MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter-Chapter 782 - : 782
Chapter 782: 782
The team selection phase also follows a one-match knockout system to save time. Just like in individual matches, teams are afforded three opportunities to fail.
This is purely random; the system won’t avoid pairing weaker teams with strong ones, nor will it prevent two strong teams from meeting each other during the preliminary rounds.
Therefore, powerful teams often clash, and naturally in a competitive match, there will be winners and losers. This makes the opportunity to resurrect extremely valuable.
Furthermore, the format of team competitions varies, and since it’s the first time this format is being used, everyone is getting familiar and adjusting. The three chances for resurrection ensure that both strong and weak teams have a fair chance.
The Trial Ground team competitions are also fully underway along with the regular matches. Eliminated teams can participate in ladder battles or random battles.
What we call ladder battles are essentially ranking matches, but for now, the rankings are just trial attempts. The real ladder rankings will only begin after this match is over.
Random battles are just that — random matches. Individual players can also participate in team battles, but they won’t enter the rankings.
Right now, the team battles are extremely popular. It’s unclear how many teams are currently fighting, but on a server like this, any original server processor would have been disabled by now.
Team battles were split into 3v3, 5v5, and 10v10, and each type of battle had different rules and scenarios.
Li Yao and his team prepared for their match, and after a few seconds they got the readiness signal.
Ten people entered a virtual space.
“System: Team match confirmed, Spark Team versus Ink Sea Team.”
“System: Matching battle mode, please wait…”
“System: Battle mode randomly generated, 3v3 arena battle.”
“System: 3v3 battle rules: Each team designates three fighters, then enters a random arena for combat. Victory condition is the elimination of the opposing team.”
“System: Both sides, please designate fighters.”
A 90-second countdown then began in front of them, indicating a minute and a half of selection time.
Two virtual spaces appeared with a contrast frame where one side could choose three players for the battle.
“Chairman, you decide.” said Unparalleled Fairy.
Li Yao agreed, “During the selections, the chances of encountering masters are slim. Everyone, be relaxed but not careless. Ensure that we win, and try to finish the battle promptly. We should try to have as many battles as possible tonight.”
Everyone agreed and nodded. Stupefied Tonton said, “Then you should pick me, brother. I hang around the arena all day, even at the expense of leveling up. It’s high time I showed my battle skills.”
Li Yao patted her on the back, “Of course, I have seen your hard work, Tonton. This time, the personnel will include Tonton, Mu Zi, and Fruit.”
Everyone nodded in agreement, acknowledging this combination. Stupefied Tonton’s strength was unquestionable; despite her young age, she fought viciously.
She was a tiny battle-crazed player. In the guild, except for Sister Li and Unparalleled Fairy, everyone else tended to lose against her, including Guardian Angel.
“Hahaha, Brother, you’re the best. I won’t let you down,” Stupefied Tonton said, filled with excitement.
“Aren’t you going on stage, Chairman?” Newcomer Mu Zi asked, somewhat nervously. He hadn’t expected to be deployed in the first round and was extremely excited.
“During the selection phase, the chances of encountering top teams are slim. This is an excellent opportunity to train the members. If the Chairman joins the stage, the training objective would not be fulfilled,” Unparalleled Fairy explained.
Li Yao nodded in agreement. He had decided not to participate in the selection stage unless it was a battle involving more than five people. Besides, they had three opportunities to fail – one or two losses against strong teams wouldn’t impact them as long as they weren’t eliminated more than three times. In ranking battles, losses didn’t matter, only points did.
Newcomer Mu Zi’s elite profession was formidable and suitable for 3v3 battles. Despite having the desire to participate in official matches, he doubted himself due to his older age.
However, only Li Yao understood that the game ‘God of the Ancients’ was different. As long as your mind and spiritual power were strong enough, age wouldn’t matter. In subsequent years, many senior citizens would become battle-crazed players because, although their reaction times slowed in reality, they remained formidable in the game.
Right now, due to the influence of the previous era of youthful electronic sports competition, too many people haven’t realized this yet.
Although Mu Zi was excited, he was also nervous and could benefit from more training.
Fruit Knight was a main tank (MT), and although a damage sponge was indispensable, there’s a vast difference between battling players and aggroing monsters. Therefore, Li Yao planned to take turns letting the MT and other players join the stage for training. Of course, Li Yao also needed to evaluate their potential to become team members.
It’s understood that those who are good at instances may not necessarily be good at PvP, and vice versa.
With one minute left, the opposition also finalized their team, and a virtual arena appeared.
The Bloody Arena!
This arena was modeled after an ogre arena. Its defining characteristics were its solid, flat ground and its status as an indoor venue with several enormous pillars.
These pillars were not to be underestimated. They could greatly influence the battle for any skillful player.
The six combatants from both teams were teleported into the arena. They were behind fences and couldn’t see their opponents yet, but they already knew their true strengths.
On the Spark Team’s side, the lineup was a Knight, a Mage, and a Shaman, while the opposing Ink Sea Team had a more traditional setup: a Warrior, a Tactical Shepherd.
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The opposing team consisted of a Weapon Warrior, a Demon Art user, and a Holy Priest — the standard setup of a close combatant, a ranged damage dealer, and a healer.
Soon the countdown ended, and both teams rushed out from behind their barriers and appeared in the arena.
Fruit Knight and the opposing Warrior both stationed themselves at the frontlines of their respective teams. However, the ranged fighters from both teams positioned themselves behind the pillars to prevent getting charged.
Both sides began to probe each other with spells, inflicting little to no damage. The opposing team had a healer, so they could draw out the battle because the Warrior could withstand this level of damage with the support of a healer.
The moment they saw the true strength of their adversaries, especially that Tonton was an Elemental Shaman rather than a Healing Shaman, they wanted to drag out the battle even more.
“Don’t waste your energy, decide the match quickly. Just follow my commands,”said Fruit Knight, charging straight at the opposition. Though she also had healing abilities, as a physical class, her mana pool was limited. She wouldn’t be able to endure a drawn-out battle. Also, although Tonton’s healing abilities were decent, they were far inferior to a dedicated healer. Initially, the difference was negligible at lower levels.
With the full development of various professions, Tonton’s healing abilities were no longer as prominent for a non-healer class.
The opposing Weapon Warrior revealed a smirk when he saw Fruit Knight charging at him. The Paladin was famously short-legged.
Though they were hard to kill, their attacks were mediocre, especially the Retribution Paladin. Considering that Fruit Knight was a Protection Paladin, he didn’t take her seriously.
So when he saw Fruit Knight rushing towards him, he triggered his Charge…
