Chapter 1115: Pioneering! (Second Update)
Although Qian Kun didn’t want to do this quest anymore, he couldn’t resist the high spirits of the rest of the guild.
Everyone was still in a curious, excited state. Seeing that this was a full-fledged epic quest, how could they possibly give up halfway?
Qian Kun really wanted to tell everyone not to waste their efforts on this useless task, but how could he explain it?
“You guys can’t beat this boss with your current gear. At least you need to be fully geared from Molten Core first.”
But the problem was, even if others believed him, where did his information come from…
He couldn’t exactly tell everyone, “Actually, I designed the stats for World of Warcraft, and I know Onyxia’s attributes,” could he…
Besides, seeing everyone so excited, Qian Kun didn’t have the heart to dampen their spirits. On second thought, since the Onyxia attunement quest had to be done sooner or later anyway, they might as well do it now…
It wasn’t just the “Thunder Interactive World of Warcraft Development Team” guild players doing the Onyxia attunement quest; other Alliance players had also spread the word and were all working on it.
Qian Kun wanted to shout out loud: “You guys should farm Tier 0 first, then after finishing Tier 0, pioneer Molten Core, and only after clearing Molten Core can you fight Onyxia!”
But then he thought again, as a designer, he shouldn’t interfere with everyone’s choices. Since they wanted to fight Onyxia now, let them fight…
After all… everyone had to go through the process of wiping like dogs in raid dungeons sooner or later.
So Qian Kun said in the guild channel: “Ahem, anyone willing to organize a raid to take down Onyxia can form a group on their own. I won’t participate. I’ll be outside the instance cheering you all on!”
The guild members were very moved and then said: “No worries, since you’re a Paladin, you’re pretty useless except for buffing anyway. Just wait at the entrance in peace.”
Qian Kun: “…Suddenly feeling like cursing someone out, what’s up with that?”
The reason Qian Kun chose the Paladin class was, of course, for a reason.
That reason was… as the person who directly designed the stat system for World of Warcraft, he was very clear that Paladins would become an overpowered presence after the level 70 expansion was released. That’s why he unhesitatingly chose this class.
However, the Paladin class had a problem in the level 60 era… it was relatively weak.
At this stage, a Paladin wasn’t good as a tank, nor as a healer. They could only coast along as a DPS to get by.
And being a DPS meant being a melee DPS, which was in a situation where neither the father nor the mother favored them.
The people in this guild were also very active. A large group of them worked together enthusiastically on the Onyxia attunement quest and finished it in one night.
In the guild Qian Kun had founded, there were actually quite a few Thunder Interactive employees, but he didn’t intend to lead this guild to compete for world-first kills or anything like that. Those honors were meant for the players.
Many internal employees had scattered across different servers to experience the game as players.
After all, World of Warcraft wasn’t like some browser games that needed to arrange for special shills.
In the end, it all came down to the good name. Although the guild name was a bit of a joke, many Alliance players would smile knowingly when they saw it and then join. As a result, the guild kept growing bigger and was almost becoming the largest Alliance guild on the Deathwing server.
With more people, all kinds of talented individuals spontaneously emerged. Qian Kun didn’t even need to organize anything; the players themselves started figuring out how to pioneer large raid dungeons.
It wasn’t just Qian Kun’s guild; other Alliance guilds were also working hard on various attunement quests, preparing to challenge Onyxia.
It had to be said that this was all because Qian Kun had led them astray…
But this kind of detour was inevitable. Everyone had just reached level 60. Who could say for sure about dungeon matters? Pioneering was a process of constant trial and error…
Soon, the “Thunder Interactive World of Warcraft Development Team” Onyxia raid group was formed. Guild members signed up enthusiastically, quickly filling up 40 spots, with a bunch of others on standby.
Fortunately, after honing their skills in so many five-player dungeons, everyone had a good understanding of the differences and roles of each class. The raid had tanks, healers, melee DPS, and ranged DPS, looking quite proper.
The temporarily elected raid leader’s ID was a bit provocative, called “Arrogant Over the Server.” He was a Human Warrior. Because of this ID, he had been corpse-camped by the Horde quite a few times…
But thinking about it carefully, this ID did fit the Warrior class’s typical style. With that ID just standing there, he didn’t even need to use a taunt skill; he was taunting enough on his own…
“Thursday night at 1 AM, all participating members log in on time! Bring your own bandages and potions. Mages hand out food before entering the instance. No tardiness allowed!”
The guild message was also very concise. After all, everyone was just starting to pioneer dungeons and had no concept of dungeon difficulty. In Arrogant Over the Server’s mind, asking everyone to bring their own bandages and potions was already pretty formal, right?
Thursday night, all members of the raid group logged in on time.
In VR mode World of Warcraft, there were basically no absences, since everyone had to sleep at night. The poor souls working overtime until 1 AM were extremely rare.
Arrogant Over the Server was also one of the hardcore grinders; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been elected as the raid leader. He was wearing a half-set of Valor armor, with Pauldrons of the Jailer on his shoulders. Whether it looked cool or not, it definitely screamed “moneybags.”
The entrance to Onyxia’s Lair was packed with Alliance players. Arrogant Over the Server started calling roll one by one.
Not bad. Not only were all the main members present, but even the substitutes had shown up.
The only thing Arrogant Over the Server found a bit regrettable was that a few of the guild’s top players were busy in the battlegrounds and said they weren’t interested in this pioneering activity. For example, those two Mages and Hunters with particularly long names.
But it didn’t matter. There were plenty of skilled players. The Alliance was full of talent; how could they be afraid of a single black dragon?
At this point, most people’s concept of “difficulty” only went as far as Stratholme or Blackrock Spire. As for what raid dungeon difficulty was like? They had no idea.
Before, it was five-player teams fighting groups of mobs. Now, with the number of people directly increased to 40, wouldn’t one hit from each person just steamroll everything?
“Alright, let’s move out!”
Arrogant Over the Server pointed his longsword forward, and the crowd surged mightily into Onyxia’s Lair.
Inside the entrance were a few wandering Dragonkin. Arrogant Over the Server charged ahead. Although the hits felt painful, it wasn’t a big deal.
Arrogant Over the Server was quite confident in his own skills. Not only did he use his shield to block, but he also frequently dodged and weaved to avoid the monsters’ attacks. Even if he got hurt, it was no big deal. With so many healers, his health was instantly topped off.
The only minor hiccup was that two or three Rogues stood in front of the Dragonkin and got caught in the splash damage, dying on the spot. Arrogant Over the Server scolded them. After running so many dungeons, didn’t they know they had to DPS from behind the boss?!
Finally, everyone arrived before Onyxia.
In the lava-filled lair, Onyxia was lying on the ground dozing off. From a distance, she looked like a small mountain.
“Raid leader, are we really going to fight a monster like this?” Someone swallowed their saliva, clearly already having second thoughts.
Arrogant Over the Server looked at him with utter contempt: “Look at your lack of ambition! A true warrior slays dragons! Come on, everyone, refresh your buffs, top off your health and mana, and get ready to take her down!”