I was woken up by the alarm clock after just two hours of sleep."
It was a bit unexpected when Su Mo came online. Big guilds are different. Their execution capabilities are much faster than those of wild groups.
The guild dungeon [Lihua Town] is located in the north of Sunset City. It is an unknown small mountain town, but one day it was invaded by demons, and the people in the town were enslaved and lived in misery. The goal of this dungeon is to rescue the people and kill the boss. In fact, it is to kill the monsters. After killing the monsters, the dungeon is completed. The puzzle level is not high, and it mainly depends on teamwork.
Along with Apple came two guild managers, [Strawberry Yogurt] was a wizard with good stats, and [What a Big Watermelon] was an assassin, ranked fifth on the assassins' list. When he joined the group, there were already eight people in the group, four of whom were new faces, meaning they were waiting for people.
After learning about the team configuration, he felt that this configuration was too chaotic. A summoner as a secondary tank? Two healers and a medic? The DPS only brought two melee fighters
This was a configuration that made him feel a little dizzy just looking at it. Even though he was familiar with the mechanism of the dungeon, he didn't know if there was any special purpose for leading such a team.
At half past seven, the team was basically assembled.
Xigua watched as the configuration of the team changed again. The team leader made minor adjustments to the three teams, and there are currently three teams.
Team 1 lineup: Warrior, Physical Sword, Assassin, Summoner, Doctor.
2 Team Lineup: Spell Sword, Taoist Priest, Wizard, Array Master, Healer
3 pairs of lineups: Spell Sword, Taoist Priest, Wizard, Formation Master, and Healer.
"Hello everyone! How did you sleep today?" Qingfeng assembled the members of Team 1 fluently, "We will fight together from now on. I am your captain, Qingfeng Xulai."
Xigua was confused: "What does this grouping mean?"
Qingfeng said: "Isn't this good? You see, the warriors, healers and summoners are all on our side. With so many professions, we are the most central team in the group, the core team, okay?"
Their team 1 is indeed a core team. The other teams are standard teams with four mages and one healer. Their team 1 has a main tank, a deputy tank, and a healer, so it is a very important team. Xigua thought about it and felt something was wrong. This team has all kinds of mages, but their output and treatment are average. Even the tanks make people feel uneasy.
"Open the team voice chat." Su Mo's voice was clear: "Hello, I am the team commander summoner. When the dungeon starts, each team will follow the captain's action and position. Team 1 is Qingfeng Xulai, Team 2 is Xingzhi Wujiu, and Team 3 is Hong Guoguo. Because this is a speed dungeon, the time is limited. After you have positioned yourself, we will directly attack the monsters."
The summoner's voice was heard in the team channel. He made sure that all team members had all the medicines and props before opening the [Lihua Town] dungeon. A group of 15 people entered Lihua Town and immediately arrived at the gate of Lihua Town.
Once they enter the dungeon, they will encounter their first boss, who is the gatekeeper of [Lihua Town] named Dashan.
The eldest brother, Dashan, is a physical monster that mainly relies on physical attacks. He has a lot of health and high defense. After preliminary testing, he has a total of 3 skills, namely [Roar][Earth Split][Sacrifice Me].
Roar is a random roar in a direction. After the roar, the player will suffer a 10-second reduction in ability, and the attack power, healing power and defense power will be affected by a debuff of 50%.
Earthshatter is a group damage. The stone hammer in Dashan's hand smashes the ground, causing large-scale blood loss. It is a very stressful skill for healers.
The most annoying skill is [Sacrifice Me]. Sacrifice Me is a skill with a naming mechanism. It will randomly select one person among all the players in the group and make him bear the damage of the whole group within 5 seconds. After bearing the damage, he will die in the crowd, and then the damage he has borne will be multiplied a hundred times and he will explode in the crowd.
The person who is named will die, and any teammates who are hit by his death aura will also die. The most important thing is that this skill of self-sacrifice will only prompt the named person when the death countdown is three seconds. As a result, when the dungeon was first opened, many players were killed by their own teammates without knowing it. It is commonly known as the death bomb skill
The skill mechanism of this copy is not difficult, but the health is thick and annoying, and it is basically one of the most time-wasting places.
[Fruit Platter] The guild copy [Lihua Town] has been opened, the difficulty is ★★★★, and 15/15 members have been loaded
Based on the evaluation of the team members, the dungeon level has been corrected to S level, and the level limit and health limit functions have been disabled, allowing team dispersal and team gain...
The first dungeon challenge is now open and the timer has begun. I wish you all good luck.
As they entered the attack range of the first boss, the countdown of the dungeon started. The three captains ran over with clear purposes, and all the team members took precise positions.
As soon as I stood in position, I heard the commander giving the order to attack the monsters. "Teams 2 and 3, formation masters, open shields, healers stack buffs, Taoist priests, wizards, and spell swords, go all out, and ignore the others."
Su Mo said calmly: "Team 1 doctors check the health of the soldiers, and the others move to protect themselves."
watermelon:"… ?"
As an assassin with top DPS in dungeons, he enjoys the formations of the formation master, the care of the healer, and the buff support of other professions in other dungeon groups... But here, he has no shield from the formation master, no buff from the healer, and even the healer is locking the warrior in the head.
"Comrade Big Watermelon, be careful." Qingfeng: "I will start the sword formation and you hide behind me. I will protect you."
The two teams on the boss's side enjoyed unique care and buff stacking, watching them from afar.
Xigua didn't stop producing, but his steps slowed down. He moved silently behind Qingfeng Xulai.
How can this be a unique team? This is clearly an orphan team!!
The author has something to say: apple: I found an assassin for you, who has very good operating awareness.
: How powerful
apple: Ranked fifth on the assassin list, leader of our team that helps the leader rush to the top of the list.
Suddenly I realized it and put the assassin into Team 1.
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I'm late!!! Sorry!! I'm really slow in writing today.
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