Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 273 - 282 First Kill in the Whole Server!

Chapter 273: Chapter 282 First Kill in the Whole Server!

Of course, these 20 people weren’t all main squad members, because some main squad players were too tired and went to sleep, leaving only those who were called up from the guild to fill in.

Plus, they didn’t have all their skills and talents unlocked—there were many gaps still.

After all, the unlocking process was very tedious, often times you couldn’t get called out, or you’d just gotten called out and then the group would wipe, which was also a huge time-waster.

But players didn’t necessarily need to unlock all professions and talents right now, as for some classes, it was enough just to unlock another specific class.

For example, Priests and Paladins only needed to unlock each other’s profession to largely maximize the amplification of Holy Spells.

A Priest unlocking the Warrior profession might not be completely useless, but the improvement was minuscule. So, this kind of thing could be put off for later.

Instructor Ding rallied his spirits, yawned and said, "Okay, let’s take a count!

"Those who have unlocked multiple professions and believe their current configuration of skills and talents is quite reasonable, and are willing to defeat Nephalor right now to get the first kill, type 1. Let’s see how many we have."

Soon, many in the guild channel started typing 1.

Instructor Ding counted roughly 15 people.

After all, it had been an all-nighter, and many were too worn out to continue and had gone to sleep. Some were reluctant to take down Nephalor, because defeating it meant they couldn’t continue to unlock other professions the rest of the week and would have to wait for next week’s new CD.

By now, many Mages themselves hadn’t activated all professions, and they had to prioritize unlocking professions for the team’s main tank, main healer, and DPS with particularly good technique.

Thus, only 15 players were willing to take on Nephalor.

Instructor Ding nodded, "OK, that’s enough. Let’s scrape together whatever we can, repair our equipment. We strike while the iron is hot and create a sensation by taking first kill on Nephalor!"

Having wiped all night, most people’s gear repairs had left them penniless.

The equipment they were wearing was max level gear, and the cost to repair was far from cheap—a fully red set would cost at least a few Gold Coins, with main tanks even reaching into the tens or twenties of Gold Coins.

But going without proper equipment was not an option, as without it, there would be no way to push Nephalor into the third phase.

The guild members hastily repaired, draining all the guild funds and their own pockets, having to scrape together loans from here and there.

At last, after the final repair, everyone headed back to Lava Mouth.

This raid team only had 15 people, but luckily, in Shadow World, all raid instances had a dynamic mechanism that adjusted difficulty based on the number of players.

Normally, a 15-person raid would have been difficult, as many mechanics were easier with more players. But now, a 15-person raid was feasible, as these players had unlocked new classes and acquired epic enhancements.

"OK, let’s get started!"

At Instructor Ding’s command, a barrage of buff effects were applied

These players had already conducted their research and closely examined how to choose talents and learn skills to maximize their own gains. Moreover, they had properly distributed team buffs to ensure full coverage, so there was no need to worry about missing buffs due to a lack of certain classes.

Of course, their research was still very preliminary, and finding the optimal setup so quickly was impossible. But in any case, there was a massive boost compared to the original fixed set of class skills and talents.

The team’s main tank who had been a Paladin now charged forward using the Warrior’s Charge skill, then unleashed the Warrior’s Sweeping Strikes and Cleave, slashing through the group of minions ahead.

Following that, he unleashed Paladin’s "Holy Light Territory" spell, igniting the surrounding ground with blazing Holy Fire.

With two sets of skills, he effectively secured the minions’ aggro.

The other DPS classes also showed off their skills, clearly dealing much more damage than during previous attempts, and with the reduction in monster health for a 15-person group, the first two phases were practically a giveaway, posing no real challenge.

After all, they had been through these two phases countless times before.

Reaching the third phase, everyone finally felt some pressure, and Instructor Ding continued to lead the charge.

"Get ready for the call-outs, DPS be sure to use Priest’s damage skills to fake out the boss, healers hit it with a Hunter’s skills!"

Since Nephalor based its class judgment on players’ last hits, it was easy to deceive the boss by playing to the call-out effects.

For example, the Priest’s call-out effect was "Twisted Healing," which turned healing into damage, deadly for Priests but inconsequential for other DPS classes.

So, before being called out, the Mage would hit the boss with a Priest’s damage skill and then pause to wait for the call-out.

The healers would similarly strike the boss with another class’s damage skill and then await their call-out.

After the call-outs, everyone continued their assaults unaffected.

With plenty of Damage Reduction Skills and Life-Saving Skills available, and several combat resurrections, the boss’s difficulty suddenly seemed manageable!

"No!! You lowly ants!

"This cannot be, I am the ruler of this world, I am..."

Along with the boss’s roar, the massive Flame Dragon crashed to the ground, its body kicking up clouds of dust and bursting into flames, scorching a poor soul who was short on health.

At the same time, achievements popped up on everyone’s screens.

"First kill in the whole game! Nephalor"

"First kill on the server! Nephalor"

"Warrior Bathed in Flames (Normal): Defeat Nephalor in a normal difficulty dynamic-number team dungeon"

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn’t help but cheer and jump for joy.

"Awesome!"

"Holy shit, that’s it? Just a minor boss, not worth mentioning!"

"Looking at it now, the boss’s difficulty seems just about right, not that hard. We took it down after a night’s grind."

"They said this boss was the hardest one, so does that mean we’re going to steamroll everything from now on?"

"I’m off to bed, off to bed. We’ll clear Lava Mouth in one go tomorrow night!"

Instructor Ding was extremely tired by now, but for everyone, it was all worth it. Just the server-first limited-time achievement alone made it worthwhile!

When you post this achievement in the world channel, who wouldn’t praise it as freaking cool?

Before Instructor Ding could post it, he saw that the world channel was already boiling over with excitement.

Though it was early morning and the server had the fewest people online, the announcement of their first kill of Nephalor was broadcast server-wide immediately.

"Damn, it’s been first killed already? What did I miss?"

"Wasn’t everyone saying last night that this boss had issues with its stats and mechanics, making it unbeatable at present?"

"Little Ding, so this is your move, huh? Staying up late and not sleeping to snatch the first kill, and even spreading fake news that the boss is tough. You’re so crafty!"

"We have to talk about the hidden mechanics in the game now!"

"Hidden mechanics? What hidden mechanics?"

"Hehe, it’s a secret. If you want to know, join the Brotherhood Guild!"

"Don’t celebrate too soon, guys. What hidden mechanics? It’s clearly a severe malicious bug! Maybe after we sleep and wake up, the devs will already have taken the server down for emergency maintenance, rollback, and fixes."

"Why fix it? It’s so much fun this way!"

"Why not fix it? It’s clearly a bug! And you used a bug to achieve the server first kill. How do you think other teams that are playing fair will feel? You’re lucky if you don’t get banned."

"Crap, where does this idiot come from? Is the game yours? You say it’s a bug so it’s a bug?"

"You say it’s not so it’s not?"

"Alright, alright, let’s wait and see if Nitiandang actually fixes it or not!"

The world channel was quite harmonious at first, with everyone congratulating them, but it wasn’t long before some sour comments popped up. After all, jealousy is a common emotion many people have.

However, Instructor Ding obviously didn’t care about these things now. He just wanted to go to sleep immediately.

"Alright guys, thanks for sticking with me, I’m off to sleep!"

With that, Instructor Ding ended the stream at lightning speed.

...

Peace returned to the Azerothia Continent, but Gu Fan’s living room was in total chaos.

Shortly before, Lilith began showing clear signs of going crazy after Instructor Ding discovered the bug.

And then, as the bug was further exploited and the players started getting hold of skills and talents of other classes, even using the Magician’s "Malicious Gift" to give these skills away, Lilith completely lost her cool.

"Check now! I want you to check it immediately! How could such an obvious bug have gone unnoticed during testing!

"Your design and test teams should both resign in disgrace!!"

Lilith was absolutely furious because the bug was so absurd and such a challenge to her intelligence that she could hardly suppress her raging fury.

She was eager to see how Gu Fan would try to pass the blame this time!

However, Gu Fan was not panicked at all, but simply opened his laptop and earnestly began scouring through the source code to find the cause of the bug.

Only after Instructor Ding completed the first kill did he speak slowly, "President Li, hear me out."

Lilith, with her arms akimbo in anger, said, "Fine, explain! Focus on explaining why one boss’s judgment would allow players to unlock skills from other classes at will. Go ahead and explain. If I believe it, I’m the fool!"

Gu Fan fell silent for a moment, then weakly responded, "To put it simply... this is a legacy issue. If there’s any blame, it belongs to ’Demon World Conflict’."

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